Autumn 2025 – 2026 | Performance: Momentum by Inclusive Dance Company Leefmeesters | Various Theatres in the Netherlands
The inclusive dance company Leefmeesters from Leeuwarden, part of Dans op Recept, creates performances around social themes such as living with a chronic condition. Their new production Momentum places the dancers’ personal stories at the heart of the performance. It explores choices, movement, and the single moment when everything changes, inviting the audience to pause and reflect on their own path.
December 2, 2025 | Cultural Education at the MBO | Amsterdam
All adolescents can benefit from experiences with arts and culture. To promote this, Plein C supports MBO teachers, educational and cultural institutions in offering accessible cultural education. The event includes two workshops on Arts in Care – Action Research with Students, highlighting art interventions at Cordaan, such as music for older adults. The sessions explore how students from arts and healthcare programmes collaborate creatively in care settings and reflect on what these experiences teach them about care and connection. Participants will exchange ideas and lessons learned from practice. Sign up now!
December 9, 2025 | Knowledge Exchange Afternoon ‘Samen Leven in je Buurt’ | Amsterdam
How can arts and culture contribute to a resilient, connected and liveable neighbourhood? During the knowledge exchange afternoon Samen Leven in je Buurt, participants explore how collaboration between the social domain and the arts and culture sector can strengthen what connects people. The event offers space to share practical experiences, discuss added value and challenges, and exchange knowledge and methods. It will also address talent development, social cohesion and community resilience. The event is organised by Leven in je Buurt!, a collaboration between PRA Muziektheater, social organisation Dynamo, and BOOST, a meeting place for newcomers in Amsterdam.
February 26-27, 2026| Conference Culture & Care: A Joint Call for Change | Leuven, Belgium
How can culture and care work together to build new ways of care that meet today’s complex social challenges? Leuven Culture & Care: A joint call for Change, a two-day European conference bringing together policymakers, experts, artists and practitioners at the intersection of culture and healthcare. The conference will be in English.
You can also contribute yourself via the Open Call – deadline December 5, 2025 – with your own lecture or workshop within one of these three themes:
1. Youth & mental health
2. Older adults & intergenerational initiatives
3. Community-based programs
March 3, 2026 | Art MADE Open – Traveling Exhibition | The Netherlands
How can art express what words often cannot? Art MADE Open explores the emotional realities of living with anxiety, depression or trauma through powerful visual art. In collaboration with the Open Mind Foundation, four art academies and experts by experience create a series of immersive installations inside shipping containers. Following its premiere on March 3, 2026, the exhibition will travel across the Netherlands for a year, visiting at least ten cities and several festivals.
