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Practical workshop: how to photograph your work with a camera or smartphone?
Would you like to take good reproduction photos yourself for your website, portfolio or social media, but you lack some know-how? This workshop teaches you to take strong reproduction photos with a simple device, even if you have little or no experience with photography. Photographer and teacher Kristof Vrancken supervises the workshop.
Date: Saturday 24 September
Location : Jester - Casino Modern, André Dumontlaan 2, 3600 Genk
Price: free
Elias Ghekiere solo exposition in Z33
We are happy to announce that visual artist Elias Ghekiere has been selected for the Z33_VONK presentation program of 2022. In Z33 he presents his first solo exhibition.
Elias Ghekiere (°1991, Hasselt) works with different media, ranging from painting, drawing and photography to sculptural materials. His visual language is fed by historical archetypes and a stylistic eclecticism.
Date: 02.10_22 - 04.12_22
Location : Z33, Bonnefantenstraat 1, 3500 Hasselt
Workshop strategic thinking and financial management
Are you starting your professional career as an artist and wondering about the different ways to get paid as an artist? How do you build up social rights and what about taxes? How do you pay yourself in the context of a subsidy project? Or do you have a concrete project plan but did you get stuck making a correct budget and looking for the right strategic partners?
Date: Saturday 15 October
Part 1: 10:00 - 12:00
Part 2: 13:00 - 16:00
Location : Casino Modern, André Dumontlaan 2, 3600 Genk
Price: free
Portfolio day
18.11_2022
On Friday November 18 we invite national and international curators to whom you as an artist can present your work. You will enter into a dialogue about your artistic practice with 5 curators in conversations that will last one hour each time. The portfolio day is an excellent opportunity to expose your art practice to curators and expand your network.
Date: Friday 18 November
Location : Z33, Bonnefantenstraat 1, 3500 Hasselt
Price: free
Performance Night
18.11_2022
CCHA, Toneelacademie Maastricht, Z33 and VONK joined forces to create the new concept Performance Night. A night during which you can experience several theatre, dance or visual arts performances in the city center of Hasselt. With a festival pass you can discover everything at your own pace.
Date: Friday 18 November
Location : at various surprising locations in Hasselt
Price: 12 euro for all performances
Past events
Performa 5
18.06_2022
The surreal setting of the old mining site of C-mine will be turned into the stage of some peculiar works of art. VONK, in collaboration with C-mine, invited artists to show their performances and installations during a one day happening. Discover the programme here.
Ongoing performances & installations from 14h - 17h
C-mine, Genk
Free event
UFO VISITORS PROGRAMME
The UFO visitors programme is organised by UFO, a platform for artist studio organisations in Flanders, supported by Flanders Art Institute. The programme aims to connect different players in the field and introduces international professionals to (young) artists in Flanders and Brussels. The purpose is to exchange knowledge and experience, and to nourish an international network of references and opportunities.
Public programme
The public programme consists of a talk for artists with international curators about support for artists in their country
Date: Tuesday 24 May
Location : VONK & Z33
Price: free
Performa 5
18.06_2022
The surreal setting of the old mining site of C-mine will be turned into the stage of some peculiar works of art. VONK, in collaboration with C-mine, invited artists to show their performances and installations during a one day happening. Discover the programme here.
Ongoing performances & installations from 14h - 17h
C-mine, Genk
Free event
Seminar scenography & dramaturgy
VONK is organizing a seminar on scenography and dramaturgy in the visual and transdisciplinary arts. The seminar consists of a series of workshops and lectures and are aimed at professional artists who want to take their artistic practice to the next level. The workshops start with the basics and provide you with a good insight into scenography and dramaturgy. During the lectures we will have a look at different perspectives and good practices. The spoken language in all events is English.
Program
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Panel discussion on “The context of presentation” with Tim Roerig (curator Z33), Orlando Maaike Gouwenberg (artistic director of Jester (former FLACC/CIAP)), Robbert&Frank Frank&Robbert (artist) and Caroline Coolen (artist) on Thursday 24/3 19h30 - 21h at VONK_Veldeman, Kempische Kaai 85, 3500 Hasselt
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2 day workshop scenography by Bart Van Merode & Roel Huisman on Friday 25/3 + Saturday 26/3 from 10h – 16h at VONK_Veldeman, Kempische Kaai 85, 3500 Hasselt
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Online lecture by Steve Salembier, on Friday 25/3 19h30 - 20h30
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2 day workshop dramaturgy by Roos Euwe on Wednesday 30/3 + Thursday 31/3 from 10h30 – 16h30 at VONK_Veldeman, Kempische Kaai 85, 3500 Hasselt
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Online lecture by Lawrence Malstaf on Wednesday 30/3 19h30 - 20h30
Date: Thursday 24 until Thursday 31 March
Location : Online & Kempische Kaai 85, 3500 Hasselt
Price: free
Studio Classic presents Jasmijn Lootens, Benjamin Glorieux and Michiel De Naegel
19.03_2022
Studio Classic annually enrolls 3 classical musicians in an intensive program that gives them the opportunity to become the makers of tomorrow.
Saturday 19th of March you can witness the end results of Jasmijn Lootens, Benjamin Glorieux and Michiel De Naegel aka Joeri Chipsvingers.
UFO Public Programme #1 : For (and by) artists
19.03_2022
The public programme is part of the UFO Visitors Programme. It is organised by UFO organisations in collaboration with Flanders Arts Institute. It is meant as an open discussion platform for artists and artist-centred organisations. We will be sharing tools for support, development and internationalisation in a sustainable learning network.
After a keynote introduction by Danielle van Zuijlen (Kunsthal Gent, NUCLEO), our guest curators will introduce themselves concisely and explain which formats or tools they use to support artists in their daily practice. After the plenary session, we will split in smaller groups to address issues around support, development and internationalisation for (and by) artists. Each discussion group is facilitated by a UFO organisation.
Date: Saturday 19 March 14:00 — 17:00
Location : Boulevard Pachécolaan 34-2, 1000 Brussels
Price: free
THE ARTISTS GOING TO NEW YORK ARE...
From 25 until 30 May 2022 VONK is going on a 5 day network event at Flanders in the USA. The jury has decided, VONK goes to New York with these 10 Belgian visual artists:
Daan Gielis
Hilde Overbergh
William Ludwig Lutgens
Tramaine de Senna
Denitsa Todorova
Kristof Vrancken
Anton Kusters
Michiel Ceulers
Lieven Segers
Marius Ritiu
This project was funded by the Flemish Government, the city of Hasselt and the city of Genk. Many thanks to Yves Wantens, Katelijne De Backer, Stephanie Theodore, Koen Leemans, Susan Hapgood and team ISCP.
WORKSHOP WRITING A (FUNDING) APPLICATION
19.2_2022 & 12.3_2022
- FULL
Do you want to apply for funding? Are you about to apply for a residency? Then this workshop offers a suitable theoretical and practical preparation for writing your file. The workshop consists of two contact moments with mentor Katrien Reist (State of the Arts). Register before Friday 11 February.
The workshops are intended for professional, semi-professional and/or starting contemporary artists with a link to Limburg who have followed a professional art training. We start with the file writing workshop. The workshops are free and include lunch, the number of places is limited.
VONK, Z33 and Jester (the former CIAP/FLACC) are joining forces and will start 2022 with a series of workshops on the practice of the visual artist. The workshops guide you through the first steps and offer useful tools to get started afterwards. This workshop is the first in the series. Keep an eye on the website for more information about the upcoming workshops.
Dates: Saturday 19 February 10.30 am - 4.30 pm & Saturday 12 March 10.30 am - 4.30 pm
Location : Z33, Bonnefantenstraat 1, 3500 Hasselt
Price: free
WORKSHOP ARCHIVING
27.11 _ 2021
27/11 14 - 16 pm we are organizing a workshop on the do's and don'ts of the artist archive.
The workshop will be given by the Center for Art Archives Flanders (CKV).
Kempische Kaai 85, 3500 Hasselt
Performa 4
18.9_2021
During Performa 4, the entire C-mine site is transformed into a trail full of bizarre performances, art installations and bands. With flying trees, horses pulling a car, a hidden band in a maze and much more.
ZWARTE ZUSTERS
PILKINGTON UNITED
AARON-VICTOR PEETERS
LIES SERDONS
WITH MOHAMED BOUJARRA
AND FRANCOIS VINCENT
LEON DE BRUIJNE
SIMON VAN SCHUYLENBERG
LUKAS DE CLERCK
INDRA WOUTERS
OBLOMOV
ANNA GODZINA
STEF VAN LOOVEREN
JORDEN BOULET
'T FUNDAMENT
C-MINE, 3600 HASSELT
Kunstennacht 16.9_2021
Kunstenwerkplaats VONK opens the doors of the studios in the former Veldeman building during Kunstennacht Hasselt. Get to know the artists and their work and enjoy live performances by Milan Gillard and Lin Gerritse.
KRISTOF VRANCKEN
INDRA WOUTERS
JORDEN BOULET
JOKE HANSEN
ANTON KUSTERS
ELIAS GHEKIERE
MARNIK NEVEN
LIN GERRITSE
MILAN GILLARD
KEMPISCHE KAAI 85, 3500 HASSELT
Come without reservation to the ateliers or book your free ticket for the performances
© Lennert Berx
PERFORMA 3
9_ 05 _ 2021
Performa 3
from 16h until 18h
on 9_05_2021
@ Begijnhof Hasselt
Behind closed doors
ACTS from
Francois Vincent
Strange Strangers
Ark- Connor Schumacher
This is a project of Shippingorder in the buildings of VONK.
Supported by the Flemish Government
OPENING
6 _ 05 _ 2021
VONK expands with a new building and an extra discipline !
Together with you we will open the doors at May 6th 2021 between 15h and 21h. With works of visual & transdisciplinairy artists.
ANTON KUSTERS
JOKE HANSEN
AARON VICTOR PEETERS
ELIAS GHEKIERE
MARNIK NEVEN
SERGE HAELTERMAN
JORIS PERDIEUS & EVELIEN CAMMAERT
JONAS NELISSEN
JORDEN BOULET
KRISTOF VRANCKEN
STEVEN ANTONIO MANES
THOM TROJANOWSKI
BRECHT KOELMAN
KEMPISCHE KAAI 85, 3500 HASSELT
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