Educating Artists?, a two day symposium
Classroom Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam 2013.
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Educating Artists? is a two-day symposium organized by Gnyp Art dealing with recent developments in artist education. Addressing different educational models, the relationship between artist, tutor & student, between theory and skills, while approaching the subject from an 'outside' and 'inside'-perspective, the symposium attempts to reach for new and alternative methods in artist education.
The question about a new art academy in Berlin has caused a vigorous debate this year; in Amsterdam its most famous 'second-phase' institutions, being the Rijksakademie and De Ateliers, have faced dramatic subsidy-cuts. While residency programs DAAD and De Ateliers both celebrate their 50th birthday this year and new educational models like Autocenter's Summer Academy and UdK's Institut für Raumexperimente are offering alternative programs, Gnyp Art feels the need to offer a creative platform to reflect upon these current educational developments.
The symposium is divided into four panels spread over two days, each day concluded with a specifically arranged performance. Questions that will be addressed are: In what way do structural hierarchies in education systems influence the relation between tutor and student? How do educational institutions respond to the increased professionalization of the job of the artist? How is the quest for alternative models symptomatic for broader transformations in education/culture? How do theory and practice come together in artist education? In which way does the academy or the post-academic institution partake in the contemporary art world?
Speakers include: Jennifer Allen, Kirsty Bell, Ariane Beyn, Dominic van den Boogerd, Angela Bulloch, AA Bronson, Els van Odijk, Karin Sander, Willem de Rooij and many others.
In an attempt to offer an alternative perspective on the topic of artist education, Feiko Beckers ('83, NL) and Rory Pilgrim ('88, UK) were asked to respond to this subject through their artistic practice and experience. Their performances will take place on Friday and Saturday.
More information on the speakers and the symposium program will soon be announced.
The symposium is initiated by Gnyp Art and is organized in close collaboration with the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, De Ateliers and Kunst-Werke. The symposium is generously funded by the Dutch embassy in Berlin and Gnyp Art.
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