

#Thanks for being an artist, Janeke Wienk
Thanks for being an artist educator Janeke Wienk. We spend a whole week together in October to read Primo Levi's book 'if this is a man'. We had one whole week together as a group, which she called ‘field’, to read the book ‘if this is a man’ by Primo Levi. At the start she explained the idea of the ‘field’ and the importance of everyones place in it. She asked commitment to be present and on time and to not allow ‘holes’ in our ‘field’. I felt Janeke takes herself with her i

Field notes #6 Narrative research
Artistic research for Education and Learning. After John set a theorical framework we were set to work on the methodology of narrative research/narratology. Using good ethics and ensuring a caring and trusting relationship with the owner of the story. We needed to apply these 6 action points. 1. Recount the story, find key moments of disruption and moments of learning. 2. Re-Tell the story to your partner 3. Make notes and record data. 4. Reverse the proces 5. Using the data,

#thank you for being an artist Kevin van Braak!
#thank you for being an artist Kevin van Braak! Gemma and Allesandra took us to the studio of Kevin van Braak situated on a industrial terrain in Arnhem as part of our Arte Util experience. I was incredibly impressed by the richness and layeredness of his works and projects. On his website he formulates this: Kevin van Braak’s work is set around politically and ideologically problematic issues. In recent years, he turned his attention to the visibility and invisibility of the
Sharing of Praxis
We took 2 days for All students and all staff of IMEA to share their practice and this way get to know each other and inform ourselves who would be a good match to be a tutor, a collaborator and to have an idea of which expertise can be found by who. My sharing of praxis, I was the second to share my praxis and I decided to make a small expo in our studiospace to introduce my practice. I also shared how living in different cultures enriched my life. When I was 16\17 I did an


Start of my studies!
Oh, my! I started my master in the Netherlands. To give an update. For a longer time I wanted to deepen my professional practice, last year I found a Master that was very much up my alley, connecting art with change in society. It aims to develop practice based methodologies that will challenge narratives that serve to promote mistrust and conflict. iMAE draws on the collective power of the arts to act as a 'learning force' that serves to promote critical education through th


#thankyouforbeing an association, Arte Util!
They aim to see Art as a tool, a transformative tool in reality. To use artistic thinking and doing to invent strategies to change the world. With this they are breaking standards and conventions as they see Art not as entertainment or pleasure but as a tool to talk about real stuff and real problems. They use the frames of museum(s) and the infrastructure of the art world and their tradtitions and validation mechanism to carve out a place for Arte Util. Gemma Medina and Alle


#Thanks for being an artist, Falk Hubner,
During the text-writing sessions Falk asked us to write a statement about our identity as artist educators, this is mine, noting it is a work in proces; 'The human experience is rich, ever-changing and intricate. We long for connection, meaning and adventure. In my work I invite people to experience this. Trough the use of artisan techniques, conversation and collective experiences I am to give people the sense of belonging. That together we are in wonder of life and the beau