Talking about music is like dancing about architecture
interviewFeb. 16, 2024
In the former warehouse of the Chemical Factory Rotterdam, music building has housed since 2010,...
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Vacancy Employee building passports
News, Call, VacancyJan. 23, 2024
SKAR is looking for an immediate employee 'Building Passports' 16 hours per week / internship...
Fashion as a language
interviewDecember 19, 2023
Upstairs in the Laundry is the studio of fashion designer Odair Pereira. The space...
Crowdfunding - Lively Exhibitions The Archive
November 17, 2023
The purpose of the exhibitions is to create a meeting place for works of art, art lovers...
"Searching without wanting to score."
November 2, 2023
On the first floor of creative incubator The Archives on Robert Fruin Street,...
"Right now I'm fascinated by trees and houses," he said.
interviewOctober 6, 2023
SKAR's new office has fifteen-foot windows and something had to be done there...
Vacancy Administrative Assistant
News, Call, VacancyAug. 23, 2023
SKAR is looking for a financial administrative assistant (24-32 hours) Do you put your administrative talent...
Vacancy Head of Operations
News, Call, VacancyJanuary 1, 2023
SKAR is looking for a Head of Operations (32 to 36 hours) Would you like to bring your experience...
Vacancy: board members SKAR
Oct. 14, 2022
SKAR seeks two new board members effective June 1, 2023 SKAR develops and leases...
Vacancy employee Maintenance and Management
September 13, 2022
SKAR is looking for a Maintenance and Management Officer (32 hours) immediately Do you want to...
SKAR office closed during holidays
28 June 2022
Dear Tenants, Due to the holiday period, the SKAR office will be closed from...
News about rental indexation
20 June 2022
Dear Tenant, As you know, rents are adjusted to inflation every year...
Vacancy employee Rental
12 May 2022
Do you want to use your coordination talent, administrative experience and communication skills to make space...
SKAR during the Christmas holidays and New Year
24 December 2021
Dear Tenants, Due to the holiday period, the office of the...
Accessibility of SKAR during holidays
20 July 2021
In the coming period, SKAR will be less accessible. This has to do with...
Severance payment possible for all SKAR properties
News2 July 2021
Now that the Netherlands is slowly opening up again, and the restrictions due to Corona are a...
New Feedback Group for Tenants
28 May 2021
SKAR would like to have regular talks with tenants about what is going on...
New Deal Culture Rotterdam
14 May 2021
The cultural sector, together with the hotel and restaurant industry and the events sector, has been hit hardest by...
The Orange Tree Art Project: open call!
13 May 2021
Open Call for ideas sketch 2021 The Orange Tree art projects (TOT) English below...
Vacancy: board member
27 March 2021
SKAR develops and rents out workspace for artists, designers and creative entrepreneurs in Rotterdam.
Afro-Dutch Powerhouse in conversation with Nieuwsuur
26 February 2021
The Black Lives Matter protests last year saw massive demonstrations against racism.
What's your value, estimate?
February 19, 2021
There are all kinds of ways to find your revenue model, but they're few...
SKAR update: jobs for rent & accessibility
16 December 2020
Update: as of February 8, 2021, it is no longer possible to enroll in...
SKAR supports Amsterdam incubators
News3 December 2020
In 2021 and 2022 the City of Amsterdam wants to cut back on the...
How big is the demand for studios - survey
2 November 2020
On the initiative of artists and in cooperation with the CBK, we are starting...
How are we doing with studios in Rotterdam?
Debate28 October 2020
After four years at SKAR, I can say I'm optimistic about...
Open call
June 2, 2020
The former depot of the City Archives at 52 Robert Fruinstraat...
What's a studio worth?
June 2, 2020
What is the value of a studio? Of course, for the artist who works there...
The orange tree-art project: call
22 May 2020
TOT-DE TUIN IN TIME The brand new foundation The Orange Tree [TOT] invites...
Open call
22 May 2020
Open call proposal - The orange Tree art projects (TOT) The Garden in...
Why the Urban Arts Centre?
11 May 2020
If anything characterizes our city, it's that it's really urban...
let's invest ourselves out of corona shrinkage
26 April 2020
dear tenants, the Cabinet also spoke last week. With a message that...
The HBS
26 April 2020
In the heart of Rotterdam on the 's Gravendijkwal is a monumental school building. From...
on emergency suits and our graduate service
14 April 2020
Last year I went almost every day to The Laundry, where I am...
About emergency suits and our graduate service
14 April 2020
For the past year, I've cycled almost every day to The Laundry, a place...
"It's my business here, everything costs money, every pencil and paper. It's a nice hobby, isn't it?"
interview27 February 2020
Almost as soon as I ring the doorbell, the door of the studio building swings open...
With the current?
Call26 February 2020
SKAR will provide space for a new breeding ground in Hoogvliet at the beginning of 2020. In...
Umbrellas in the Sahara
Column26 February 2020
Once a year it seems as if the whole of Rotterdam loves art. And...
The SKAR gardens: from tiles to green oases
News29 January 2020
Most of SKAR's studio buildings are surrounded by tiled schoolyards. Beautiful places that...
What is still affordable?
Column14 November 2019
I get an increasingly uncomfortable feeling when I read the messages about the...
"I think we have a big responsibility to those people in this town who don't have access to art."
interview13 September 2019
We're in the office of Jeroen Chabot, director of the William the...
The van Langendonckstraat will be the new theatre spot on Zuid!
Call5 September 2019
On our earlier open call for the beautiful building in the Van Langendonckstraat...
just a little square
Column4 September 2019
On a small square, in the deep south of Rotterdam, stands a small pavilion.
In Development: A Building for Alumni
News14 July 2019
It is clear that it is very difficult for recently graduated artists to...
"Life in Art is a Party!"
interview14 July 2019
Against the wall in the studio of Bima Engels, meters large...
Space for artists
Column4 July 2019
Recently I was allowed to visit DordtYart, in Dordrecht. A beautiful industrial...
"I didn't know anyone. I invited everyone to my studio for coffee and cake."
interview25 May 2018
We walk through a dark and deserted corridor. On the left on regular...
"No Life Without Problems, No Problem Without Solutions!"
interview3 April 2018
On one of the open studio days on Borger Street, he gives me...
At the same place by coincidence
Column16 February 2018
Art is rarely alone and often shares the space with something or someone else.
SKAR & Blijstroom in the Ackersdijkstraat
Call31 January 2018
What's Blijstroom? Do you want low electricity prices and help make it energy-neutral...
"This is where you need to be, between work, anyway."
interview18 January 2018
The importance of art does not need to be evident here. But what about...
Open Ateliers Borgerstraat
Event11 January 2018
...by coincidence at the same time (Borgerstraat) Open Studios of (inter)national artists,...
@theArtist
Event11 January 2018
Unique opportunity to visit studios during Art Rotterdam Week:...
Present your work on our site! (for tenants)
Call13 March 2017
Are you hiring from SKAR? Then we'll give you the chance to do your job...
We have a new site
News13 March 2017
SKAR has a new site: www.skar-ateliers.nl. With new design, stories and tools. Why...
Five new locations this year
News13 March 2017
We're going to start new workshops in five places this year: the RET depot...
SKAR ambition: fully solar-powered
News10 March 2017
SKAR has the ambition to completely switch to solar energy for all...
Looking back first SKAR Talks
Event10 March 2017
On 16 February SKAR organised SKAR Talks for the first time: a meeting for...
New premises: Koningsveldestraat
News28 December 2016
SKAR opens a new building on the Koningsveldestraat. The building will offer space...
Creative area development
Column24 December 2016
This summer I was visiting Kendari, a port city in Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Multitasking photographer
interview17 December 2016
Gallery owner, entrepreneur, art director, event organizer, but above all: photographer. Lenny Oosterwijk, awarded this year...
The new communication strategy of SKAR
News1 December 2016
Within SKAR wonderful things happen. By tenants, with tenants, with the neighborhood and...
Initiator of free space
profile art building30 November 2016
With fewer and fewer opportunities for performing artists at the existing companies, Jette Schneider...
SKAR tenant of the first hour
interview26 October 2016
Nearly 71 springs he counts and next February there will be another big...
"The studio deserves protection
interview10 October 2016
For years Jan Donia was permanent editor of the SKAR Newsreel. In this last one...