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CURRENT projects & EVENTS
BOTH HATS ON: MEETUP & RIDER FOR ARTIST-PARENTS
On Friday October the 30th, join us for a special meet-up that brings artist-parents in The Netherlands together to talk challenges, share best practices, and build community and within the workshop we will start drafting a rider naming the working conditions artist-parents need to do their work and raise their children.
Becoming a parent while sustaining a life as an artist raises questions rarely addressed in the spaces where we talk about artistic practice, labour, or care. How do you keep working when studios, residencies, funding schemes, and rehearsal spaces were never built with parenthood in mind, as Lucy Jones addresses in her book Matrescence? What do fair working conditions even mean, when unpaid care work is so often invisible in how we plan, budget, and negotiate our practice?
Bring your questions, your experience, and, if needed, your child. This is the beginning of a conversation we hope continues well beyond one morning
JOIN US!
FAIR PACCT PROGRAM
We are looking for an inspiring afternoon at Lumière Maastricht to talk about Practical examples of fair practices from performing arts festivals and visual arts.
Artist Flora Lemmens will bring an hand on experience within the conversation, and we will share some of the outcomes from our workshop.
This event is organised and powered by Platform ACCT & the event will be in Dutch.
Register before the 20th of October.
TAATO MEMBERSHIP 2026
Join a Supportive International Artistic Community, Grow your network and receive dedicated guidance.
Why joining the TAATO Membership ?
Artists grow best when they have access to the right support, shared knowledge, and a strong community. The TAATO Membership connects artists across borders, creating a space to exchange experiences, reflect on common challenges, receive constructive feedback, and build meaningful professional relationships.
The membership is open to early and mid-career artists who are seeking professional guidance and an international support network. If you want to strengthen your practice while connecting with artists beyond your local context, this membership is for you.
START BUILDING YOUR SUPPORTIVE NETWORK!
What does TAATO offer?
Wondering what your next steps should be? Do you know anybody who is struggling to build a career as an artist? Do you want to support the talented people you know or provide a 360° educational offer which truly empowers artists?
The Artist and The Others regularly organises workshops and training packages, developed and continually updated over the last 10 years, in order to provide artists with the knowledge, skills and connections needed to build a sustainable career in the arts.
The Artist and the Others’ rich programme of events, trainings & projects has been developed to bridge the gaps between the educational world and the professional field. We offer tailored, high quality & results-driven solutions, projects, workshops and programmes for individual artists, art academies and artist residencies. Find out more about TAATO.
Whether you are an independent artist, an institution, an academy or just curious to find out more, please get in touch to find out how we can help you.
NOTE: ALTHOUGH COSTS ARE KEPT TO A MINIMUM, OUR PROFESSIONAL TRAININGS AND WORKSHOPS DO REQUIRE A PARTICIPATION FEE. THIS IS SET TO GUARANTEE A HIGH STANDARD AND FAIRLY PAY ALL THE PROFESSIONALS WHICH HELP ORGANISE OUR PROGRAMME (FOLLOWING FAIR PAY GUIDELINES). ALL PROCEEDINGS HELP SUPPORT OUR ACTIVITIES. PAYMENT BY INSTALMENTS AND REDUCED RATES ARE APPLICABLE TO THOSE WHO CANNOT FULLY COVER THE PARTICIPATION FEE.
WHAT IS A SUSTAINABLE CAREER IN THE ARTS?
A sustainable artistic practice is one you can maintain in the long term, evaluating carefully which opportunity you should focus on.
This doesn’t necessarily mean being able to live off art alone, but it does mean learning how to maximise your opportunities, how to create a sustainable workflow of projects, and how to include the topic of care (and self-care) in it.
Learning how to navigate the artworld(s), having a strong professional backbone of knowledge, skills and connections, and also learning how to build, and maintain, a supportive network, are the key. To create a sustainable practice you need to learn the best way to present yourself, how to strengthen your applications, where to turn for subsidies, but also how to make the most of different opportunities, exhibitions and artist residencies.
Want to find out more?
Download the pdf about our current Educational offer (please note that dates are provisional and can vary or be adapted to be aligned with academic curricula, according to your needs), or contact us at hello@theartistandtheothers.nl
