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Judith van der Kooij, DutchCulture
Judith van der Kooij
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j.vanderkooij [at] dutchculture.nl

 

 

 

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Mondriaan Fund: Artist Start

Mondriaan Fund: Artist Start

Mondriaan Fonds: Kunstenaar Start
Stipendium for emerging visual artists

The Mondriaan Fund is one of the 6 national cultural funds, and supports and promotes the visual arts and cultural heritage in the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

With the Artist Start grant the Mondriaan Fund aims to stimulate the artistic development and cultural entrepreneurship of promising artists at the start of their careers, supporting the creation of work that can make a valuable contribution to contemporary visual art in the Netherlands and/or the Caribbean part of the Kingdom.

This grant is not specifically for international development, but it can be used for projects abroad (outside the Kingdom of the Netherlands). Initially it can be used by the artist to develop it's artistic practice, including research, experimentation, or the purchase of new materials or equipment. Additionally, it can support working on a commission or participating in exhibitions or events both within and outside the Netherlands.

Destination
Worldwide
Discipline(s)
Visual Arts
Who can apply
Individuals

Visual artists from the Netherlands or the Caribbean part of the Kingdom (Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Sint-Eustatius , Sint Maarten) who are at the beginning of their career and have plans for new work.

  • Artists must be artistically active in the visual arts and in that capacity embedded in the professional visual arts practice in the Netherlands and/or the Caribbean part of the Kingdom;
  • Artists must have been working as a professional visual artist for at least 1, but less than 4 years (the date of the diploma or degree, or the date you ended your studies if you did not graduate, is considered the start of the professional practice; if no higher arts education has been followed, the moment when the artist first presents his or her work within the professional visual arts circuit is taken into account);
  • Periods during which the applicant is studying do not count towards the duration of the professional practice. An exception to this is participation in post-academic or post-graduate programmes (such as the Rijksakademie, de Ateliers, the Jan van Eyck Academy, BAK or EKWC,): these periods are considered as professional practice.
For what
Travel
Project
Research
How much

€ 22,000 for 12 months.

Requirements
  • See 'Who can apply'
  • Applicants can not receive any other financial support from the Mondriaan Fund that covers the same costs.
  • Only one Artist Start grant is awarded to any artists.
  • For the assessment the following criteria are taken into account (go the fund's website for more detailed information):
    • The quality and development of your work to date
    • The quality of your cultural entrepreneurship
    • The quality of the plan and your approach to finding an audience for your work
When to apply
Apply anytime
More information
Mondriaan Fund: Artist Start
Mondriaan Fonds: Kunstenaar Start
Deelregeling Kunstenaar Start
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