Graduation Show Willem de Kooning Academy: Fine Art and Design Education Program

The new generation of graduating artist educators and art teachers from the Willem de Kooning Academy presents their graduation projects in the Space for Education & Participation at Kunstinstituut Melly.

Through research-driven and practice-based approaches, they engage with pressing contemporary social issues and develop new ways of entering into dialogue with their surroundings. Ecology, inclusion, technology, shame, displacement, and connection are among the themes that link their work.

The projects move between art, education, and social engagement, ranging from installations and participatory works to conversations, workshops, and performative interventions. Through visual expression, research, and collective experiences, the graduates invite visitors not only to observe but also to actively participate, investigate, and explore new perspectives.

Intermezzo marks a moment of transition: between education and professional practice, between maker and audience. Throughout both days, visitors can take part in a programme of presentations, workshops, and activities developed by and with the graduating students, offering multiple opportunities for exchange, reflection, and shared learning.

Opening hours

26 June: 1:00–9:00 pm
27 June: 11:00 am–6:00 pm

INTERMEZZO PROGRAMME SATURDAY 27 JUNE / 11.00 AM - 6.00 PM

ONGOING — Meet the graduates and chat to them about their exhibited work.

ACTIVITIES

TEKEN JE BUURTBEWONER with Merel van de Kerkhof & Michiel van der Hoven

Take part in a drawing intervention on the windows in the public outdoor space, inviting passers-by and visitors to meet one another.

VERHALENSPEL IN DE TENT with Surud Arif

Come to the storytelling tent to play a collaborative game where we connect through language, fantasy and imagination!

The N.A.R. with Meike Smolders, Will van Twuijver, Robin Cuppens & Janna de Smet

Come and get a feel for the NAR at our Pendulum. Try out the tools, test the decision tree – or who knows, you might even bring in a case study for peer review!

WORKSHOPS & LIVE ACTIVITIES

13.00 — Performance FIEUUUUU-FIEUUUU with Noa van IJsseldijk

Short performance featuring ceramic sculptures & sound

13.00 - 15.00 — Joshua Enker, Astrid Honscoop and Melanie Luchtenveld

OPGELUCHT – Card game about education (max. 4 participants)

Teachers! Put your shame aside and play the Opgelucht game; in 30 minutes, learn through art and from one another how you can help your pupils deal with shame even more effectively. We’ll be playing several rounds – feel free to watch in!

14.00 - 15.00 — De Ontkiemers with Anouk Gielen & Jasmijn Nijhof - van Zonneveld

CREATING A GROWTH SCULPTURE IN COLLABORATION WITH THE NASTURTIUM

Build your own ‘growth sculpture’ together with a nasturtium. Through a series of small tasks, you’ll discover the plant, build a connection with it and use willow branches and string to create a sculpture that supports its growth. And of course, you can take it home with you afterwards! (Max. 6 participants)