Moving (Hi)stories 2025: stories that resonate in neighbourhood ’t Broek
- Fine Art
- Dance
- Theatre
- Education in Art
What happens when art students spend three weeks working in a local neighbourhood? In Moving (Hi)stories 2025, students from Artisteducator in Dance, Theatre and Fine Art and Design in Education stepped into the Arnhem district of ’t Broek. For an interdisciplinary project. Right in the middle of society.
The neighbourhood as workspace
Students worked in places where art isn’t usually present. On the street. In second-hand shops. They met children, newcomers, long-time residents, and passers-by. And discovered the many layers that exist within a neighbourhood.
Student Eefke Baalbergen (Artisteducator in Theatre) lives in ’t Broek herself. "I didn’t really know my neighbourhood. That changed a lot in just three weeks. By taking on an inquisitive attitude. And by pushing myself to start conversations."
Joopie didn’t want to wash his hand afterwards."
One of those conversations was with Joopie, a well-known figure in the neighbourhood. “He told me about 'zendbakjes', devices that used to form a big gossip network in the area. His pseudonym: The Black Hand.” Eefke asked him to leave a black handprint on the group artwork.
The students explored how people relate to their surroundings. Do they truly feel like residents of a 'neighbourhood'? That question became increasingly important to Eefke. “I also felt that it’s much more about neighbourship. About the people living right next to you.”
Mixing disciplines, moving stories
Students worked beyond the boundaries of their own disciplines. They combined materials, techniques and ways of working. Sometimes this went smoothly. Sometimes it didn’t.
“DBKV students teached me how to silkscreen. And how to guide people in working with paint,” says Eefke. “From Dance I learned how to approach a technique or theme more freely.”
Moving (Hi)stories is a recurring project. It doesn’t aim for a fixed outcome. Students learn by doing. By listening. By making mistakes. They reflect on their role as artists. And they dare to question the structure of art education itself.
Joopie’s take on art?
“Something you can look at. Something beautiful. Something that makes you think for a moment.”
Want to know more about these programmes?
Artisteducator in Dance
Artisteducator in Theater
Fine Art and Design in Education
