Ménage à trois – part V: meeting the Limburg visual arts scene
Kunst aan de Maas, Billboards van kunstenaar Olivier Goethals.
Ménage à trois is an annual programme for the Flemish, Brussels and Walloon visual arts scenes to get to know each other better on both sides of the linguistic border. The programme aims to create space for encounters between artists and arts professionals in Wallonia, Brussels and Flanders.
This fifth edition brought together artists and art professionals from Brussels and Wallonia to Genk and Hasselt to meet the Limburg visual arts scene.
During this day, we explored how organizations outside major urban centers support artists in their artistic development and internationalization. Does the “peripheral” location affect the nature of their work? How do local art scenes connect on a national and international level? How do they create a dynamic ecosystem and promote international collaboration?
Speakers from Brussels and Wallonia who contributed to the discussions: Dorothée Duvivier (BPS22 in Charleroi), Laurent Jacob (Espace 251 Nord in Liège), Laurence Dervaux (artist and lecturer at the Ecole Supérieure des Arts plastiques et visuels de l’Académie des Beaux-Arts in Tournai), Rokko Miyoshi (artist and founder of SB34 in Brussels).
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Programme
10h00 Arrival at the railway station in Hasselt
10h30 Welcome at Jester in Genk
11h00 Presentation of the work of Jester by Yesim Bektas
11h30 Discussion on the support of artists and the development of a locally anchored art scene
12h30 Lunch
13h00 Departure
13h30 Welcome at Vonk in Hasselt
13h45 Presentation of the functioning of Vonk by Lies Serdons, Joke Hansen and Stefanie De Bakker
14h00 Discussion on the development of an internationally networked art scene
15h00 Open visit to artists’ studios and tasting of the cakes by Denicolai & Provoost
16h00 Walk to KRIEG?
16h30 Welcome to KRIEG? by Pieter Vermeulen and visit to the exhibition
17h30 Walk to Z33
18h00 Welcome at Z33 by Adinda Van Geystelen and Tim Roerig and visit to the exhibitions
19h00 Closing networking reception
20h30 Train back to Brussels, Charleroi, Liege,…
Practical
- Date: Friday 24 November 2023
- Language: The day will largely take place in English, in addition to informal talks in Dutch and French.
- Location: Various locations in Genk & Hasselt, see program for details.
- Participants to this programme are invited by the Direction des Arts plastiques contemporains of the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles. If interested, you can always contact our colleague Lissa Kinnaer.
Contact
Do you have questions or would you like more info? Contact our colleague Lissa Kinnaer.
Credits
Ménage à trois is an initiative of Flanders Arts Institute and the Direction des Arts plastiques of the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles. This fifth edition is organised in collaboration with Jester, Vonk, KRIEG? and Z33.
