Joop de Jong invited to Participate In National Research Project on Self-Employed Professional Artists

Joop de Jong and his research team, consisting of Sandra van Helden and Ward Schoonbrood, have been invited to participate in a research project on self-employed artists. The inviting organisations are two national organisations: LKCA (National Centre of Expertise for Cultural Education and Amateur Arts) and Boekman Foundation Institute for Arts, Culture and Related Policy, and two provincial cultural organisations: Huis voor de Kunsten Limburg and Stichting Kunst & Cultuur Drenthe.

The central research focus is on the (changing) characteristics of the professional practice of part-time and fulltime self-employed artists who are working part-time or fulltime with amateur artists, in relation to causes of the economic vulnerability of this professional group, and with regard to the social value they create. The commissioning organisations hope that the research results will help them influencing public policy.

The research team is led by Joop de Jong (Maastricht University), Johan Kolsteeg (University of Groningen), and Arno Neele (LKCA), and comprises researchers from Maastricht University, University of Groningen University, LKCA and Boekman Foundation.