kunsthaus nrw
kornelimünster

12:00 | Optional guided tour with curator Elke Kania through the current exhibition »Trans Europa Express: Station Belgien«

13:00 | Welcome & Keynote
– Dr. Marcel Schumacher, Director of the Kunsthaus NRW and Board Member of Very Contemporary
– Marie-Claire Krell, Head of the Education and Events Programme at the Kunsthaus NRW, Project Manager for Very Contemporary 2013–2019
– Julia Schaadt, Cultural Office at the Region Aachen Zweckverband: »Arts in the Euregio – the perspective of the Region Aachen«

13:30 | Lunch
14:30-17:00 | Three panels with discussion & Q&A

1. Institutional Perspectives
BE: Dirk de Wit
– Innovation and Development of the Visual Arts at the Flanders Art Institute
BE: Jerome Decock
– Board Member of the Fédération des arts plastiques
DE: Dr. Marcel Schumacher
– Director of the Kunsthaus NRW and its Lab K Programme
NL: Farah Wilbers
– Regional Agent Southeast at the Mondriaanfonds
Moderator: Dr. Marcel Schumacher

2. Independent Initiatives
BE: Julie Hanique
– Coordinator at Comptoir des Ressources Créatives
DE: Vera Schöpfer
– Director of the NRW KULTURsekretariat
DE: Iris Hoppe
– Board Member of the NRW Association for Visual Arts
NL: Ronja Terwindt
– Production & Creative Hub Euregio Agent at The Artist and the Others
Moderator: Marie-Claire Krell

3. European Contexts
BE: Natalie Giorgadze
– General Manager of Culture Action Europe
DE: Christine Heemsoth
– Editor Touring Artists and Mobility Info Point of On The Move in Germany
NL: Philipp Dietachmair
– Head of Programmes European Cultural Foundation
NL: Lene ter Haar
– Cultural Attaché at the Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Düsseldorf
Moderator: Constanze Brockmann
– Director of Internationale Gesellschaft der Bildenden Künste in Berlin

17:00 | Optional guided tour with curator Elke Kania through the current exhibition »Trans Europa Express: Station Belgien«