Ménage à trois – part V: meeting the Limburg visual arts scene

24 Nov 2023
Network meetingGenk en Hasselt
This program aims to create space for encounters between artists and art professionals from Wallonia, Brussels and Flanders.

Kunst aan de Maas, Billboards van kunstenaar Olivier Goethals.

Ménage à trois is an annual programme for the Flemish, Brussels and Walloon visual arts scenes to get to know each other better on both sides of the linguistic border. The programme aims to create space for encounters between artists and arts professionals in Wallonia, Brussels and Flanders.
 

This fifth edition brings artists and art professionals from Brussels and Wallonia to Genk and Hasselt to meet the Limburg visual arts scene.

During this day, we will explore how organizations outside major urban centers support artists in their artistic development and internationalization. Does the “peripheral” location affect the nature of their work? How do local art scenes connect on a national and international level? How do they create a dynamic ecosystem and promote international collaboration?

Speakers from Brussels and Wallonia who will contribute to the discussions: Dorothée Duvivier (BPS22 in Charleroi), Laurent Jacob (Espace 251 Nord in Liège), Laurence Dervaux (artist and lecturer at the Ecole Supérieure des Arts plastiques et visuels de l’Académie des Beaux-Arts in Tournai), RokkoMiyoshi (artist and founder of SB34 in Brussels).

Programme

10h00 Arrival at the railway station in Hasselt
10h30
Welcome at Jester in Genk
11h00
Presentation of the work of Jester by Yesim Bektas
11h30
Discussion on the support of artists and the development of a locally anchored art scene
12h30
Lunch
13h00
Departure
13h30
Welcome at Vonk in Hasselt
13h45
Presentation of the functioning of Vonk by Lies Serdons, Joke Hansen and Stefanie De Bakker
14h00
Discussion on the development of an internationally networked art scene
15h00
Open visit to artists’ studios and tasting of the cakes by Denicolai & Provoost
16h00
Walk to KRIEG?
16h30
Welcome to KRIEG? by Pieter Vermeulen and visit to the exhibition
17h30
Walk to Z33
18h00
Welcome at Z33 by Adinda Van Geystelen and Tim Roerig and visit to the exhibitions
19h00
Closing networking reception
20h30
Train back to Brussels, Charleroi, Liege,…

Praktisch

  • Date: Friday 24 November 2023
  • Language: The day will largely take place in English, in addition to informal talks in Dutch and French.
  • Location: Various locations in Genk & Hasselt, see program for details.
  • Participants to this programme are invited by the Direction des Arts plastiques contemporains of the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles. If interested, you can always contact our colleague Lissa Kinnaer.

Contact

Do you have questions or would you like more info? Contact our colleague Lissa Kinnaer.

Credits

Ménage à trois is an initiative of Flanders Arts Institute and the Direction des Arts plastiques of the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles. This fifth edition is organised in collaboration with Jester,Vonk, KRIEG? and Z33.