Kunsthuis SYB

Open call for contemporary visual artists living and/or working in the Netherlands.

Vanessa van ’t Hoogt wrote an essay about Carmen Schabracq her work as part of SYB Circles. 

Please note, that Carmen’s final presentation has been postponed till later this year.

A quick look at Langstme, the Third Triennial of Beetsterzwaag

During Langstme, the Triennial of Beetsterzwaag, the members of SYB Circles recorded three short podcasts.

Together with Vanessa van t’Hoogt (SYB Circles/PhD candidate RuG) & Michiel Teeuw (designer) Janne van Gilst worked on an interactive website about her work and work process in Kunsthuis SYB.

A translation of Liza Voetman’s interview with Inge Meijer will follow soon.

For ‘Langstme, The Third Triennial of Beetsterzwaag’, Kunsthuis SYB is looking for volunteers.

Date: Sunday, August 15, 3pm Location: Kunsthuis SYB Doors open: 2.30pm Admission: free (but please sign up)

Between 10 and 19 September, Kunsthuis SYB organizes an art route & public program with contributions by former residents. Their work will be on view at unconventional locations throughout Beetsterzwaag.

From July 1, Kunsthuis SYB welcomes Inge Meijer, who will be a guest until August 15.

In March, twenty-three third- and fourth-year students of Academy Minerva stayed at Kunsthuis SYB for one day and one night. Their works and experiences have been collected into a new online publication.

Residencies and small organisations are microcosms. Very often, they are spaces of experimentation that give the artist in residence a moment out of time and in a new space, while being inextricably linked to new contexts, networks and environments.

In May and June, Lotte van der Woude will be staying at Kunsthuis SYB. During her stay in SYB, Lotte researches the history of Frisian shipping based on her own ship, the Anthonio Maria from 1905, and her family history.

Kunsthuis SYB is happy to announce the appointment of coordinator Gisanne Hendriks! 

The video A Smoker’s Theatre by Caz Egelie and Jesse Strikwerda can be seen via this website on Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 May . If you’d like to pay Caz and Jesse a visit this weekend, please let us know by email: info@kunsthuissyb.nl. ___

What can you do and make in 24 hours? Over the next few weeks, Kunsthuis SYB is glad to welcome 23 students from Academy Minerva for a 24-hour residency.

On 13 and 14 March photographer Janne van Gilst will share the results of her research into anthrax groves and cyanotype experiments in a window exhibition at Kunsthuis SYB (Hoofdstraat 70, Beetsterzwaag).

Have you been working as a professional visual artist (in the North of the Netherlands) for several years? Are you in need of a good old critique session, or an opportunity to exchange ideas and expand your network? Then we kindly invite you to join our temporary COLLECTIVE, organised by Kunsthuis SYB and art initiative […]