Marres and the Jan van Eyck Academie collaborate on the education program Extended: the youth program of both institutes, where you work on a social art project for four months under professional guidance. At Extended, you research in a team how to make young people use or experience their senses in a different way. How can you make people hear, feel, smell, see or taste something to make them think?
Extended offers you an unique look behind the scenes through your own project. With the knowledge and assistance of curators, scientists, artists and communication heroes, you’ll discover contemporary culture from different sides.
Want to join Extended? A new group will start in spring 2025 for which you can sign up again.
The Art of Curating
Extended started with the four-month art project The Art of Curating on 21 September 2024 with a new group of young adults.
From arranging Spotify playlists and taking care of Instagram feeds to organizing events or building exhibitions, curating has become part of our everyday. For this edition of Extended, Marres and JvE invite teenagers and young adults with an interest in contemporary art, design, and culture to tap into curatorship and discover ways of shaping the world through content, connections, and experiences.
Together with artist Céline Mathieu and through a series of workshops, the Extended group will learn to tell stories to different audiences, apply analytical skills to decision making, and learn to find relevance, context and quality in a sea of possibilities. The programme will culminate in a public group exhibition.
Photo: Rob van Hoorn
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Extended introduces teenagers and young adults from different backgrounds to contemporary art and the urgent societal topics on its agenda, such as sustainability and inclusivity. Focusing on one topic or discipline, the young researchers will investigate how they can translate their knowledge to their peers. The programme is carried out twice a year and each time runs for four months.
Thank you to VSBfonds, FONDS21 and Cultuurmakers for the generous support in realising this programme.
Marres and Jan van Eyck Academie work together with different schools and organizations to make this project a success;
– LVO – Stichting Limburg Voortgezet Onderwijs
– Cultuurbegeleiders PABO Sittard
– Stichting SIEN
– Kumulus
– Het Kunstcarroussel
– Maastricht University
– Zuyd Hogeschool
– Bernard Lievegoed College
– United World College