Summer residency: project space at7

| August 4, 2020

While a 7×4 meter pool by artist in residence Rik Dijkhuizen fills our chapel (on view until 13 September), Hotel Maria Kapel [HMK] presents resident project space at7 and a public programme that explores how we can host and care for our communities, local and international, with pleasure and accountability. Please join us for a day of learning, lounging, eating and performances curated by at7 on 22 August.

To That Special Someone, Part II – summer at HMK
A day of performances and care: Saturday, 22 August 2020, 12.00 – 21.00

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summer programme

| July 16, 2020

1 August-13 September 2020
on view: Inside Poolside
installation by Rik Dijkhuizen

Thursday, 6 August, 19:30-21.00:
Art History School: Community
artist talk by Rik Dijkhuizen and at7, and an interactive lecture by Matisse Huiskens (in Dutch)

Saturday, 22 August, 12.00-21.00:
To that special someone, part II – by project space at7
a day of talks, performances and community that explores the idea of exchange and what it means to invite

Saturday, 29 August, 13.00-17.00:
Be like water – synchronized swimming workshop
in collaboration with De Dolfijn Synchroonzwemmen

Sunday, 6 September, 15.00-18.00
HMK Open Day during Cultuurweek Hoorn
* more info will follow soon

Sunday, 13 September, 13.00-17.00
Finissage: Poolside Picnic
* more info will follow soon

Art History School: community

| July 13, 2020


6 August, 19.30-21.00
an interactive lecture on community and water by art historian Matisse Huiskens, with an introduction by artists in residence Rik Dijkhuizen and project space at7
Tickets: €9,50 (€6,50 for friends and youth <27y.o.), including a drink, via Eventbrite
*Please note: this event is organised in Dutch

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Happier Than a Seagull with a French Fry

| June 16, 2020

Priscila Fernandes
Residency dates: 1 June – 11 July, 2020
Open for public: 11 June – 11 July, 2020
Cinema: Priscila Fernandes, Portrait of an Artist

After almost three months of being closed to the public, Hotel Maria Kapel [HMK] re-opened its doors for the public with Happier Than a Seagull with a French Fry by artist Priscila Fernandes. With this residency we invited visitors to witness the creation of an impressive new work in Fernandes’ Labour Series, an ongoing reflection on the dichotomy between work and leisure. In times of an almost complete collapse of the boundaries between work private life, socialising and time to enjoy, Fernandes’ project offers a possibility to reflect on the connections between work, our bodies and the systems that connect them.

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process: Happier Than a Seagull with a French Fry

| June 15, 2020

Priscila Fernandes
Residency dates: 1 June – 11 July, 2020
Open for public: 11 June – 11 July, 2020
Cinema: Priscila Fernandes, Portrait of an Artist

With Happier Than a Seagull with a French Fry by artist Priscila Fernandes we invited visitors to witness the creation of an impressive new work in Fernandes’ Labour Series, an ongoing reflection on the dichotomy between work and leisure. A photo report.

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In response to Black Lives Matter and the upcoming demonstration in Hoorn

| June 10, 2020

On Saturday, FvD leader Thierry Baudet placed flowers at the foot of the statue of Jan Pieterszoon Coen (1587-1629) in celebration of “his hero”. Although there should be room for different voices to speak up, we do not find the racist and horrific actions of the past heroic. We are in support of the removal of the statue of Coen and will be participating in the peaceful demonstration tomorrow evening (19 June, 19.00, Roode Steen, Hoorn) and strongly feel the demonstration should go forward as planned. We invite everyone who believes in rethinking, rewriting and changing history to work for a better present and future to join the gathering.

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13 Februari: Instant Choir

| February 7, 2020

Thursday, 13 February, 7:30-9:15 pm
Admittance: €10,- per session, €27,- for 3 sessions
(Free admittance if you follow lessons at Muziekschool Boedijn or if you’re voluntering at HMK)
Please rsvp by sending an email to ciska.ruitenberg@gmail.com

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kevin hunt, beweme

| December 19, 2019


BEWEME is an open source, unlimited edition, single colour Risograph print that tessellates into a ‘wallpaper’. Designed to be a backdrop, installed within the social areas of public institutions; interior spaces people gather, work and interact.
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public event: solid care

| October 24, 2019


A one-day conversation on art spaces and residencies as spaces of care
Wednesday 30 October, 14.30-19.30 h.
rsvp to office@hotelmariakapel.nl

The newly appointed Editorial Committee of Hotel Maria Kapel [HMK], Maja Bekan and Miriam Wistreich, in collaboration with Griet Menschaert, cordially invite you to join us for the launch of the research programme Slow Burn at HMK.

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