Newsletter #1April 2015

Using issues and questions of today’s society as a starting point, students from all over Europe and further away work in teams on interdisciplinary projects and interventions. iArts is the brand new pro-gramme of the Arts Faculty Maastricht from Zuyd University.

iArts is both an interdisciplinary arts programme as well as an academic research and entrepreneur-ial programme. This means that iArts needs bright students who integrate the talent and the passion for artistic creation with intellectual and entrepreneurial skills that make them fit for the challenges of the 21th century. So we are proud to inform you with this newsletter about what is going on at iArts. Follow our stu-dents in their projects in cooperation with national and international partners. See who is teaching and coaching at iArts and join our project-presentations now and in the future. Drs. Leo Swinkels,Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Zuyd University, Maastricht Netherlands

WELCOME!

1ST YEARS PREVIOUS PROJECT: ‘IMAGINE THE BRAIN, IMAGINING THE BRAIN’.

SECOND YEARS PREVIOUS PROJECT:‘THE YEAR OF THE DAPPERMARKT’.

The projects of the domain Arts&Culture cover understanding fine arts, aesthetics and culture. Starting point for year one is exploring human nature and the brain, year two dives into human habitat and behavior. Read more here.

In The year of the Dappermarkt the second year students explored the authenticity of the market and the relationship between the market and the neighbourhood. Read more here.

FIRST YEARS CURRENT PROJECT:‘ENTREPRENEURSHIP’.

SECOND YEARS CURRENT PROJECT:‘THE ROBOTS ARE COMING ANYWAY’.

What does it mean when an artist becomes an entrepreneur? To understand the nowadays position of artists means to realize how the tradi-tional paradigms for both the arts and entrepre-neurship are challenged. Read more here.

What if scientists learn from robot art?What if artists do robot science?What if a philosopher talks to a robot scientist?What if six interdisciplinary art students dive into the field of robotics? Read more here.

CONVERSATIONS ON...

MONUMENTALITY.

Working on location, with multi-disciplinary teams, on inspiring, and current topics. The first week of February was the week of Conversations On, which takes place three times a year. Read more here.

MEET OUR STUDENTS...In each news letter, we will introduce some of our very own iArts students.

MEET...ROCIO(1ST YEAR STUDENT)

Name: Rocío Irene Frenken SosaAge: 18 Country: HondurasWith what I learn in iArts, I want to explore my artistic capacity in order to discover myself and reflect about the world we all live in, the Western world but also my own world: the Central American society. Read more here.

MEET...LARISSA(2ND YEAR STUDENT)

Name: Larissa HermannsAge: 24Country: GermanyWith what I learn at iArts, I want to get a little closer to my goal of becoming a writer. iArts trains us to work hard, think fast and take everything into account, that is what makes me better as a person and an “artist”.

MEET...DIRK(3RD YEAR STUDENT)

Name: Dirk Windhorst. Age: 22 years Country: the Netherlands (Breda to be exact).With what I learn at iArts, I want to become able to tell sto-ries via different disciplines and media in order to express my own reflections on societal problems and issues.

30 MINUTES WITH...

ESTHER DE KONINGACTRESS AND WRITERIn each newsletter, we will interview someone who we think has an interesting view on the arts, society and other related topics.

“We are all human beings; but we are all animals too”We are sitting in an oasis; the backyard of Esther de Koning’s house. On the little veranda, covered in sun and silence. Home is where she writes. Here she finds the space for imagination, most important for any artist. Fantasy, dreams: not only neces-sary to survive, but also tools to enlighten dark spaces, and to create space. In her work, Esther always tries to reach the child, sometimes hidden in a grown-up. We talk about the role of the artist in nowadays world. Read more here.

NEWS...Ellen ter Gast at PechaKucha.

Ellen ter Gast, programme develop Arts & Sciences, participated at PechaKucha Maas-tricht. Her talk about Bold Ethics was appoint-ed world wide ‘talk of the day’ last February. You can listen to her talk here: http://www.pechakucha.org/users/ellen-ter-gast-2

Students Suzanne Dekker and Niek Steege-mans create artistic intervention at Jeugd-zorg symposium.

Two iArts students made an artwork during the youth care symposium that the province of Limburg organised at the Gouvernementsge-bouw in Maastricht, on Friday 6 March 2015.Read more here.

Exhibition first year students during sym-posium Jazz Maastricht

Jazz Maastricht organised a symposium entitled ‘When Arts meets Science’. Jazz Maastricht invited the first year students, who worked on Imagine the brain, imagining the brain, to present a selection of their final works for this block. Read more here.

TO DO...CULTURAL TIPS FROM iARTS.

The Affordable Art Fair.

Date: 16th till the 19th of April.

One of the biggest and most visited fairs for affordable, contemporary art in the world. Since the first fair launched in London in 1999 it now returns for its second time in Maastricht. The fair hosts a multitude of events for exam-ple themed art routes through the city, exhibi-tions and even workshops. Expect established names as well as new young artists. Prices for artworks range from a mere hundred, to six thousand euros. Starting at Maastricht Central Station and finishing at the Affordable Art Fair in Tapijnka-zerne.

Entrance: 10 Euro

WE-Festival

Date: 4-10 May 2015

Location: In and around Maastricht

The WE-Festival is a cultural festival in Maas-tricht with a broad program with a lot of differ-ent activities. There will be Lectures, Work-shops, Food and of course Music & Parties. The WE-Festival is a non-profit sustainable organization run by a cohort of free-minded students, artists and locals. As individuals we are constantly exploring new cultural land-scapes, musical talents, magical endeavours, and unexpected enlightenments. WE value these experiences and believe they should be shared, that is why WE provide the platform to connect and collaborate these charms, voices, and ideas. Together WE make it our mission to create an inspiring community of new friends, new stories, and new futures.

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