Jan van Eyck Academie
Post-Academic Institute
for Research and Production
Fine Art, Design, Theory
Jan van Eyck Academie
Post-Academic Institute
for Research and Production
Fine Art, Design, Theory
Researchers can turn to the expertise of the academy’s staff concerning the coordination, editing, print work guidance and publicity of productions, such as analogue and digital publications, installations, exhibitions and activities (lectures, symposia ...). Researchers can approach the staff for advice, for setting up production plans and budgets or for contacting external parties in the case of external productions.
Workshops are first and foremost places for experimentation and for obtaining technical advice. The technical staff provides information about the specific characteristics of particular materials and production processes and the functionality of hardware and software. They also inform researchers and advising researchers on the artistic consequences of the use of particular techniques and materials. In case necessary, alliances are formed with institutions that can provide complementary and specialized guidance and equipment.
The library is a study area for internal and external researchers and a centre of support for the technical staff members. In addition, the library is working towards a public research function that will allow it to contribute to the arts and cultural criticism debate at local, euregional, national and international levels.
The documentation centre is a publicly accessible place for research on the Jan van Eyck Academie. Its focus is on documentation about the institute; the programme (both past and present); the work, on paper or in an audiovisual/digital format, of (advising) researchers and technical members of staff (present and past). The centre also gathers general information about/from (art) institutes in the Netherlands and abroad concerning upcoming exhibitions, relevant competitions, cultural activities et cetera.
The departmental secretariat is responsible for the coordination of the programme, in which all events, internal and external, are brought together. The programme is announced publicly on the website and is also sent on line to all those involved internally and to external interested parties. The departmental secretariat also looks after the practical organisation of internal and external productions (studio visits, lectures, symposiums, ...). (Advising) researchers can contact the secretariat to find assitance concerning all these isues.
The researchers’ secretariat takes care of all researchers’ issues, such as the selection procedure, accommodation, studio assignment (and any infrastructural adjustments to the studios), residence and employment permits, insurance, paid employment, promotion of expertise and the job board. Researchers can contact the secretariat to find assistance concerning all these isues. The secretariat is also in charge of the apartments of the academy. Advising researchers and guests of the academy can make use of these apartments.
The director’s secretariat takes care of the internal and external communication processes. The information flow within the academy has been streamlined to form a ‘artistic/institutional content dossier’. Its objective is to provide a permanent and rapid internal (decisions of the Policy and Editorial Boards) and subsequently external communication about artistic and institutional affairs. In addition, the director’s secretariat also takes care of public relations (institutional, events and productions) and a distribution policy made-to-measure per production. (Advising) researchers can appeal to the secretariat for assistance concerning all these issues related to their projects.