Art Office

Are you a Rotterdam visual artist and do you have a specific question about (a part of) your professional practice?
With the Pilot Mentorship Art Office offers you the opportunity to take time for concrete challenges you encounter.
How? By discussing this with a colleague. The mentoring process opens the door to conversations with colleagues outside the immediate circle, can provide new knowledge and perspectives and lead to mutual inspiration.

Why this initiative?

The Rotterdam artist community has a lot of knowledge, experience and expertise. Art Office believes it is important to stimulate mutual cooperation and knowledge sharing within the city, because they are crucial for growth and development. With this pilot we want to build a mentor network, through which we connect artists with diverse experiences and expertise.

Art Office stimulates this exchange by connecting artists and making an amount available for the mentor's hours. We are convinced that this will not only contribute to the development of individual professional practices, but will also strengthen the position of visual artists and the Rotterdam network.

For who?

The mentorship is intended for Rotterdam visual artists who:
– are registered with Art Office;
– have login credentials to artoffice.info;
– have an updated artist page.

How does it work?

– Applications are processed in order of receipt. We offer twenty programs within the pilot, which will run until the end of 2024.
– Four contact hours with a mentor are available per process, during which a specific question within professional practice is addressed. Mentors receive a compensation of €200 excluding VAT for four hours of guidance.
– The available hours are arranged by mutual agreement between the participants as desired, with a maximum duration of six months.
– We aim to have a match within three weeks. We will inform you about this by email. You can then contact your mentor yourself to make an appointment.

Interested?

Are you interested in a mentoring program? Then send an email to mentorship@cbkrotterdam.nl with your question and motivation (max. 5 sentences). Don't forget to include your name, email, telephone number, link to your artist page on artoffice.info and your own website. Choose two people from the list of mentors below. If you prefer a different mentor, please let us know and we will see if we can approach them. Please note: this artist must be listed on artoffice.info.

mentors

Alexandra Roozen
to draw
Amy Pickles
tech topics – collaborative projects – radio practice
Anna Maria Luczak (LAW FILM)
social - installation
Antye Guenther
ceramics – science & technology – performance – conceptual – digital technology
Aqueene Wilson
artistic research – decolonization – diaspora – photography – social
Bert Frings
painting – drawing
Charlotte Schleiffert
painting – drawing
Constance Saraiva
artistic research – social
Diana Al Halabi
artistic research – audiovisual – autobiographical – decolonization – figurative – gender – installation – international – body – painting – writing – video
Dirk van Lieshout
public space – residency – artistic research
Edwin van der Heide
sound – installation – interactive – light – public space
Efrat Zehavi
diversity – installation – community – sculpture – figurative
Elian Somers
archives – artistic research – photography – video – installation
Ellemic Shoemaker
painting – sculpting
Eric Roux (LAW FILM)
video – artistic research – documentary – writing – film
Esther Kokmeijer
conceptual – documentary – crossover – ecology – science & technology
Fatima Barznge
painting – drawing – collage
Florian Braakman
photography – installation – printing (2d) – publication – video – audiovisual
Raffia Lic
artistic research – community – body – performance – installation
Isabelle Suly
conceptual – publication – artistic research – performance – language
Jeanne van Heeswijk
community network
Jochem Rottevel
abstract – communication – crossover – education – mural
Kamiel Verschuren
public space – artistic research – conceptual – community – international
Leonor Faber Jonker
collage – photography – writing
Linhui Chen
painting – diaspora – installation – objects – social
Liza Wolters
photography – installation – language – objects – video
Lucilla Novoa
artistic research – decolonization – performance – autobiographical – collaboration
Maurice Meewisse
installation – environment
Robert Glas
cinematography – photography – scientific literature and fiction to investigate technologies nation-states deploy to enforce the law
Said Kinos
painting – abstract – collage – design – graffiti
Silvia B
human – sculpture
Stacii Samidin
documentary – film – photography
Tess martin
audiovisual – experimental – film – installation – crossover
Wapke Feenstra
conceptual – decolonization – diy – ecology – economics
Yin Yin Wong
artistic research – autobiographical – diaspora – film – sculpture – drawing

Feedback

After the process, we would like to hear how you experienced the mentorship. You can email a concise summary to: mentorship@cbkrotterdam.nl.

Photo: Fonds Kwadraat