Since its creation, the Foundation France-Nederland Cultuurfonds has supported three cultural, educational and societal projects: Nouveau Grand Tour, Ik spreek ook Frans and Cercle Polder.
Nouveau Grand Tour
The Nouveau Grand Tour NL is an innovative artist-in-residency programme coordinated by the Intitut français NL. The singularity of this modern reinterpretation of the 18th century tradition lies in its ability to connect artists with the ecosystem of another European country. The programme offers emerging French artists an opportunity to access a dynamic and growing creative network in the Netherlands.
The programme emerged as a response to a disparity in opportunities for recent graduates from art schools who seek to develop their artistic careers in Europe. Instead of reinforcing the pressure on artists to overproduce after graduation, the Nouveau Grand Tour NL focuses on alignment with the artistic community’s shift towards innovative, inclusive and sustainable practices in creation, production, distribution and remuneration. Therefore, the programme aims to meet the needs of this new generation of creators, whose career paths will be characterised by international openness and collective engagement, embedded in today’s global challenges.
Rotterdam Nieuwe Instituut (digital creation)
Marrum Het Lage Noorden (music)
In addition to a network of hosting residency structures, the Institut français NL offers personalised support to each artist in residence. This support is based on partnerships with festivals and cultural institutions in the Netherlands, as well as the organisation of a national event for meetings with artists, cultural professionals, sponsors and the media. The Nouveau Grand Tour NL is agrowing platform designed to foster connections between artists, art residency centres, art collectors and museums.
Visit the page of the programme on the Institut français NL:
Nouveau Grand Tour NL – Institut français NL
Ik spreek ook Frans
Launched in 2022 by the Institut français NL and the Alliance Française Rotterdam, “Ik Spreek ook Frans” is a multilinguistic programme that will continue to expand with the support of the France-Nederland Cultuurfonds.
This innovative project offers workshops to children aged 6 to 12 coming from a French-speaking family background; although the workshops are aimed at children who grew up in immigrant families and who were raised in a plurilingual context that included French, they are open to children from all sorts of backgrounds.
Instructors are encouraged to use dynamic and innovative methods based on material from the students’ cultures of origin. In each class, they produce something such as small theatre plays, a craft project and many more. This method allows students to use French in a practical context while maintaining a playful aspect in the workshops. The programme aims to stimulate children’s creativity and confidence by unlocking their multilingual potential, an advantage both from an academical and a personal perspective.
