Netherlands Institutions Receive Tender

The province will support 18 amateur art institutions for the next 4 years with 614250 per year. With this subsidy scheme which was established in 2017 the province ensures continuity and thus improves the quality of amateur art.Advisory committeeThe Provincial Executive was advised by the Advisory Committee on Amateur Art in the decisions on the granting of subsidies. This committee has assessed the applications and has reached a ranking based on this. The Amateur Art Advisory Committee has been impressed by the involvement and creativity of people. The diversity of the applications was great. According to the committee we can be proud of the amount of associations companies and collaborations that we have in Brabant. I fully agree with that says Wil van Pinxteren commissioner with Culture in portfolio.Well oversubscribedIt concerns the support of amateur art organizations with a supra-local regional or provincial function. In total the subsidy ceiling is 2457000. That ceiling was largely oversubscribed by the 37 applications submitted with a combined amount of more than 4.6 million.