Closed until 16 Januari 2025 -

Closed until 16 Januari 2025 -

6 December: Verhalen onder de sterren; overnachten in de kapel

6 December: Verhalen onder de sterren; overnachten in de kapel

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Welcome to Hotel Maria Kapel

Hotel Maria Kapel (HMK) is an artist-in-residence, exhibition space and cinema for contemporary visual art in the city centre of Hoorn. Hotel Maria Kapel was built as a chapel belonging to a 16th-century monastery.

HMK is a non-profit organization that aims to assist young as well as more established artists from all over the world in the production of new work and promote exchanges between national and international artists, cultural institutions and the public.

2025 Program
’Whispers of resistance’

In a time when crises and polarization are driving us further apart, HMK opts for a counter-movement: a year where softness takes center stage as a way to examine societal urgencies. The program builds on previous residencies, where themes such as slowing down, translation, and healing were explored. This year, HMK focuses on how softness can be a powerful tool in times of tension.

Hotel Maria Kapel (HMK) is proud to present the selected artists for the 2025 program Whispers of Resistance, A Year of Softness: Yin Yin Wong, Caleb Witvoet, Finn Anton Maätita, Ribka M. Pattinama Coleman & Jerrold Eliano Saija, Skye Maule-O’Brien & Mirjam Linschooten, and Leonie Brandner.

2023 Program
’Grammatica van de architectuur’

This year's theme HMK reflects on their role as translator. Translation between different local and international communities, visual languages and topics that escape words or have been silenced. Just as the grammar conditions the possibilities of expression in a language, the surrounding architecture is also a decisive factor for the making process of an artist. Therefore we invite the following artist to start a conversation with the specific context, local communities and history and we listen with curiosity to the questions they pose.

HMK is proud to present the 2023 artists-in-residence: Gijsje Heemskerk & Bernice Nauta, Narges Mohammadi, Raffia Li, Sijben Rosa, Dito Yuwono & Mira Asriningtyas, David Camargo & Amauta García.

2024 Program
’Slow motion’

At times, things move too fast to be seen clearly by the naked eye. We seem to lack a proper understanding of how they progress, grow and evolve. We then wish for it to slow down and allow us to have a closer look at its details, mechanisms and movements in order to make sense of the world we live in. This year’s artists in residence at Hotel Maria Kapel help us to look through a slow motion lens that lays bare the world around us, frame by frame.

Hotel Maria Kapel is excited to enter 2024 with the year program Slow motion; a year of delay, with artists Kwinnie Lê, Amalie ‘Sveske’ Ourø, Isabel Cordeiro, Ratu R. Saraswati (Saras) and Hira Nabi.

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Vacature: Communicatiemanager
Vacature: Communicatiemanager

[Dutch only]

Als Communicatiemanager ben je verantwoordelijk voor het opstellen en uitvoeren van de communicatiestrategie van HMK. Je zorgt ervoor dat onze programma's en evenementen breed worden gepromoot en helpt bij het vergroten van onze zichtbaarheid binnen de lokale en nationale culturele sector. Je bent een belangrijke schakel in de missie van HMK om de kunst die in de kapel geëxposeerd wordt te vertalen naar een breed publiek dat bestaat uit verschillende doelgroepen, die je ieder weet te bereiken op verschillende manieren. 

Interesse? Solliciteer dan vóór 2 december, 12:00 uur.

Announcement of artists for the 2025 year program ‘Whispers of Resistance, A Year of Softness’
Announcement of artists for the 2025 year program ‘Whispers of Resistance, A Year of Softness’

with Yin Yin Wong, Caleb Witvoet, Finn Anton Maätita, Ribka M. Pattinama Coleman & Jerrold Eliano Saija, Skye Maule-O’Brien & Mirjam Linschooten, and Leonie Brandner.

Hotel Maria Kapel (HMK) is proud to present the selected artists for the 2025 program Whispers of Resistance, A Year of Softness. In a time when crises and polarization are driving us further apart, HMK opts for a counter-movement: a year where softness takes center stage as a way to examine societal urgencies. The program builds on previous residencies, where themes such as slowing down, translation, and healing were explored. This year, HMK focuses on how softness can be a powerful tool in times of tension.

The artists of 2025 will each contribute to this softness through their unique perspectives and practices. Yin Yin Wong investigates the unheard stories of the (South) East Asian diaspora in the Netherlands, departing from personal experiences and the portrayal of this community. Caleb Witvoet explores the creative rebellion of graffiti and skateboarding as forms of civil disobedience in a large installation that draws parallels between the chapel's arches and the curves of a skate ramp. Finn Anton Maätita, Ribka M. Pattinama Coleman & Jerrold Eliano Saija continue their collaboration, exploring their shared connections to the Moluccan land and voices in the diaspora. Skye Maule-O’Brien & Mirjam Linschooten focus on the capitalization of wind in the Caribbean and how this colonial legacy still exerts influence today. Finally, Leonie Brandner delves into origin stories within mythological narratives and translates them into an installation that will fill the chapel.

In 2025, HMK will offer a space where softness becomes a tool to soften the harsh edges of our time. We look forward to welcoming and supporting the chosen artists as they work on their projects in our beloved chapel.

Meet our new intern: Woohyun Kim
Meet our new intern: Woohyun Kim

Woohyun Kim is a new intern at HMK. He is studying Dutch art history at Utrecht University. He is interested in the cultural relationship between the Netherlands and Korea and his research interest focuses on Korean Diaspora Art in the Netherlands. As an intern, he would work at HMK until the end of January, 2025. 

“I am really happy to work as an intern at HMK, and I’m looking forward to working with the artists and team. I am very interested in the exhibitions this year and next year, which often reflect on postcolonial discourse and the history of Hoorn. I’m excited to support and help HMK and the team as they take on new challenges in contemporary art and bring different perspectives to the public!”

Welcome Woohyun, glad to have you!