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Open General Members’ Meeting 2025

Platform BK welcomes both members and non-members to the yearly meeting in order to increase solidarity within the visual arts. This year’s meeting will take place on Tuesday 3rd of June 2025, from 18:30 to 22:00 at the collective GROND in the housing cooperative Bajesdorp, Bijdorpstraat 1, Amsterdam.






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The Visitors Phantasy of the Artist as the Absent Foreigner

Following the report ‘Access to culture; towards a new system in 2029’ (‘Toegang tot cultuur; op weg naar een nieuw bestel in 2029’  ) that was published on 26 January 2024 by the Council for Culture, we invited Maziar Afrassiabi and Fréderique Scholtes to write a reflection. This article is written in dutch.






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Never considered / Well-considered

Why do so few art workers join a trade union or professional association?






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Paper Trail, Paper Trial: The Art History of the CV

In this text, we explore the history of the curriculum vitae in collaboration with writer and curator Lua Vollaard. Last year we organised the event, A Call to Open Calls, this was a starting point to open the conversation about the pitfalls and difficulties inherent in the open call process. Part of the open call […]






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Collaboration Station

We want to invite you to Collaboration Station a 3-day event on the Friday 8th, Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th of November 2024. We will work towards creating a deeper understanding of the role of collaboration and collective work of artists and organisations in the Netherlands, on artistic and societal levels. While there are numerous […]






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Time: Wednesday 25 September 20:00-21:30. Location: Live room (of De Creatieve Community) There has been a lot of talk about subsidies recently. The volume of artist subsidies has shrunk drastically in recent decades. This puts great pressure on the earning capacity of independent makers in the sector with major consequences for their socio-economic position. Board […]






WORD LID!

Platform BK zet zich al 10 jaar in voor solidariteit in de kunst, beter beleid en een sterkere positie voor cultuurwerkers. Dit kunnnen we doen dankzij onze 600 leden. We kunnen jouw steun goed gebruiken, want hoe meer leden, hoe groter onze vuist! Lid worden kan al vanaf €5 per maand.

WAT DOEN ONZE LEDEN?

  • Inbreng in debatten, onderzoek en evenementen vormt de basis van onze acties.
  • Eigen projecten initiëren met onze steun en toegang tot ons netwerk.
  • Een netwerk van gelijkgestemde professionals ontmoeten om ideeën, middelen en meningen uit te wisselen.
  • Ervaringen delen met Platform BK en andere leden om netwerken van solidariteit op te bouwen.
  • Gratis deelname aan onze evenementen en andere activiteiten.

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