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mei 14, 2012/0 Reacties/in art, inspiration /door Ellen

My city, Utrecht, is getting better and better everyday.

So many creative things are going on. Temporary stores and galleries are popping-up everywhere. The city is bubbling with energy this spring.

DepARTmentSTORE is already welcoming it’s fourth edition. Yesterday me and Mr Rockstar went to have a look and had to restrain ourselves from not buying every second thing we saw.

Anne Meijer

Esther Derkx

Diorama by Anneloes Ouwehand

Marinke van Zandwijk

Studio Drift

Do you see what this is? Little hint: it is called Dandlelight.

I have loved this little object ever since I saw Studio Drift’s amazing TEDtalk.

Let’s see if I can restrain myself from buying it…

The best artwork of all… Mr Rockstar’s huuuge cappucino!

Update training Voor de Kunstenaar: Exhibition and auction this weekend!

januari 18, 2012/0 Reacties/in art, business training, inspiration /door Ellen

A 5.3 on my economics exam.

I was sure I would never have another look at stuff that would remind me in the slightest of this terrible subject. Nothing could be further from the truth. The past six months hardly a day passed that wasn’t dominated by business planning, financial planning, marketing, communication etc etc. All this time I participated in the intensive training program of Voor de Kunstenaar and I had fun too!

And now I’m Super Entrepreneur.

Or is this only the beginning?

In any case, this weekend me and my nine colleagues will party big time, celebrating finishing our studyprogram. The group of Voor de Kunstenaar will occupy gallery RudolfV in the heart of Amsterdam for a weekend with a beautiful exhibition. The art ranges from graphic work, oil painting, jewelry, sculptural work and glass painting to music production.

This Friday night, you are very welcome at our opening party. On Sunday you can visit the gallery to bid on various works of the participants and pick up a nice artwork for an affordable price.

And then what?

I have great plans for 2012. In 2011 I met many wonderful people with whom I am drawing up some interesting ideas.

In December 2011 I just managed to organize the first Don’t-do-it-yourself Open-Studio-night in Utrecht (should be wicked to use this in wordfeud). It was a great success and I’ve decided to make it a monthly evening (if you want to join in, email me).

With some colleagues from Voor de Kunstenaar we will fill a huge container in the center of Zaandam (a city with close ties to the sea), where we will participate in the LEFestival. We will build a genuine Zaan-beast out of waste (http://lefestival.nl/website/zaanbeest). I’ve never been to Zaandam, but this festival sounds very promising. The design of the website alone is a real treat.

Talking about websites … in 2012, I will finish my promised new website! (according to my training it should express my style more, so it should be a cleaner, more minimal look with elements of humor ;))

Website Voor de Kunstenaar: http://www.voordekunstenaar.nl/.