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200 years Maastricht Institute of Arts
200 years Maastricht Institute of Arts
We celebrate 200 years
Friday 3 February 2023 marks the 200th anniversary of the founding of the first predecessor of Maastricht Institute of Arts. Time to celebrate, to look back and to look ahead.
Our 200th anniversary is a celebration for everyone: both for seasoned art lovers and new kids on the block! But why should we ‘celebrate’ in these uncertain times?
The arts, and the art education that underlies them, play an essential role in shaping developments in our society. Looking at society and the world holistically, the term ‘change’ may be the most evocative of the current status quo.
Each one of us is currently at an imaginary crossroads. Nature, scientists, politicians, and other specialists are telling us that our current way of life is no longer sustainable. But what should our lives be like and how should we live them? This is an extremely urgent yet extremely interesting issue and is again dominated by the word ‘change’. Over the centuries, it has often been the creative minds among us who have been able to formulate new ways of thinking and look for different solutions.
The message running through our 200th anniversary celebrations initiates with a reflection on the past, reveals insights into today, and – more importantly – focuses on the future in relation to contemporary issues. What will the world look like in 200 years? Will art education exist in its current form?
How can contemporary and future creative producers contribute to these inevitable changes? How do our alumni interpret their lives and, more specifically, society at large? And how can we as an educational institution use our 200th anniversary to highlight current issues in society through art? We aim to achieve this by creating an engaging annual programme of talks, interviews, debates, and exhibitions. We are also actively involving alumni in the organization of our 200th anniversary celebrations. We hope to welcome you at one of our events soon!
More info about our institute on: www.zuyd.nl/en
Programme
More activities will be added during the year.
18 January 2024: Premiere artist film 'Staying with the Trouble
As part of the 200th anniversary of Maastricht Institute of Arts, alumni and former employees look back on their academy days and talk about their work and life after the academy. From Marijke Stultiens who studied there in 1946 to Chris El Murr who graduated in 2023. This film was made by alumni and students in collaboration with visual artist and alumna Charlotte Lagro.
Programme
19:00h start premiere
With drinks afterwards
Location
Lumière Cinema
Bassin 88, 6211 AK Maastricht
The Citizens of Maastricht
As part of its 200th anniversary, Maastricht Institute of Arts presents 'The Citizens of Maastricht', in collaboration with Les Deux Garçons. Atelier Les Deux Garçons has been formed since 2000 by Michel Vanderheijden van Tinteren (1965) and Roel Moonen (1966), both studied at our institute.
Location
Herdenkingsplein 12, 6211 PW Maastricht
The creation of this group of statues was made possible by Zuyd University of Applied Sciences, the Municipality of Maastricht, Atelier les Deux Garçons, Laudy Bouw & Ontwikkeling Tim van Neer, DSM, Catharien Romijn, Art Hotel Rotterdam, Amsborgh Investments B.V., Maya Meijer-Bergmans, Inge Meijer, Kees and Willemien Halkes, and Jac and Miny Defauwes, Serhat Celik, Rob Henquet, Ronald Bax and Frank Lunenburg.
Until 25 February 2024: Between Art and Copy
'Tussen Kunst en Kopie' (between Art and Copy): an exhibition of the Maastricht Institute of Arts' plaster collection at the Bonnefantenmuseum.
"A cast is worth less than an original but a plaster is more than a copy."
(Humbert de Superville, first curator of a collection of plaster casts in Leiden)
These plaster casts are not original museum pieces but copies. The original sculptures come from ancient Greece, are ornaments from Dutch Gothic churches or they are 20th-century pieces of work by academy students. The collection was created with the establishment of the Maastricht art academy in 1823. The collection has developed over the past two centuries into a diverse and large collection.
You can visit the exhibition until 25 February 2024.
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3 February 2023: Party!
On this day, our institute will be exactly 200 years old!
We’ll celebrate together with our community of students, staff, and alumni at the Muziekgieterij concert venue in Maastricht from 8 PM.
The DJs RETRO DELUXE take us into the time machine of 80s, 90s and 00s hits that guarantee a wonderful night of dancing.
If you want to join, order your ticket now! It’s a very large community, so there’s a limited number of tickets!
25 May 2023: We Love the Future
Humans are creative beings. We design our environment, bend it to our will. We now live in the Anthropocene: there is no place left on our earth that has not been determined by human intervention. The impact of design cannot be overstated. Design could play an important role in dealing with the major challenges that currently await us.
We can take this one step further
Designers and artists can make us imagine and experience alternatives, to take us to futures that we want. During ‘we love the future’, we playfully explore what this means for design, designers and artists.
Programme
15.00-17.00: (students only) workshop zines of the futures (CHA4OS Theory: Chetana Pai)
17.00-19.00: expo zines with recap and pizza
19.00-21.00: short keynotes by Marjolein Pijnappels and Lisanne Buik, panel discussion with guests and Subp Yao
21.00-22.00: drinks and music by Subp Yao.
Location
Brusselseweg 150, Maastricht
8 juni 2023: No City without Fringes
The most important cultural freezone of Maastricht is threatened in its survival. Fringes are essential to a city. Without freezones there is no marginal art and culture that questions and challenges the status quo.
What role do cultural freezones play in Maastricht and how can we foster?
Programme
18.00: Together we watch the documentary 'RAFELRAND, Limburg’s laatste vrijhaven aan de kant’ by Niena Bocken (made for L1) about Landbouwbelang and then talk about fringes, art, culture and Maastricht with Niena Bocken, Marielle Yogi, Lars den Hertog and Hanna Zwart.
Location
Large Auditorium, Herdenkingsplein 12
14 June 2023: Maastricht Art & Film Festival
Students of the Fine Art and Design in Education programme are organising the Maastricht Art & Film Festival on Wednesday 14 June. This festival will be held at Kaleido, Tapijnterrein in the Maastricht city park.
Programme
13.00 – 21.00: The jam-packed programme includes interactive theatre, live music and ‘coffee and questions’. Films by students and alumni will also be shown in an unusual seating landscape created by students.
Appropriate for all ages. Free admission.
Everyone is welcome – you don’t want to miss it!
Location
Tapijnkazerne 21 Maastricht, Gebouw Z
6 – 9 July 2023: The Beginning
Visit The Beginning 2023 | Graduation show
During this annual graduation exhibition, the graduating students of the Maastricht Institute of Arts show how they look at the outside world, react and position themselves with different eyes each time. They invite the visitor to enter the conversation.
The nature of the works on display ranges from performance, installation, graphic design, illustration, photo, film, sound art, products, materials, object to theoretical reflection.
22 – 24 November 2023: Casted Plaster: Art or Craft?
Congress topics
This conference will focus on plaster-cast ornaments for interior decoration and plaster-cast sculptures from the collections of educational institutions and museums. With the current revival of plaster casts in interior decoration, education and museums, it felt like the right time for this conference to take place in our lovely city of Maastricht. It will feature a large variety of interior plaster ornaments to give visitors an idea of the many manufacturers and their styles, as well as the countless potential applications.
The development
In these digital times, the plaster collections kept for art education are being used in new ways. Replicas of important statues from long ago are being pulled from museum depots and are once again featured in current and future displays. As such, this conference will focus on how all this heritage can coexist with and even benefit from modern digital technology.
Location
Herdenkingsplein 12, 6211 PW Maastricht
The conference is being organised through a partnership between the Maastricht Institute of Arts, Rocaille B.V. and Stichting Het Nederlandse Interieur.
Contact
Need to get in touch with us? You can contact us on: maastrichtinstituteofarts@zuyd.nl