<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Rijksakademie from Amsterdam is rare and exemplary institution that don't distinguish between contemporary art and (new) media art, in a positive manner.</div><div><br></div><div>d</div><div><br></div><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><b>From: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">"Rijksakademie - Edith Rijnja" <<a href="mailto:edith.rijnja@rijksakademie.nl">edith.rijnja@rijksakademie.nl</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><b>Date: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">June 15, 2011 8:18:22 PM GMT+02:00</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><b>To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">"Fritz, Darko" <<a href="mailto:fritz.d@chello.nl">fritz.d@chello.nl</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><b>Subject: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><b>Support the Rijksakademie, secure the art of the future!</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><b>Reply-To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><a href="mailto:edith.rijnja@rijksakademie.nl">edith.rijnja@rijksakademie.nl</a></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div></div><div><p>Dear artists and friends of the Rijksakademie,</p><p>We would like to ask your attention for a serious matter.</p><p>The existence of the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten is being threatened by the Dutch Government. <b>The intention to terminate governmental support as of 2013</b> endangers the future of this crucial source of top talent in the visual arts.</p><p>What the Rijksakademie asks from the government is an approach of a planning in phases in order to have some time to make new plans for the future.</p><p>The Rijksakademie is part of a large community. We have launched an online petition to reach out to our alumni, friends, partners and supporters from all over the world.</p><p><strong>Please join us to secure the Rijksakademie as a vital source of the art of the future.</strong></p><p><strong>Sign the </strong><a href="http://www.change.org/petitions/support-the-rijsakademie-secure-the-art-of-the-future?utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=email" target="_blank"><strong>petition</strong></a><strong>.<br></strong></p></div></blockquote><a href="http://www.change.org/petitions/support-the-rijsakademie-secure-the-art-of-the-future?utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=email">http://www.change.org/petitions/support-the-rijsakademie-secure-the-art-of-the-future?utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=email</a><br><blockquote type="cite"><div><p><strong><br>Voice your opinion and leave a personal message. And, please forward this email. We hope to have as many reactions as possible before June 20,</strong> when we will hand over the petition and signatures to<strong> </strong>the Secretary of Culture Mr. Halbe Zijlstra and Members of the Dutch Parliament<strong>.</strong></p><p>Thanks a lot.<br><br>With kind regards, also on behalf of the artists and staff of the Rijksakademie,</p><div> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p>Edith Rijnja</p><p>Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten<br>Co-ordinator <br>Alumni Projects / Rijksakademie Artists' Network<br>Sarphatistraat 470<br>1018 GW Amsterdam<br>tel +31 (0)20 5270300<br>fax +31 (0) 20 5270301</p><p><a href="mailto:edith.rijnja@rijksakademie.nl">edith.rijnja@rijksakademie.nl</a></p><p><a href="http://www.rijksakademie.nl/" target="_blank">http://www.rijksakademie.nl/</a><br></p></div></blockquote></div></body></html>