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DutchCulture is de kennis- en netwerkorganisatie voor internationale culturele uitwisseling We zijn actief op het gebied van cultuur, media en erfgoed.

DutchCulture is de organisatie voor de promotie, ondersteuning en uitvoering van internationale culturele samenwerking. Onze organisatie is ontstaan door een fusie van SICA, Trans Artists en MEDIA Desk Nederland. Ook hebben we de internationale taken overgenomen van het opgeheven Erfgoed Nederland. We leveren diensten aan ministeries en lokale overheden, kunstenaars en culturele organisaties, ambassades, de creatieve industrie, het bedrijfsleven en de maatschappelijke sector. Disclaimer: De beheerders van deze DutchCulture facebookpagina behouden zich het recht voor items te redigeren of te verwijderen. De meningen in de comments op deze Facebook-pagina vertegenwoordigen niet noodzakelijkerwijs de standpunten van DutchCulture. Meningsverschillen en constructieve discussies zijn welkom als bijdragen aan gesprekken op onze pagina, maar ongepaste, beledigende, discriminerende of onrechtmatige commentaren zullen worden verwijderd.
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DutchCulture is the organisation for the promotion, support and implementation of international cultural cooperation. We operate in the areas of culture, media and heritage. Our organisation is the result of a merger of SICA, Trans Artists and MEDIA Desk Netherlands. We have also adopted the international tasks that were assigned to the discontinued Netherlands Institute for Heritage. We deliver services to ministries and local authorities, artists and cultural organisations, embassies, the creative industries sector, civil society and the business sector. Disclaimer: The administrators of the DutchCulture facebookpage reserve the right to edit or remove any posting from this page. The views of participants commenting on this page do not necessarily represent the views of DutchCulture. Disagreements and constructive discussions are welcome as part of the conversation. However, inappropriate, abusive, discriminatory, offensive or unlawful comments are prohibited and will be removed.

26/08/2026

Struggling to find the words?

📢 Come to our DutchCulture Walk-in! If you have questions about an international project, Creative Europe projects, funding or residency you are more than welcome to come by.

👉 Drop by our 𝗗𝘂𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗖𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗸-𝗶𝗻: 𝗔𝘀𝗸 𝗨𝘀 𝗔𝗻𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 Thursday 3 September between 10:00 and 12:00.

No appointment needed. Ring the bell, walk in, and chat with our advisors. We’ll have coffee, tea and a snack ready! ☕

📍 Visit us at Nieuwe Herengracht 14, Amsterdam.

24/08/2026

Today marks Ukraine’s Independence Day. We continue to support Ukraine’s cultural sector and its makers, and to strengthening international cultural exchange.

Follow our website and social channels for more, or subscribe to our newsletter and select Ukraine as an area of interest to receive updates on cultural cooperation with Ukraine.

Find the link in bio.

The Peale, Baltimore’s Community Museum
BRSCC
Cem Altınöz
Ukrainian Institute

On Thursday 17 September at 18:00 CEST, join the virtual event Preparing Museums for a Crisis: Lessons from Ukraine. Museum and cultural professionals and heritage experts will discuss an urgent question: how can we protect and preserve cultural heritage in times of crisis?

The event is hosted by The Peale Museum in Baltimore, USA, in collaboration with the Odesa and Rotterdam committees of Baltimore Sister Cities, and is made possible with the support of DutchCulture.

In our podcast series Back Fire: Stories of Cultural Counterforce, Ukrainian and Dutch artists and cultural professionals share their experiences of creating and working in times of war.

We speak with curator, artist and researcher Asia Tsisar; Ukrainian-Rotterdam architect Oksana Savchuk; Dutch artist, designer and cultural strategist Marjo van Schaik; and Anastasiia Manuliak, curator and Head of Visual Arts at the Ukrainian Institute in Kyiv.

And there is a new series on the way, for which we travel to Ukraine ourselves. Powerful personal stories intertwine with music as we meet artists, people from underground scenes and military personnel, while chance encounters add unexpected voices along the way. Through these conversations and encounters, we explore what art and culture, and music in particular, mean in such extreme times.

Listen to Back Fire via the link in bio and stay tuned for the new series.

Explore Threads of Identity, our online archive bringing together the experiences and insights of Ukrainian and Dutch makers and cultural professionals.

Their contributions show how they continue to work, protect cultural heritage and exchange knowledge during the war. The archive also offers practical insights into international collaboration and ways

17/08/2026

🤝Today, we welcomed VVD Member of Parliament Nicole Maes to DutchCulture. We greatly value that international cultural cooperation is part of her portfolio and that she took the time to discuss why it matters.

Representing partners in the International Cultural Policy, Jelle Burggraaff (DutchCulture), Sanne Letschert (Cultural Emergency Response (CER) ) and Tessa Giller (Prince Claus Fund spoke with her about the value and impact of international cultural cooperation for the Netherlands.

At a time when international relations are under pressure, connection matters more than ever. Culture opens doors, brings people and perspectives together, and builds lasting international relationships.

This cooperation also has economic value. International cultural activities support the livelihoods of makers and cultural organisations from the Netherlands, provide access to new markets and networks, and make a significant contribution to the Dutch economy.

Yet funding for the Netherlands’ international cultural policy is under pressure. Together, we are calling for a strong, future-proof policy that continues to invest in the social, diplomatic and economic value of international cultural cooperation.

Thank you, Nicole Maes, for the open, thoughtful and engaged conversation!

Creative Europe Desk NL
Eye Filmmuseum
Kenniscentrum Immaterieel Erfgoed Nederland
Kunsten '92
Nieuwe Instituut

Nicole Maes
Ministerie van OCW
Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken

31/07/2026

“𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗱𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝗿𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝗹𝘀𝗲. 𝗦𝗼, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁.” 🌬️🍃🌦️

Just as Raki Nikahetiya, co-founder and director of sā Ladakh Biennale points out, cultural collaboration works in a similar nature. Bringing creativity into a new context requires navigating the unknown, where engaging directly with your surroundings is what cultivates collective creation and mutual understanding.

In this first episode of 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘞𝘦 𝘔𝘦𝘦𝘵, we zoom into sā Ladakh, world’s highest regenerative art biennale, with its co-founder and director Raki Nikahetiya (Raki Nikahetiya ), their link to EU National Institutes for Culture India and Netherlands Embassy in India, and the resulting collaboration with artist Angelina Kumar (Angelina Kumar ) during their last edition.
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𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘞𝘦 𝘔𝘦𝘦𝘵 📍 is DutchCulture’s storytelling series on Dutch involvement in EUNIC projects worldwide. We amplify the stories of collaborations are told by three voices; a Netherlands-based artist, a local project partner and a colleague from one of the embassies in our network. 🇳🇱🇮🇳🇪🇺

29/07/2026

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 – 𝗖𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗮 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘀’ 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆

🗺️ The DutchCulture Database Mapping 2025 is full of figures, maps and insights – which we love 🤓. It shows international projects by cultural and creative professionals from across the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

But behind every data point is a maker with a story – which we love even more.

So, let’s inspire you with some examples. Here’s what Ca****la Pratensis experienced working abroad in 2025.
Want the full picture? Explore the mapping via the link in bio. 🔗

Add your international activities to our database too. And who knows, we might feature your work next year! 📊

📷: Radovljica Festival, Slovenia
Performance of “Like Arrows in the Hands of a Warrior”
Festival Radovljica
©Photos: Jana Jocif

“In working with this immensely rich repertoire from the Low Countries’ musical Golden Age, we are constantly reminded that music has always been a breeding ground for international collaboration and cultural exchange. These ancient musical manuscripts with which we work so closely bear witness to a vibrant network of composers, singers, patrons, and institutions whose ideas travelled freely across political and linguistic boundaries.”

Ca****la Pratensis - Music of the Middle Ages and Early Renaissance

“As a truly international ensemble, we at Ca****la Pratensis feel immensely fortunate to have devoted almost forty years to this remarkable repertoire, sharing our unique approach with audiences, students, and fellow musicians in concert halls and classrooms around the world. We hope that this project continues to inspire new generations of performers and listeners to engage with this extraordinary musical heritage.”

Ca****la Pratensis - Music of the Middle Ages and Early Renaissance

📷: Brno Conservatory, Czech Republic
Barbara Willi, dean of HF JAMU Brno, permanent guest teacher at the Royal Conservatorium Den Haag and harpsichordist. Barbara Maria Willi

Early Music Festival Tage Alter Musik, Regensburg, Duitsland
Performance of “Feast of the Swan” in collaboration with Sollazzo Ensemble (France)
TAGE ALTER MUSIK REGENSBURG
©Phot

28/07/2026

NEW SERIES | 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩’𝙨 𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙒𝙚 𝙈𝙚𝙚𝙩 📍𝘿𝙪𝙩𝙘𝙝 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙀𝙐𝙉𝙄𝘾

What’s the value of working together in a different culture and setting? How does an artist experience cultural relations embodied while practicing their art abroad? What does it mean to have state support for cultural exchange from the Dutch perspective?

𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘞𝘦 𝘔𝘦𝘦𝘵 is DutchCulture’s storytelling series on Dutch involvement in EUNIC projects worldwide. We will be sharing four stories in total with you, each a trio conversation between a Netherlands-based artist, a local project partner and a colleague from the Embassy.

We are launching our first episode on 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟯𝟭 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆, zooming into sā Ladakh, world’s highest regenerative art biennale ( ) , and their partnership with artist Angelina Kumar ( ) during their last edition.

Stay tuned!

📷: Courtesy of sā Ladakh Biennale

07/07/2026

From Albania to Zimbabwe and from Antwerp to New York

🗺️Our new DutchCulture Database Mapping 2025 shows how cultural and creative professionals from or based in the Kingdom of the Netherlands worked across the world.

In 2025, we tracked more than 19,000 international projects in almost 3,000 cities and 117 countries. This is comparable to 2019, our last record year.

Behind every number is a maker, a partner, a stage, a residency, a book, a screening, an exhibition or a new connection. 🤝

📊 Dive into the infographics, data, and insights in the full DutchCulture Database Mapping 2025, and see where cultural exchange took shape. Link in bio.

💬 Over the next few weeks, we’ll also share stories from makers who are part of this international movement. So stay tuned on our socials!

Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken Ministerie van OCW Gemeente Amsterdam

02/06/2026

Have you checked out our (fully funded) Rembrandt Residency programme yet? You have one week left to apply! Make sure to head to our link in bio to see all of our residency programmes and details on how to apply. 👨🏽‍🎨

30/05/2026

Have you ever been curious what to expect from an artist residency?

🗣️ Join the International Clinic at on the complexities of international residency programmes and the opportunities, expectations and structures that they offer. It provides practical guidance and critical insights when you’re looking to develop your work internationally.

Bojana Panevska, advisor at , will lead this interactive workshop on how to get started, what to look out for, how to prepare and strategies for planning a regenerative and meaningful residency.

➡️ Additionally, there will be a discussion with Amsterdam-based Salvadoran artist and researcher Alexandra Martens Serrano, one of the -1 Digital Lab Residents at . Swipe to get a glimpse of her artwork.

helps artists and cultural institutions navigate international residency programmes and other forms of cross-border collaboration.

28/05/2026

🎨🧪 Do art and science sound like your perfect pairing? Join this special ArtScience edition of our monthly walk-in: get advice, share your work, and connect with others in the ArtScience field.

There will be several ArtScience stakeholders present who will share more about their activities in short fishbowl sessions:
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▫️ Woven Foundation
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More info via the link in our bio.

👉 Mark your calendar, sign up and drop by on Thursday 4 June between 10:00 and 12:00. We’ll have coffee, tea and a (healthy) snack ready! ☕

Note: this edition we ask you to sign up. A little different than normally - but we would like to know who’s joining :)

📍 Visit us at Nieuwe Herengracht 14, Amsterdam.

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Temporary Visiting Address: Vijzelstraat 68-78
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Donderdag	09:00 - 17:30
Vrijdag	09:00 - 17:30

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