LOWERING FUNDING IN THE LOW COUNTRIES…

With the government soon to withdraw as the chief financier of art and culture in The Netherlands, artists and culture enthusiasts will have to seek other ways to finance their artistic and cultural expressions. A call has been launched for artists, art managers, cultural entrepreneurs, individuals in trade and industry, public authorities, and those with a passion for art, to come up with alternative ways to finance culture and the arts. The most inventive, effective, and practical ideas will be invited to present them at a symposium at The Creative Factory in Rotterdam, 22 March 2011. Two of the most notable contributors will be rewarded and there will be a book and website dedicated to the ideas. The call is an initiative of the scientific staff and Master students of the International Master Programme in Cultural Economics and Cultural Entrepreneurship, Erasmus University, Rotterdam. We work with several organisations, including Cultuur en Ondernemen (Culture and Entrepreneurship), the Van den Ende Foundation, the Rotterdamse Raad voor Kunst en Cultuur (Rotterdam Council of Art and Culture) and NRC Handelsblad (Dutch newspaper). You are invited to send your contributions to info@klamer.nl by 25 February 2011.