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Conference Res Artis 2008

Trans Artists organized the Res Artis 2008 General Meeting and Conference "Artists in Dialogue, Transforming Communities", in Amsterdam from October 9 through 11, 2008.

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Ronald Plasterk - Dutch Minister of Education, Culture and Science - performed the official opening on Thursday 9th of October. His speech was en inspiring start of the three day conference, which was attended by 120 delegates from artist-in-residence programmes from all over the world, and by representatives of governments, funds and organizations related to the artist-in-residence sector.

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Res Artis is the largest network of artist residency centres and programmes operating internationally. Every other year its members gather to meet, to discuss issues of importance to the artist-in-residence sector.

This eleventh gathering was hosted and organized by Trans Artists - the Amsterdam based information centre for artists on international artist-in-residence opportunities. Trans Artists celebrates its 10th anniversary. Res Artis celebrates its 5th year of official registration in the Netherlands.

The theme "Artists in Dialogue, Transforming Communities" linked the conference in a stimulating way to the mobility of artists and residency issues.

The programme highlighted several exemplary projects developed by smaller grass roots organizations. Workshops focussed on important topics such as residency programmes creating safe havens for artists at risk, and the strategies of residential art centres to collaborate with corporations.

The artist-in-residence sector is of growing importance, not only to the art world but also to cultural exchange and artists' mobility at large. This together with the presence of so many representatives from starting as well as established residential art centres made this Meeting and Conference into a remarkable event.

The conference took place at the Trans Artists venue at Arie Biemondstraat 105, Amsterdam.

More about Trans Artists at: www.transartists.org
More about Res Artis at: www.resartis.org

The 11th Res Artis General Meeting and Conference "Artists in Dialogue, Transforming Communities" was sponsored by:

Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science - Mondriaan Foundation - Amsterdam Fund for the Arts - Fonds BKVB - Amsterdam Stadsdeel Centrum, Gemeente Amsterdam, Res Artis, Rijksakademie, European Cultural Foundation, Stichting HIVOS, Stichting DOEN, SICA, Trans Artists, Kunstenaars en Co, IFAA Foundation, Stichting SLAK, Thamgidi Foundation, Smart Project Space