Are you a Rotterdam visual artist and do you have a specific question about (a component within) your professional practice? With our Mentorship program, Art Office offers you the opportunity to take time for specific challenges that you encounter. How? By discussing this with a colleague. The mentoring program opens the door to conversations with colleagues outside the immediate circle, can yield new knowledge and perspectives and lead to mutual inspiration.
Mentorship Karin Stroo & Dirk van Lieshout
Why this initiative?
The Rotterdam art community holds a world of knowledge, experience and expertise. Art Office believes it is important to stimulate mutual cooperation and knowledge sharing within the city, because they are crucial for growth and development. With the Mentorship program we aim to build a mentor network,to connect artists with different experiences and expertise into contact with each other.
Art Office encourages this exchange by connecting artists and providing financial support for the mentor's hours. We believe that this will not only contribute to the development of individual professional practices, but also strengthen the position of visual artists and the Rotterdam network.
For who?
The mentorship is intended for Rotterdam visual artists who:
– are registered with Art Office;
– have login credentials for artoffice.info;
– have an updated artist page.
Mentorship Kamiel Verschuren & Jake Kelly
How does it work?
– Applications are processed in order of receipt. During the pilot phase, which will run until the end of 2024, we offer thirty courses. Due to its success, we will continue this in 2025.
– Each mentorship trajectory consists of four contact hours with a mentor, during which a specific question within professional practice is addressed. Mentors are compensated €200 excluding VAT for four hours of guidance.
– The available hours can be scheduled flexibly by mutual agreement, with a maximum duration of six months.
– We aim to arrange a match within three weeks. Once matched you will be informed by email and contact your mentor directly to set up appointments.
Interested?
Are you interested in the mentoring program? Send an email to mentorship@cbkrotterdam.nl with your question and motivation (max. 5 sentences). Please include your name, email, telephone number, link to your artist page on artoffice.info and your own website. Choose two mentors from the list provided below. If you prefer another mentor who is not on the list, please let us know and we will see if we can approach that person. Please note: this artist must have an artist page on artoffice.info.
Mentorship Ruth Horstmanhoff and Wapke Feenstra
mentors
Alexandra Phillips
sculpture – diaspora – conceptual – abstract
Alexandra Roozen
to draw
Amy Pickles
tech topics – collaborative projects – radio practice
Anna Maria Luczak (LAW FILM)
social - installation
Antye Guenther
ceramics – science & technology – performance – conceptual – digital technology
Aqueene Wilson
artistic research – decolonization – diaspora – photography – social
Bert Frings
painting – drawing
Charlotte Schleiffert
painting – drawing
Constance Saraiva
artistic research – social
Diana Al Halabi
artistic research – audiovisual – autobiographical – decolonization – figurative – gender – installation – international – body – painting – writing – video
Dirk van Lieshout
residency – public space – Experimental – community – artistic research
Edwin van der Heide
sound – installation – interactive – light – public space
Efrat Zehavi
diversity – installation – community – sculpture – figurative
Elian Somers
archives – artistic research – photography – video – installation
Ellemic Shoemaker
painting – sculpting
Eric Roux (LAW FILM)
video – artistic research – documentary – writing – film
Esther Kokmeijer
conceptual – documentary – crossover – ecology – science & technology
Eveline Visser
installation – painting
Fatima Barznge
painting – drawing – collage
Florian Braakman
photography – installation – printing (2d) – publication – video – audiovisual
Gabi Dao
science & technology – video – textile – sculpture – residency – objects – nature – media – LGBT – ceramics – installation – gender – film – experimental – ecology – digital – diaspora – decolonization – community – autobiographical – audiovisual – artistic research – archives
Gerco de Ruijter
conceptual – film – photography – abstract
Ilke Gers
artistic research – experimental – installation – language – abstract
Isabelle Suly
conceptual – publication – artistic research – performance – language
Jeanne van Heeswijk
community network
Jochem Rottevel
mural – education – cross-over – communication – abstract
Kamiel Verschuren
public space – artistic research – conceptual – community – international
Leonor Faber Jonker
collage – photography – writing
Linhui Chen
painting – diaspora – installation – objects – social
Liza Wolters
photography – installation – language – objects – video
Lucilla Novoa
artistic research – decolonization – performance – autobiographical – collaboration
Maurice Meewisse
installation – environment
Pilar Mata Dupont
audiovisual – video – photography – performance – experimental – film
Raffia Lic
artistic research – community – body – performance – installation
Robert Glas
cinematography – photography – scientific literature and fiction to investigate technologies nation-states deploy to enforce the law
Said Kinos
painting – abstract – collage – design – graffiti
Silvia B
human – sculpture
Stacii Samidin
documentary – film – photography
Tess martin
audiovisual – experimental – film – installation – crossover
Wapke Feenstra
conceptual – decolonization – diy – ecology – economics
Yin Yin Wong
artistic research – autobiographical – diaspora – film – sculpture – drawing
Feedback
After the process, we would like to hear how you experienced the mentorship. You can email a concise summary to: mentorship@cbkrotterdam.nl.
Photo above: mentorship Jochem Rotteveel and Tim Mastik