Dance companies in Breda
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The Blind Walls Gallery is Breda’s street museum. Murals, created by artists from both the Netherlands and abroad and spread throughout Breda, tell the stories of the city. Stories about the past, present, and future of Breda. The first murals date back to 2014. In the meantime, there are about 150, and the number is still growing.
The initiator of the Blind Walls Gallery is Graphic Matters, then still the Graphic Design Festival.
Graphic Matters makes the work of creative, socially engaged and critical designers visible. The organisation encourages professionals and young designers to critically view visual culture together.
Graphic Matters aims to promote visual literacy, which, according to the organisation, is just as important as reading and writing.
The 3sec.galery at the entrance of the Chassé Garage is an initiative of Graphic Matters.
Studio KASBOEK is an artists' collective that aims to evoke wonder, stimulate curiosity and enhance perception. The collective, formed by Cathalijne Postma, Debbie van Berkel and Jojanneke Postma, explores perception through art. With an innovative approach, the three artists combine science, technology and subjectivity. Their work connects the past and the future, while light, colour and movement are central elements. The result: art that arouses curiosity and enriches perceptions.
The Artists Development Platform (KOP) assists emerging professional creators in the first years following their graduation. KOP provides them with assignments, guidance, knowledge, and the relationships they need for their further development and professionalization. KOP focuses on three core points: collaboration, interaction with the audience, and working on a large scale.
Witte Rook is a platform for visual arts and design. It provides artists with time, space, and context to experiment, reflect, and deepen their work processes.
Witte Rook connects art with society, both physically and online, and emphasises digitalization as an opportunity for innovation.
The platform is located in the historic StadsGalerij in the city centre of Breda. Here, artists have the chance to develop, with creation and presentation intertwining. A space for encounter, experiment, and presentation.
Zut Mon Sac is an art collective of seven artists who collaborate playfully and with humour on projects. They believe that art is an important means of engaging in discussions about significant topics.
Zut Mon Sac provides a platform for young creators and makes art accessible to everyone regardless of background, gender, or social status. The collective does this in an approachable way through exhibitions, festivals, and publications.
Zut Mon Sac consists of Fleur Jacobs (photographer), Bodil Havermans (designer), Evi Hogervorst (illustrator), Daan van Bommel (illustrator), Bas Steens (multidisciplinary artist), Evelien van der Peijl (graphic designer), Iris van den Bersselaar (illustrator).
V.V. EIGENBELANG is a literary platform, set up by Liek van Egmond, Joep Span, and Jesse Vos. These three creatives had one common dream: to establish an open stage for the literary arts. They succeeded in 2021, in the midst of the corona pandemic.
V.V. EIGENBELANG wants to shake off the dusty image that poetry has for many young people. The gatherings organised by the platform have more of the character of a rock and roll show. For those who want to develop their writing talent, V.V. EIGENBELANG organises the Writers' Canteen twice a year.
Also get to know these Breda organisations that are involved in creating culture.