Future Mind Map
The Short Term Plan
- Take a well deserved break after graduation, travel for a bit
- Follow up on whatever comes out of the graduation show
- Find a part time job, preferably art related, so either be a supervisor at Bijzonder Amsterdam (ceramics atelier) again, be a host at No Limits! Art Gallery (old internship place), or look for a job as a studio assistant. Otherwise a side job that’s chill, like making coffee or something.
- Foam 3H exhibition (confirmed)
- Start developing my next project (or continue with an ongoing one) so I can apply for funding
- Look for (international) open calls and residencies - I’m planning on staying in the Netherlands, but it would be fun to work interationally now and again too.
- Continuing developing a game plan for my collective Verbloemd and apply for funding, do the second edition of Verbloemd Festival
- Keep in touch with nice classmates by starting monthly (online) feedback sessions
- Look for housing in Utrecht
The Long Term Plan /
One Day
- Have beautiful adventures, saying yes to stuff that seems fun and work with people I like. I do not need to be the most successful or richest artist in the world, I just want to be able to enjoy what I’m doing and not have a burnout again :)
- see my work featured in publications, collective exhibitions and photo festivals. Hopefully do solo exhibitions as well.
- Have a bigger studio space so I can start making bigger artworks and experiment with installations.
- Do residencies once in a while to unwind and get inspired
- Be a fully independent artist, without having to do commercial crap (unless it’s non-profits working with disability)
- Collectief Verbloemd becomes a non-profit with staff and structural funding, that organizes exhibitions/ art festivals and works on artistic projects related to unseen disability. And gives other disabled artists that don’t practice disability art the opportunity to come work under Verbloemd for a bit. In a way that I don’t have to do any administrative crap and can just be involved in the creative side of things
Network /
Possible Connections
Exhibitions
Foam 3H (confirmed)
Prospects - Art Rotterdam
Buro Stedelijk
Botanique Brussels
Futures Photography
Fotodok
Melkweg
Unfair
Unseen
Recontres d’Arles
PHMuseum
Non-Profits
De Zonnebloem
Stichting De Vrolijkheid
Galleries
No Limits! Art Castle
Fleur & Wouter
Kers Gallery
Finances
[income at least 1500 euro per month]
I got decent savings to pay for graduation expanses and to be able to take time off after graduation, after that;
Funding
Het Cultuur Fonds
Afk
Mondriaan Start
Amarte
Mama Cash
Part Time Job (2-3 days a week)
Host No Limits! Art Castle
Supervisor Ceramics Bijzonder Amsterdam
Photography studio assistant
Barista or something like that
and otherwise WW-uitkering