More about me
I have gotten really tired of all this writing about me, but apparently you haven’t. Good for you!
Secret talents: can find trousers with a perfect fit based on looking alone, masonry, excellent knowledge of fabrics and extremely fast reader.
Secret flaws: Disturbing lack of fine motor skills: can’t whistle, wink or move nose or ears.
Work experience
Coordinator Heritage Lab,Reinwardt Academy - jan 2020-present
Coordinator of the Heritage Lab. The Heritage Lab supports the improvement and development of the heritage field. It is my responsilbiity to research the need for and oversee the development of new education programmes.
Artistic Researcher, Protest Supply Store -july 2020- present
Artistic researcher. Working and thinking about memory in public space. This has resulted in the creation of the Treehugger, an item to protest through the silent witnesses of climate change.
Project support, Reinwardt Academy - Sep 2019 - Dec 2020
Project support at research department. Here I curated the Artist in Residence program, supported the accreditation proces for a new Master’s programme and realised the organisation of an autumn school about contested heritage.
Writer and researcher, ICOMNL -Sep 2020, Jan 2020
Report writing (a.o. concerning presentations at the general assembly in Kyoto and of a meeting about the new museum definition)
Writer, Imagine IC - 2019, 2020
Reports on various editions of Gespreksstof and the co-collectionproces of Garage the Kempering.
Writer, Blueyard -Feb 2018- Jul 2018
Supporting role for a sector analysis of the Fine Arts for the province of Gelderland and the city of Arnhem. Here I helped the organisation, with qualitative and quantative data collection and more specifically involving young artists.
Other smaller assignments -Oct 2015 - present
Stichting Dégradé, VSBfonds, Wijsgerig Festival DRIFT, Soundtrackcity, Stichting Terra Art Projects, het Meertens Instituut.
Also
2018- 2019
Project leader of the complete renovation of my own apartment.
Internships
Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia - Sep 2014- Dec 2014
Developing and organising an interactive research as part of the annual exhibition Art Experiment.
Dutch Museum Association, Amsterdam, Netherlands -Feb 2012- May 2012
Supporting role with the organisation of several national events (Museumburen, Museumweekend and Museummaanden) and supporting role at research group Museumkids.
Organisation in Design: Ventura Lambrate, Milan, Italy- Feb 2010
General support of the organisation of Venture Lambrate, mostly press desk.
Languages
Dutch: Native, excellent writing skills.
English: Excellent, (C1 before starting my MA in Ireland)
French: Average (experience as au-pair in Paris for a year)
Professional Training
2021 Intercultural communication; two-day training by Akteos.
2018 Summerschool at the Black Archives, Amsterdam
2015 Workshop Week van Het Lege Gebouw
Education
University College Cork, Ierland; Master of Geography: Cities, Space and Culture - with scholarship from the VSBfund. Graduated with First Class Honours. -2016- 2017
In my Master’s thesis I research the influence of the post-imperial past in public space on our collective memory.
Amsterdam University of the Arts, Netherlands; Bachelor Cultural Heritage/ Reinwardt Academy- 2011- 2015
My Bachelor’s thesis focuses on the effects and possibilities of place making for museums.
Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, minor in Global Trendwatching-2014
(English)
Augustinianum, HAVO, E&M and C&M-2005- 2010
(member of the student council for four years)
Volunteering
VEGAN Magazine- Feb 2019 - Nov 2021
Chief editor of a magazine with over 4.000 readers. I focus on broadening our reach, involving the community and realising new collaborations.
Stichting Open Ateliers Nieuwmarkt- Feb 2018 - Feb 2019
Member of the board, focus on collaborating with young artists and locla instutions. Realised an exhibition at NH Collections Hotel Barbizon where local young artists made temporary installations in hotel rooms. Questioning not only the limited housing opportunities in Amsterdam for young artists but also the role of the hotel in the rapidly decreasing quality of living Amsterdam.
Stichting Open Ateliers Nieuwmarkt- Feb 2016- Feb 2017
Treasurer.
Sonsbeek 2016- 2016
Member of Buitendienst, an artistic research group.
Oerol -2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018
Bar till ’15, press- and artist desk since then.
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