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Opportunities for practising the amateur arts

Author(s)	Andries van den Broek (ed.)
Publication date	15 June 2010
Keywords
Price	€
Number of pages
ISBN/ISSN/other	978 90 377 0456 3
Series	Publication
Number	2010-13
Research group	Time, Media and Culture

Original title: Mogelijkheden tot kunstbeoefening in de vrije tijd

Singing, playing an instrument, painting, sculpting, amateur dramatics, making films, writing a blog or a song…: almost half the Dutch population are engaged in artistic activity occasionally or even frequently. They give expression to this artistic bent in all kinds of ways: by following lessons, taking part in workshops, engaging in the visual arts either alone or with others, or rehearsing for a performance. The possible ways of doing this are equally diverse: alone and/or as a course participant, as a member of a club or society, or as a member of an informal group following a course at an institution.

Three studies were carried out to discover who does what and how, what opportunities there are for practising the amateur arts and what the amateur arts landscape might look like in 2030. This study describes the opportunities that amateurs have - or create - for practising the arts as a leisure activity. Clubs/societies, the education system, cultural/arts institutions, private-sector providers and informal groups are all described, as well as the role played by the public authorities in supporting the amateur arts.

The other two studies in the series are FAQ's over kunstbeoefening in de vrije tijd (FAQs about practising the amateur arts) and Toekomstverkenning kunstbeoefening (Forward study on the amateur arts).