As a joint initiative, the Mondriaan Foundation and Prince Claus Fund are organizing orientation travels for arts and cultural professionals from the Netherlands and for relations of the Prince Claus Fund from other countries. In May 2007, a travel to Mexico and Curacao took place, organized with the participation of professionals from the Netherlands and Latin America, representing institutions within the field of the visual arts, design and other cultural disciplines.
The goal of this orientation travel was to extend international networks and contacts, and to stimulate the international dialogue between art professionals. A selected number of institutions, such as galleries and museums were visited.
With this initiative, both organizations want to contribute to a quality intercultural dialogue, stimulating future exchanges between Foreign and Dutch cultural institutions and individuals.
The main objective of the Mondriaan Foundation was to offer the Dutch participants a broad overview of Latin American contemporary art and culture to and to get an idea of recent developments. The Prince Claus Fund’s focus was to offer a platform for debate and exchange: amongst the participants of the trip and the institutions which are visited.
The overall aims of the travel were:
The group of professionals in Mexico
From left to right: Gitta Luiten, Rachida Azough, N'Goné Fall,Eva Wittocx, Els van der Plas, Joost Vrieler, Ola Khalidi, Nancy Hoffmann, Robbert Roos, Sangeeta Thapa, Els Roelandt, Miriam Westen, Martijn van Nieuwenhuyzen, Niilofur Farrukh and Haco de Ridder
The participants at the Instituto Buena Bista in Curacao
Two Mexican artists with a Prince Claus Awards book
