Edoardo 'Dodici' Trionfera has just returned from his trip to Bonaire, but the memories of his experiences will stay with him for a long time. His lively, cartoonish lines and cheerful illustrations have also made their mark on the island. These can be found in the murals he created as part of a cultural exchange program. Dodici: "At the beginning it made me nervous, but in the end I really appreciated what I left on the island."
Read the full article on www.hiphopinjesmoel.com
It took some time because of the Covid crisis but he’s here. Edoardo Trionfera a.k.a. Dodici finally made it to Bonaire. Until the 5th of December Dodici will reinforce our team and project with his talent and experience. Dodici, who is Italian but working and living in Rotterdam is a freelance illustrator with a very distinctive, cartoonish style. For Street Colors Bonaire he will be mainly guiding our talent group, motivating them, inspiring them and teaching them skills and what it takes to be a professional artist. Together they will be working on many murals starting at Selibon’s ‘Milieuplein’ at Kaya Industria.
According to Dodici:” It’s my mission to inspire the youth of Bonaire these coming weeks. I think the most important thing about teaching art is to teach them skills, to answer questions and especially to give them a free hand. It is very important to never limit ones creativity. I would never tell them what colors, details or style to use. Besides, I will probably learn just as much from them as they will from me.”
In addition to working with the talent group, Dodici will be giving workshops to the students of MBO, several primary schools, Forsa, a masterclass for artists on the island and whatever else will cross his path . Good times ahead!
Read more about Dodici at http://www.streetcolorsbonaire.com/our-team. And check out this article from our partner Rewriters010 in Holland:
https://www.hiphopinjesmoel.com/interviews/dodici-op-bonaire-het-is-mijn-missie-om-de-jeugd-hier-te-inspireren/
On Tuesday 30 June 2020, Fundashon Plataforma Kultural celebrates its 10th anniversary. Over the past decade, the foundation has initiated many cultural projects and built the cultural meeting place Hòfi Kultural in Antriol Pabou. The foundation contributes to a creative, inclusive and more social society through its activities by allowing local residents and artists to meet, inspire and learn from each other. Through ten highlights we look back at what we have achieved in ten years:
In 2010, in collaboration with FuHiKuBo, the fundashon started the project Archivo Boneiru in which Boi Antoin's collection of books, photographs and magazines was digitized and opened up to the public through www.archivoboneiru.com. Since then, lots of historical documents can be found on this website by everyone.
In 2013, Fundashon Plataforma Kultural organised a training for all music teachers on Bonaire. The training was given by Carlo Balemans, affiliated with the Brassband School and Codarts. There was so much enthusiasm and need for training among the musicians that we always had the desire to be able to offer more training. We were therefore pleased to be able to offer training to 22 participants of the BES Islands on cultural education in collaboration with the LKCA in March 2020. This training gives a boost to more cultural education in primary education in the BES Islands.
In 2014 and 2015, Fundashon Plataforma Kultural, together with Jong Bonaire and Fesbo, taught music to 150 children for two years as part of the programme Kinderen Maken Muziek. The children played drumband, kwarta and barí. On Wilhelmina square a final presentation was held twice, where all 150 children played together on boomwhackers.
In 2014, the project Pone Barí Ronka started in collaboration with Mangazina di Rei. Kinderen learned from the older generation how to make and play a barí. They were also given an explanation of the cultural context of the instrument. A beautiful documentary with the same name has also been made during the project. The project was presented at Dia di Barí in December 2014. These projects asked for a follow-up to music lessons for children on a more structural basis. That's why in 2016 we started weekly music lessons at Kolegio San Bernardo to 60 children. This led to participation in the Impuls Muziekonderwijs programme which takes place in three primary schools from 2018 to 2021, Kolegio San Bernardo and de Pelikaan at Bonaire and Sacred Heart Primary School on Saba. We organised beginning- and final presentations in the schools and training courses for expertise-promotion to teachers in the three schools.
In 2017 and 2018, at Hòfi Kultural also the children's activities Kindermuziekspeeltuin and Rugzak vol Talent, took place, as part of Kansen voor alle kinderen. Children learned to play an instrument, made kites and theatre and learned to make and perform music together. Under the name Bonaire Vibes, young people wrote their own rap lyrics and made video clips with Bon Irie.
In February 2016, the construction of Hòfi Kultural and BonAIResidence started with the first stone laid by Louis Posner and Hyacinta Mercelina and under the guidance of contractor Javier Boezem. We have imported sabal palm leaves from the Dominican Republic, with the help of Bonaire Logistics, which covers the roof of the palapa. In the autumn of 2017, contractor BonNed was involved in the completion of the construction. They have also partly sponsored their work. Hòfi Kultural offers a beautiful place where everyone is welcome and residents of Bonaire inspire each other creatively. BonAIResidence is a residence where artists can stay who want to immerse their work in a creative and inspiring environment.
The highlight of 2018 was the visit of Princess Beatrix to Hòfi Kultural. Fifty participating elders, children and young people gave various presentations for the Princess and for the more than 100 visitors. For weeks the participants practiced for the dance and music presentation by the older participants. A music trio with the sinfonia (kind of accordion) brought a real serenade. The children gave a maskarada presentation and the bus painted by youngsters was presented. Children painted kalebas and youngsters did their self-written rap for the Princess. Princess Beatrix unveiled a work of art created by Gibi Bomba. It was a great honor for all of us to receive her.
At Villa Antonia we started organizing dance and music activities in 2016. Older people told each other stories using old photographs from Archivo Boneiru's archive. From 2017 onwards, the activities took place at Hòfi Kultural and since then many older people have found their way to our meeting place. Older residents enjoy the creative activities, compose their own songs, for example Eddy Campos or learn to play an instrument. Regular presentations are given, at Hòfi Kultural itself or at primary schools or at elderly daycare centres. Still, free music lessons for Bonairean residents are accessible to all on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Participants can also borrow an instrument to practice at home.
Together with Fundashon Nawati and Forma, in 2016, a group of youngsters learned about the New Year tradition Maskarada and gave three presentations in schools. The youngsters made their own masks and went out dressed up, accompanied by professional musicians. Also in the years that followed we organized Maskarada activities for children, together with Annette 'Magaly' Sumter. In the months leading up to the new year, a group of children prepared a Maskarada presentation every year. With these activities we facilitated that the elderly can pass on the tradition to the younger generation.
In 2018 we started with a walk-in afternoon on Friday afternoon, where the participants of the weekly activities come together to practice and make music or paint together. Every Friday afternoon also an elderly band played music at Hòfi Kultural. In 2020, the walk-in afternoon will take place again from September on every Wednesday afternoon from 3-5 p.m. Tourists visiting Bonaire are also welcome to meet Bonairean residents.
In 2018, the project ‘Passantenkunstenaars in de Cariben: Dolf Henkes uitgelicht’ took place. Our foundation developed teaching materials and an educational programme for students in Curaçao and Bonaire. In November, street artist Vinz100 stayed in BonAIResidence and created four murals on Bonaire with 110 schoolchildren.
In 2020 we started the project Street Colors Bonaire, in collaboration with Rewriters Rotterdam, a project in which youngsters and MBO students get acquainted with street art and develop their talent in this area. 15 Youngsters, are 1.5 years coached by local artists/coaches who will help them develop their talents. We also receive 4 international artists at Hòfi Kultural in BonAIResidence. On the website www.streetcolorsbonaire.com you can soon find more information about the project.
This initiative is a broad cooperation within the Kingdom with support from both the European Netherlands and Bonaire. From the Netherlands, the DOEN Foundation has been an important support from the very beginning for Hòfi Kultural. The Samenwerkende Fondsen, Fonds voor Cultuurparticipatie and Fonds 21 support many activities. From Bonaire, the Openbaar Lichaam Bonaire also supports this initiative every year. But also entrepreneurs, individuals and volunteers support Hòfi Kultural with resources, equipment or their time. We would like to thank everyone wholeheartedly.
Last week we visited artist Ronald (Tony) Trinidad. Read his story here.
Tony was born on Curaçao but moved to Bonaire. He has a job but is more known for his hobby's. Tony sings, dances, writes his own songs, is a DJ, makes carnival costumes, paints pictures, or paints on walls and on anything else that seems suitable.
To Tony anything can be art, or perhaps it is more that he can make art out of anything. When things slowed down on Bonaire, even more than usual, because of Corona, Tony started painting on the walls of an old run-down building close to his own house. Anything could catch his eye and so he painted portraits of Mr Bean, Trump, Maduro and other world leaders. A huge red apple. A face holding a finger to her lips, a screaming person with her hands on her ears, references to the amount of gossip on the island. Inside the building a black man whose face is held down by a knee, telling the story of George Floyd who was killed that way by a policeman in the US. To Tony this is a work in progress. As long as the building doesn't collapse he will add pictures to it.
With the arrival of the Corona virus, the Street Colors Bonaire project got a different start than planned. But we've started! With about 15 enthusiastic and talented young people, we have brainstormed, sketched, painted and experimented over the past week. In June we start with the first real mural at the community centre in Nort'i Saliña.
Street Colors Bonaire is a streetart project of Fundashon Plataforma Kultural and will run until the summer of 2021. It creates a collaboration between the art collective Rewriters Rotterdam, Bonerian young people and artists and will provide an educational program for the students of MBO. The aim of this project is to give young people the opportunity to develop their talents and learn from professional artists. To put street art on Bonaire on the (digital) map and to give it a place in the Bonerian society.
Since the start of the project in February, about 15 young people have signed up at Hòfi Kultural. All enthusiastic, inquisitive and talented. Together with 5 coaches, artists of the island, they will paint the first walls on Bonaire. The street artists from Rotterdam we were expecting had to delay their arrival but we hope to welcome our first guest in October.
This is our schedule: In June, everyone can follow us while we're working at the community center in Nort'i Saliña. In August and September, the project's talent group will visit various artists and studios on Bonaire. We are starting the educational program at the MBO in September as well and in October we expect our first international artist and then we will paint many more walls. Something we've already begun is our mural hunting. To capture all the murals of Bonaire digitally, we first have to locate them. Join us, hunt for our murals and share them via Instagram with #huntingmuralsbonaire..
Street Colors Bonaire is made possible by financial support from Fonds 21, Fonds voor Cultuurparticipatie and Openbaar Lichaam Bonaire.
Mrs. Janga attends the music class of Hὸfi Kultural every week. We ask her about her findings, but also what music means to her, especially at a time when the Coronavirus has changed everyday life.
Mrs. Janga, you come to Hὸfi Kutural every week for kwarta lesson. How many years have you been playing kwarta?
I live on Bonaire for 61 years, but I couldn't play the kwarta. It was last June that I went to Hὸfi Kultural for the first time to learn to play the kwarta.
What do you think about Hὸfi Kutural and the free music lessons that are given?
I like Hὸfi Kultural because children, young people and the elderly - so everyone - can participate in the lessons. All classes are also free. There are kwarta-, guitar-, sinfonia- and sometimes theatre lessons. The musical instruments are all present at Hòfi to use during the lesson. Under the palapa we play outside and there is enough space where we can sit and practice.
This year March, classes at Hὸfi Kutural had to be discontinued because of the Coronavirus. What did that mean to you?
Once a week I go to kwarta lesson for beginners, so that all of a sudden stopped. During this period we received the lyrics and chords of songs from our kwarta teacher and other teachers. Via Whatsapp we received videos on tips how the songs had to be sung and played, so we could practice it ourselves at home.
The song "Aleluya" that the kwarta teacher sent us, is a beautiful religious song that gives me a lot of comfort during this difficult time. The song says to pray and believe in God and ask him for his help to give us strength and wisdom, and for everything eing better in the future.
We were also called by the employees of Hὸfi Kultural to ask how we were doing and if the music was successful.
Is music important to you right now?
Yes, music is important to me because it is good for my memory and it makes me happy. I'm learning new songs, new chords and new techniques. When playing the kwarta I see and read the lyrics and the chords. I also play the kwarta regularly at home and listen to music a lot. It's very good for my health. Our music teacher also advises us to practice 30 minutes at home every day. I also play church songs on the kwarta, songs I find on the internet myself. Music gives me a lot of comfort these days.
For a couple of weeks now, Hὸfi Kutural (with limitations) has been allowed to teach music again. What does Hὸfi mean to you in your daily life?
I'm glad we can play music with each other again and learn new things. Next to that, it's nice to see everyone again.
What do you wish the music teachers and other participants of Hὸfi Kutural?
I wish the music teachers that they continue teaching and I wish the other participants to stay at Hὸfi Kultural every week for the lessons and also to practice at home.
Finally, what else would you like Hὸfi Kultural to organize?
I think of music lessons with drum music , Wiri, Maraka and also piano or organ. And what about the idea of having a choir of (older) people?
MvR, June 2020
Mevrouw Janga komt wekelijks bij de muziekles van Hὸfi Kultural. We vragen haar naar
haar bevindingen maar ook wat muziek voor haar betekent, zeker in deze tijd dat het Corona-virus het dagelijks leven voor iedereen heeft veranderd.
Mevrouw Janga, u komt wekelijks naar Hὸfi Kutural voor kwartales. Hoeveel jaar speelt ual kwarta? Ik woon al 61 jaar op Bonaire, maar ik kon nog geen kwarta spelen. Het wasvorig jaar juni dat ik voor het eerst naar Hὸfi Kultural ging om kwarta te leren spelen.
Wat vindt u van Hὸfi Kutural en de gratis muziekles die er gegeven wordt?
Ik vind Hὸfi Kultural een fijne plek, want kinderen, jongeren en ouderen -dus iedereen kan er meedoen aan de lessen. Alle lessen zijn ook gratis. Er zijn kwarta-, gitaar-, accordeon- en soms ook theaterlessen. De muziek instrumenten zijn allemaal aanwezig bij Hòfi om te gebruiken tijdens de les. Onder de palapa is het ruim en is er genoeg ruimte waar we kunnen zitten om te oefenen.
Afgelopen half maart moesten de lessen bij Hὸfi Kutural worden stopgezet vanwege het Corona-virus. Wat betekende dat voor u?
Eenmaal per week ga ik naar kwartales voor beginners, dus dat hield ineens op. Van onze kwarta-docent en ook andere docenten kregen we in deze periode via whatsapp de teksten en akkoorden van liedjes toegestuurd. Ook kregen we video’s toegestuurd hoe de liedjes gezongen en gespeeld moesten worden, zodat wij het zelf thuis konden oefenen. Het lied “Aleluya” dat de kwarta-leraar toegestuurd had, is een mooi religieus lied dat me veel troost geeft in deze moeilijke tijd. Het lied zegt te bidden en geloven in God en hem te vragen voor zijn hulp om ons kracht en wijsheid te geven, zodat alles in de toekomst weer beter zal worden. Ook werden wij opgebeld door de werknemers van Hὸfi Kultural om te vragen hoe het met ons ging en of het oefenen van de muziek lukte.
Is muziek belangrijk voor u momenteel?
Ja, muziek is belangrijk voor mij, want het is goed voor het geheugen en het maakt me blij. Ik leer nieuwe liedjes, nieuwe akkoorden en nieuwe technieken. Bij het spelen van kwarta zie en lees ik de teksten en de akkoorden. Ik speel thuis ook regelmatig de kwarta en luister veel naar muziek. Het is heel goed voor de gezondheid. Onze muziekleraar raadt ons ook aan om elke dag 30 minuten thuis te oefenen. Ik speel ook kerkliederen op de kwarta, die ik zelf op internet heb gevonden.Muziek geeft me in deze tijd veel troost.
Sinds deze week mag er bij Hὸfi Kutural (met beperkingen weliswaar) weer muziekles worden gegeven. Wat betekent Hὸfi voor u, in uw dagelijks leven?
Ik ben blij dat we weer muziek kunnen spelen met elkaar en nieuwe dingen leren. Daarnaast is het fijn iedereen weer te zien.
Wat wenst u de muziekdocenten en andere deelnemers van Hὸfi Kutural toe?
De muziekdocenten wens ik toe dat ze doorgaan met lesgeven en de andere deelnemerswens ik toe dat ze elke week bij Hὸfi Kultural blijven komen voor de lessen en ook thuisblijven oefenen. Het is ook fijn om samen met elkaar te zijn elke week.
Tot slot, wat zou u verder nog leuk vinden om door Hὸfi te laten organiseren?
Bij Hὸfi Kultural denk ik aan muzieklessen met trommelmuziek , wiri, maraka en ook piano of orgel. En aan een koor van (oudere) mensen.
MvR, mei 2020
From May 7th , Hòfi Kultural will be open to visitors again. In consultation with the Corona advisory line, we apply the following rules:
- A maximum of 20 people may be present at Hòfi Kultural.
- we don't give each other hands
- on arrival, we disinfect our hands with hand-sanitizer
- we sneeze and cough in our elbow, or in a paper handkerchief
- we regularly wash our hands
- we dry our hands in the toilet with paper towels
- we sit/stand 2 meters apart
- when we feel flu-like or feverish, we stay at home
Thursday May 7th the first meetings in small groups will take place for the project Street Colors Bonaire. On Tuesday May 12th the elderly will be welcome back at Hòfi Kultural for a cup of coffee. From May 19th, music lessons for the elderly will start again on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. For more information see activities.
Figure 1: Illustration by Dodici, 'Spring 2020'
Hòfi Kultural had to temporarily close its doors due to the threat of the coronavirus. There are many vulnerable elderly people visiting Hòfi Kultural and during the activities it is difficult to keep the good distance from each other. Nevertheless, we do not sit still and a lot of things happen. We are not only using this period to plant more greenery in the garden of Hòfi Kultural and to maintain the location. We do a lot more.
We keep in touch with the elderly in coronatime through our group app and we call the elderly about how they're doing. Hopeful videos about music or art are shared with each other. Some older people take their own recordings and place them in the app group. Our music teachers record instructional videos themselves, with songs that the elderly can practice at home. Older people who don't have an instrument themselves can borrow it. We'll bring the instrument home.
Hòfi Kultural started the project in March: Street Colors Bonaire. Because of the Coronavirus, the Italian street art artist Dodici from Rotterdam is now coming to Bonaire in October, for six weeks. He then will create murals with talented youth. The 20 participants who have signed up already have contact with each other and with Dodici via social media and exchange tips and tricks. 5 Concerned local artists meanwhile coach the talents and conduct inspiration interviews.
For the MBO we are making an educational program about street art. This will be accessible for the students via a website. In addition, we will map and photograph all the murals that have already been made on Bonaire, this is called hunting murals.
As of today Hòfi Kultural postpones all activities untill April 6th. We decided to take this preventive measure in relation to the corona virus. We think it is not wise to continue with our activities for the elderly in view of the measurements taken by the government. The project Street Colors Bonaire will also be postponed untill april 6th. The invited streetartist Dodici from Rotterdam was not able to come to Bonaire due to the flightrestrictions. We count on your understanding for this decision. All the participants in the activities will be informed through our website, facebookpage, email and whatsapp. For now, please stay save and take care of each other.
Vanaf vandaag stelt Hòfi Kultural alle activiteiten uit tot na 6 april. Deze preventieve maatregel is genomen met het oog op het coronavirus. We denken dat het niet verantwoord is om door te gaan met onze activiteiten voor de ouderen, in verband met de maatregelen vanuit de overheid. Het project Street Colors Bonaire zal tevens uitgesteld worden tot na 6 april. De uitgenodigde kunstenaar Dodici uit Rotterdam, kon niet naar Bonaire komen in verband met de vliegbeperkingen. We rekenen op jullie begrip. Alle deelnemers van de activiteiten zullen geïnformeerd worden via onze website, facebookpage, email en whatsapp. Voor nu, blijf gezond en let een beetje op elkaar.
From the 2nd to 6th of March the National Knowledge Institute for Cultural Education & Amateur Art (Landelijk Kennisinstituut Cultuureducatie & Amateurkunst, LKCA) provided a train-the-trainer program for the Caribbean Netherlands to promote cultural education. The five-day program was organized by Fundashon Plataforma Kultural with support from the Fonds voor Cultuurparticipatie, the public entities and the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, OCW). A total of 21 teachers, art teachers and policy makers from Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba participated.
In the Caribbean Netherlands, cultural education and participation are generally achieved through voluntary initiatives from islanders in their free time. Passionate and dedicated cultural practitioners are willing to spend their time on education, but they are not necessarily trained in this area. In addition, the teachers have not previously received training as an (internal) culture coordinator. In the LKCA approach, the culture coordinator is the linchpin for good cultural education at school, who also connects with cultural activities outside the school.
To fill in the training needs, two trainers from the LKCA were brought to Bonaire to offer a tailor-made program. They provided a combination of multiple training courses, focusing on the development of their own vision and policy plan, the different roles of the culture coordinator and the formation of a culture network. All this with the aim of offering children on the islands of the Caribbean Netherlands more and better cultural education inside and outside the school. With the train-the-trainer program, a sustainable local infrastructure is created in which school teachers help the cultural sector in guiding and instructing. After all, they already have the necessary knowledge and experience in the field of education. The point of departure is to utilize and further develop the knowledge that is already present on the islands.
To complete the training week, all participants received a certificate issued by Deputy Nina den Heyer and department head Nolly Oleana of OCW in the Caribbean Netherlands, at Hòfi Kultural. For the period following the training week, agreements have been made with LKCA for remote support in the formation and maintenance of the culture network.
Today we talk with Chris, one of the members of Hòfi Kultural. Chris is retired and spends his days making music with his friends. The goal of the interview was to find out what kind of impact Hòfi Kultural had on Chris.
Chris used to play music at different hotels, entertaining people. One day he received an invitation from one of his friends to come to Hòfi Kultural to share his skills with others and since then he has been going to Hòfi Kultural with a big smile on his face ever since.
The fact that you can come here and relive the old days with your friends and learn more about your culture, about your island and about your people is really special because you cannot do that anywhere else. Culture is the way that you live and the way that you do things. Culture is who we are actually, if you think about it more deeply. What troubles me is that our culture is slowly disappearing, children are no longer interested in learning it and that is bad because there is nobody to maintain our culture, I fear that if we do not act now that the young generation will never know of what makes Bonaire truly unique. It is important to promote what we do at the schools and on the radio to show people what we do here and make sure they understand why this is important. This way we can hand over our knowledge to the younger generation, because after we are gone it is they who would have to continue the work, so we have to do our best to promote our activities to them.
Good question! Hòfi Kultural keeps our culture active, meaning it makes sure that it does not die, Hòfi Kultural not only helps us get in touch with our culture but it also makes sure that we keep it active and alive by making traditional music that our ancestors did and also by doing activities that we were brought up with.
Before Hòfi Kultural, I had nothing to do really besides sitting at home and listening to the radio. Now I have a purpose again, get up and go to Hòfi Kultural to get in touch with friends and to have a good time. To answer your question, it gave me something to do rather than sit and home all day, I feel young again, I feel active again thanks to Hòfi Kultural.
Foto: Jildou van Dijk
Fundashon Plataforma Kultural is dé stichting voor ontmoeting en kunst en cultuur op Bonaire. Bij de ontmoetingsplek Hòfi Kultural komen wekelijks bewoners uit de buurt bij elkaar om mee te doen aan kunst en cultuuractiviteiten. In de aankomende twee jaar organiseren we Street Colors Bonaire, een groot project waarbij muurschilderingen worden gemaakt door talenten van Bonaire en Rotterdamse kunstenaars. Voor het MBO ontwikkelen we een educatief programma. We organiseren trainingen voor de cultuur- en onderwijs sector, en culturele activiteiten in het onderwijs en buitenschoolse opvang. Ook bieden we dagbesteding voor kwetsbare doelgroepen.
Wij zoeken een enthousiaste
Ben jij een duizendpoot die logistiek alles op orde heeft? Iemand die vooral als het hectisch wordt, het overzicht bewaart? Voor deze opdracht werk je mee in de uitvoering van het project Street Colors Bonaire. Je ondersteunt en rapporteert aan de directie. Je diverse takenpakket bestaat hoofdzakelijk uit:
Programma
Het plannen en organiseren van activiteiten
Het werven en begeleiden van deelnemers en kunstenaars
Het organiseren van een educatief programma
Bedrijfsvoering
Het inzichtelijk maken van resultaten en –effecten van het project en bezoekerscijfers
Communicatie
Onderhouden van contacten met pers en het maken van content voor social media
Je hebt een HBO werk- en denkniveau
Je hebt ervaring in de culturele sector
Je hebt affiniteit met Bonaire en kunst en cultuuractiviteiten
Je spreekt Nederlands en Engels, Papiamentu is een pré
Je beschikt over sociale vaardigheden en hebt een pro-actieve houding
Je beschikt over een grote teamgeest, stressbestendigheid en flexibele opstelling ten opzichte van drukke, stressvolle periodes die kenmerkend zijn voor de culturele sector
Je bent gemiddeld twee dagen per week beschikbaar, maar kan op piekmomenten flexibel ingezet worden.
Wij bieden een informele afwisselende werkplek in een dynamisch team en een bruisende organisatie. De ontmoetingsplek en het kantoor zijn gevestigd in een buitenwijk van Kralendijk, Antriol. Vergoedingen zijn passend voor een kleine en culturele organisatie en afhankelijk van leeftijd en ervaring. Startdatum per direct. De opdracht loopt tot en met juni 2021.
Ben je geïnteresseerd, reageer dan zo snel mogelijk en geef je beschikbaarheid daarbij meteen aan. Voor meer informatie zie onderstaande website of neem contact op met de directie via info@plataformakultural.com. We vragen je een motivatiebrief en een CV te sturen naar info@plataformakultural.com o.v.v. ‘’vacature project medewerker”.
Fundashon Plataforma Kultural voert een personeelsbeleid waarin (culturele) diversiteit een speerpunt is. Wij zijn een inclusieve organisatie die streeft naar een team dat een afspiegeling is van de Bonairiaanse samenleving. Onze deuren en vacatures staan nadrukkelijk open voor iedereen.
Voor meer informatie over onze organisatie kijk op www.hofikultural.com
Jesmien is a retired Bonairian lady, who joins as a participant and a volunteer at Hòfi Kultural. We wondered what drives her and what was the impact of Hòfi Kultural on her life?
I started at the beginning of 2019 when I arrived on Bonaire. I had just retired and did not want to sit at home and do nothing. When I was 16 years old, I left Bonaire to go to the Netherlands to study. When I arrived here last January on Bonaire, I did not know anyone, only my family. But I really wanted to do something and interact with people. Through my sister I heard about Hòfi Kultural so I decided to try it and I have been visiting Hòfi Kultural ever since.
It has activities for young people, adults and elderly people, you don’t find that anywhere. That makes it fun, because nobody is left out. It is a place where young people can discover their talent (something that is really important). It is some kind of a community center but for Bonaire as a whole, something that is very peculiar, as it is something that I have never experienced on Bonaire.
I have done different activities with the children; we played some games from my childhood and also I have done storytelling with older people. It helps to learn our culture, learn who we are, how Bonaire is the Bonaire that it is today and why it is so special. You can say that Hòfi Kultural helps to promote our culture and that is very important because you have to know your origins, you have to know who you are.
I got to know myself here. I left at a very young age so I have lost that connection really early. Now that I am here I have that connection again, doing all of these activities that I used to do when I lived here really brought some nice memories. You normally do not think about it, but Bonaire is really unique, it has its own culture, its own ways of doing things, its own way of living.
I have some sort of connection with the other participants, we sit together and talk about the good old days and about the things that we used to do. These are things that we all have experienced. That is how we try to keep the culture of Bonaire alive, by singing and making music (typical Bonairian songs) of the old days, This way the young generation can have a sense of what we did in the old days and how we grew up, so they can pass it to their kids and so on and so on.
It is great that you are not alone when traveling back in time, you have a group of people who knows exactly what you talk about, and share the same stories and that is just amazing.
The activities start again on September 2nd at Hòfi Kultural. For more information about the activities visit the activities page. The entrance for the activities is free for the 60+ elderly of Bonaire. Come and join us today! If you want to assist in the activities as a volunteer send a message through the contactpage.
On Friday 21st of June from 3 to 5 p.m. (walk in from 2.30 p.m.) the final presentation 2018/2019 of Hòfi Kultural takes place. This afternoon, participants of the various programs and projects at Hòfi Kultural will show something of what they have done in recent months.
Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands pays a visit to Bonaire from November 28th up to and including December 1st, 2018. She visits the island at the invitation of the Foundation National Parks Bonaire (STINAPA Bonaire), a non-governmental organisation that is responsible for the management of the national parks on Bonaire. STINAPA is a member of the Dutch Caribbean Nature Alliance (DCNA) of which Princess Beatrix is the patron.
Wednesday November 28th
Princess Beatrix is welcomed at the airport by Deputy Kingdom Representative for Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba, Jan Helmond, and the Island Governor of Bonaire, Edison Rijna.
Thursday November 29th
In the morning Princess Beatrix visits the head office of STINAPA. Here, she is given an explanation about the conservation and the protection of the natural parks on Bonaire, i.e. the National Underwater Park Bonaire and the Washington Slagbaai National Park.
Subsequently Princess Beatrix visits, as patron of the Dutch UNICEF Committee, the Strea Briante School. This school is the winner of the first Caribbean UNICEF Child Rights Film Festival. This festival was created to awaken children in the Caribbean Netherlands to their rights in an active and creative way. Princess Beatrix will watch their film together with the children and then engages in a conversation with them.
In the afternoon Princess Beatrix attends the ‘Economy and Nature in balance” symposium. The symposium, organised by DCNA, addresses the field of tension between nature management and conservation and development of tourism. Apart from speeches, a panel discussion will take place. The first day is concluded with a reception in the official residence of Island Governor Rijna.
Friday November 30th
In the morning Princess Beatrix visits the Washington Slagbaai National Park; the first nature reserve of the then Netherlands Antilles and established in 1969. The park of 5,643 hectares offers a safe living environment to protected indigenous species of Bonaire, e.g. parrots, flamingos, parakeets and iguanas. In addition, the beaches are an important breeding ground for the four types of sea turtles that live in the Caribbean.
After a welcome and tour through the visitors’ centre, the park is visited by off-road vehicle. After the visit the Princess will speak with the rangers, researchers and employees of the Washington Slagbaai National Park.
In the afternoon Princess Beatrix visits Hòfi Kultural; a cultural residents’ initiative that was also supported by the Orange Fund. At Hòfi Kultural residents can meet each other and get to know each other better by practising art together. The Princess speaks with the initiators and visitors of the Hòfi Kultural and unveils a woodcarving.
Saturday December 1st
The visit to STINAPA is concluded with the attendance of the debate of the STINAPA Junior Rangers; the youth programme of the organisation. For approximately 10 years youngsters have been receiving weekly training to learn about the special flora and fauna on the island and the importance of nature management and conservation. They are the nature ambassadors of and for Bonaire.
The Junior Rangers annually organise a debate as part of their training. This year the theme is: ‘Will sustainable development hinder or benefit Bonaire’s economy’. The Princess attends the debate rounds and the closing speech. Afterwards she meets the Junior Rangers, their supervisors and volunteers of the youth programme.
DCNA
DCNA is a regional alliance between six nature park organisations of the Dutch Caribbean islands. The organisation is involved in the support and strengthening of the nature protection on the islands. Apart from the promotion of the special nature, it also focuses on sustainable management of the presently protected areas, poverty reduction, economic growth and the increase of awareness and knowledge of the value of nature. The latter to protect the substantial biological resources of the island on land and at sea and to conserve these for future generations.
Fundashon Plataforma Kultural is organising an extensive educational art program for hundreds of secondary-school pupils on Bonaire and Curaçao. Schoolteachers can download the educational program from www.hofikultural.com/education. From October 2018 until January 2019 secondary school pupils will learn about visiting artists and their influence on the islands and the Dutch artist Dolf Henkes (1903-1989) in particular. The pupils will make several murals led by professional artists. The project is part of Henkes on Curaçao. An extensive selection of work by Rotterdam artist Dolf Henkes will be on show on Curaçao. Opening on the 22nd of September 2018 by Minister Marilyn Alcalá-Wallé (for press and relations only).
Starting from October 2018 the street artist Vinz.100 from Rotterdam will stay on Bonaire for five weeks. He will stay at BonAIResidence, a new artist in residence facility, close to cultural centre Hòfi Kultural in Antriol. Vinz.100 will start giving workshops at Hòfi Kultural after the regatta holiday. Youngsters from SGB, Forma and Jong Bonaire will take part in the program. After that, Vinz.100 will make several murals together with the youngsters on Bonaire.
On Curaçao there will be three exhibitions of work by Rotterdam artist Dolf Henkes in The Curaçao Museum, Instituto Buena Bista (IBB) and the Curaçao Maritime Museum. For the first time since Henkes visited the island, more than 30 paintings by Dolf Henkes from the Netherlands have been shipped to Curaçao and are on show alongside artworks from Curaçaoan collections and from contemporary artists. Henkes on Curaçao takes place from September 25, 2018 to January 12, 2019.
Teachers from several secondary schools on Curaçao will use the educational program in the classroom and visit the exhibitions with their school pupils. The pupils will get acquainted with the art history of Curaçao, the influence of visiting artists in the Caribbean and contemporary murals. The pupils will discuss different taboos that are expressed in artworks. After that, students of IBB will make murals with school pupils on Curaçao. On September 21, 2018 a symposium with short lectures will take place at IBB, about visiting artists. To register mail to info@institutobuenabista.com. The symposium starts at 2.30 pm.
In late 1945, the Rotterdam artist Dolf Henkes (1903–1989) boarded a ship to Curaçao. Everything about the island would make a deep impression on him after those dark wartime years in the Netherlands — the colours, the light, everyday life. He took the island’s archetypal features and themes and fashioned them into his own distinctive, modern idiom. Curaçao conquered his heart and had a lasting influence on his work. He in turn left clear traces of his visit on the island, including two large-scale murals, in the chapel of the Sint Elisabeth Hospital and at Hato Airport.
The educational program on Curaçao and Bonaire was made possible with the (financial) support of Fonds 21, Henkes Foundation and the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands.
Henkes on Curaçao was organised by the Henkes Foundation and the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands in partnership with the Curaçao Museum, Instituto Buena Bista (IBB), the Curaçao Maritime Museum and Fundashon Plataforma Kultural (for the educational element). The project was made possible thanks to funding from the Mondrian Fund and the sponsorship of the Central Bank of Curaçao and Sint Maarten, VanEps Kunneman VanDoorne and Powerhouse Company, along with the support of Museum Boijmans van Beuningen.
Fundashon Plataforma Kultural organizes activities for all kinds of ages. One of those activities is Storytelling. Every Thursday afternoon a group of elderly people look at photos from Boi Antoin’s image archive, to tell each other stories about the early days and to dig up all kinds of memories.
Pascolita is one of the persons who come to Storytelling every week. She loves to bring back memories and to recognize people in photos, like family members. Every time she leaves she has learned something new, she explains. Looking at old files and photos and talking about them with others keeps her memories alive.
Preserving knowledge
According to Pascolita elderly people should be interviewed more to preserve (old) knowledge, before it disappears. Many young people do not know about the history of their grandparents on Bonaire; how they lived, and what they did from day to day. The old generation has so much knowledge, you’d be surprised on how much they can tell and teach about Bonaire’s old culture and former habits.
Pascolita regrets seeing so few children playing on the streets. It almost seems like most kids are only playing on their phones nowadays. She would love to see people invite their children and grandchildren to these kind of events, to teach them old games, so kids get introduced to them again. Games like Jacks, Hide and Seek, playing with marbles, ‘Annemaria koekoek’ etc.
Old ways
Thinking back on a time when living on a kunuku was where Bonairian life was all about, Pascolita tells how planting plants, getting water from a well, preparing your food outside on a fire with three big stones was part of daily life. No refrigerators, meat was self-preserved, taking care of your own food instead of going to the supermarket like we do now. Knowing when to plant and harvest crops according to the position and cycle of the moon. It sounds like a long time ago, but it wasn’t. Pascolita is a bit worried when this knowledge isn’t passed on soon it maybe disappears forever. Sharing stories about how it was living in former times on the island is a great way to start triggeringthe interest of younger people, so they learn about their ancestors, own history and culture. A history that isn’t always taught at school. Learning about music that was played and what kind of dances people used to dance. But more important, to let different generations connect and learn from each other. Throughout Storytelling the older generation can transfer their knowledge to get youngsters enthusiastic to learn more so they can pass it along to.
Pascolita is very happy Fundashon Plataforma Kultural facilitates a space where youngsters get the chance to learn many things like music, dances and Bonaire’s history. And in the meantime, she will listen to, talk about and share memories at the weekly Storytelling activity that will start again after the summer holiday. Keep an eye out on our website and Facebook for more information on the dates.
