Board

The Jan van Eyck Academie Foundation is supervised by a board. Each year, one or two members of the board retire and are replaced according to a roster of resignation. New appointments to the board are based on qualities that are linked to policy priorities of the academy and the division of tasks within the board.

The board includes currently the following members:

Jan van Adrichem

Head of Research and Documentation, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, NL

Tijmen van Grootheest, treasurer

Chairman of the Board, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, NL

Fons Haagmans
Fine artist, Maastricht, NL

Anne van Grevenstein

Director Stichting Restauratie Atelier Limburg, Maastricht, NL

Cees Hamelink, chairman

Professor of International Communication, University of Amsterdam, NL

Jan Mans

Chairman Chamber of Commerce of Limburg Nord and South, NL

Bart Verschaffel

Professor, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Ghent, BE; senior lecturer, University of Antwerp, BE

Policy Board

It is the task of the Policy Board to deal with the institutional affairs of the academy. Institutional affairs include: the policy principles relating to the selection and advice of (advising) researchers, personnel, finance, investments, workshops, production bureau, library and documentation centre, ex-researchers and public relations. The Policy Board deals exclusively with these issues and meets once a month. The meeting comprises one advising researcher per department, the director and the deputy director. Decisions of the Policy Board are published in the announcements. Apart from the decisions, announcements may also contain general institutional information which is deemed important for the (advising) researchers and the technical and administrative staff.

The current Policy Board comprises:

Koen Brams director

Dominiek Hoens Theory department

Laurens Schumacher deputy director

Imogen Stidworthy Fine art department

Daniël van der Velden Design department

Editorial Board

The Editorial Board handles the artistic affairs of the academy. Artistic affairs include: initiating and following up research and productions. These matters are the exclusive preserve of the Editorial Board. The Editorial Board has a production fund of at least EUR 86,192 to fund projects. A recommendation is required from the Editorial Board for production proposals that require a budget in excess of EUR 3,500. Revenues from projects by researchers, departments and the institute flow back into the production fund of the Editorial Board. The Editorial Board meets once a month. The meeting comprises one advising researcher per department and the director. Decisions of the Editorial Board are published in the announcements. In addition, announcements may also contain general information about the artistic programme.

The current Editorial Board comprises:

Orla Barry Fine art department

Koen Brams director

Hanneke Grootenboer Theory department

Wim Cuyvers Design department

Selection committees

The role of the selection committees is to assess the applications and possibly the de-registrations of researchers and applicant researchers. A researcher/applicant researcher can be admitted for a two-year or one-year period of research at the academy or for a variable period of time in order to carry out a particular project. Since researchers may have a place for one year instead of two, or spend a variable period at the academy, the number of vacancies fluctuates. It is not the case, for example, that eight vacancies are available each year at the same time.

The selection of researchers takes place within the department, in conformity with the departmental structure of the academy. The committee comprises the director and a minimum of three advising researchers.

A strict selection policy is maintained. Admission requires that all of the application criteria are met, both in formal terms and in terms of content. As soon as future researchers are informed that they have been admitted, they can prepare for their arrival at the academy, with the assistance of the researchers’ secretariat for logistical matters and, with the help of the advising researchers for issues of content.

 

Researchers’ meeting

The researchers’ meeting is intended to inform researchers about all current academy affairs, from policy and financial matters to artistic, organisational and practical matters

 

Personnel meeting

The personnel meeting is intended to inform staff about matters of policy and to talk about their consequences for the shop floor.