mind the gap!

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Concept of ‘Eye Openers’

• Group 15 adolescents (15-20) from allover Amsterdam with an open mind and vision

• Well embedded in the organization• Alternate training with activities and events• Every week meetings • Peer education method• Looking at art, discussing art,

and giving tours is the main subject

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Goals of the program

• Connect to young people• Stimulate museumvisits by young people • Develop peer education method• Fresh look upon museumorganisation,

collection, communication and education • Create a young, well informed art museum

audience

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Programs & activities

• Training courses (peer education, how to look at art, how to talk about art, meet artists etc.)

• Behind the scenes (meet the director, visit the storage etc.)• Giving tours• Organise events and activities• Workshops and talks (interview a curator, workshops with

artists)• Website (write blogs, films, hyves)

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Behind the scenes with team manager security

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Working in different groups with different methods

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Looking at art, discussing art, giving tours

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Eye-openers reporters at the Amsterdam Night of the Museums

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First Event: Holy Shit!

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Speeddaten with Eye Openers

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Practical

• An average of five hours a week

• Paid job

• Recruitment through different networks

• Period: year and a half, after that start with a new group

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Factors of success

• Starting point: recruitment and selection

• Participation of the whole organisation

• Working together with partner-organisation like Diversion

• Concept of work

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Challenges

• Participation level • Responsibility, supervision, guidance• Group dynamics• Work efficient• Reach more young people• Research/development• Financial continuation

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More information

• www.stedelijkindestad.nl/

projects/blikopeners

: pictures, video’s, blogs, bio’s etc.

• Blikopeners@stedelijk.nl

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Questions ?

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