 | Henry Hudson 400In anticipation of the 2009 Henry Hudson celebrations, The Netherland-America Foundation has provided critical start-up funding for several multi-year projects. While the goal is to draw attention to and celebrate the Henry Hudson Quadricentennial, several of the initiatives described below will also have a life span beyond 2009, by virtue of a publication, ongoing activity or educational component. The NAF has also funded several other Henry Hudson anniversary-related projects that will illuminate the history and values shared between the U.S. and the Netherlands, and in similar fashion to the multi-year projects, will build upon those elements toward an ongoing exchange in the arts, sciences, education, business and public affairs. A partial list of 2009 NAF-funded project follows: EDUCATION INITIATIVES THE ISLAND Concept initiation and early stage support for The Island, a virtual exchange and collaborative project between high school students, aged 14-18, in New York and Amsterdam. Through urban, location-based gaming, online web quests and real-time collaboration in virtual worlds, The Island will imbue historical narratives of New York's Dutch origins encompassing cross-media formats and creative technology. Aim of the project is to engage young people in identifying and creating historic connections through collaborative game-play. The project stimulates awareness about how history relates to contemporary culture and personal life. The development and implementation of an urban and online game enables new innovative ways of publishing cultural heritage and enriching cultural education and exchange. Students play by using GPS-based mobile phones on the streets, receiving assignments based on their location. These assignments relate to historical events, which link their current location to the past, thereby engaging young people in identifying and creating historical connections through cooperative game-play. The information collected must be shared with students abroad to advance to next stages in the game. The game continues online where players collaborate on the web and in virtual worlds, i.e., in virtual Amsterdam and 17th century New Amsterdam (New York) in Second Life. For more information, please visit http://www.john-adams.nl/theisland/ DUTCH ASSOCIATION OF WATER BOARDS: DR. SYBE SCHAAP Support for the visit and lecture of Dr. Sybe Schaap, Chairman of the Dutch Water Boards. Dr. Schaap will speak and interact with water management professionals in the region, as well as with students and the general public. He will review present-day water management challenges in the Netherlands including the recently issued report of the Delta Commission. He will also make some site visits to water management projects in the region. THE WORLDS OF HENRY HUDSON Support to cover honoraria for European presenters at the two-day international symposium The Worlds of Henry Hudson, to be held in conjunction with the celebration of the Hudson quadricentennial. Henry Hudson was one of the creators of the transatlantic world. The recent reemergence of the transatlantic perspective – prefigured by his life as an explorer redefined historical understanding of Europe, Africa and the Americas during the 15th, 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. The 15 scholars participating in this conference are leaders in Europe and the United States are advancing this perspective. NAF/HH400-FULBRIGHT FELLOWSHIPS IN WATER MANAGEMENT As a part of its mission to initiate and support educational exchange programs between the United States and the Netherlands, and in recognition of the Henry Hudson Quadricentennial year, The Netherland-America Foundation, in cooperation with the Henry Hudson 400 Foundation, is offering two (2) Fulbright Fellowships in Water Management. Given its unique geographic position (with roughly 50% of its territory below seal level), the Netherlands can provide significant insight into relevant water management issues, while also gaining the benefit of U.S. viewpoints and expertise through exchange. CULTURAL PROJECTS FASHIONING FELT Support for the participation of seven Dutch contemporary designers in the exhibition Fashioning Felt, expanding the public’s perception of felt by exploring the unexpected ways that designers are handling this material. The exhibition will present objects by designers working in fashion, architecture, product, accessories, and home furnishing design. Dutch designers are at the forefront of discovering surprisingly new ways to work with felt. For more information, please visit http://www.cooperhewitt.org/EXHIBITIONS/Fashioning-Felt/ AMSTERDAM/NEW AMSTERDAM: THE WORLDS OF HENRY HUDSON Support for a Hudson Quadricentennial exhibition that will bring the transatlantic world to life and reveal how Henry Hudson’s epic third voyage of exploration planted the seeds of a modern society that took root and flourished in the New World. Focusing on the economic, cultural and ideological connections that ultimately linked two global cities—Amsterdam and New York—the exhibition will illuminate not only the global significance of Hudson’s voyages, but also the creative context out of which the exploration, settlement and ultimate invention of New York itself arose. In collaboration with the Wildlife Conservation Society, the Museum will also present the companion exhibition Mannahatta/Manhattan, which, through cutting edge multi-media, historical artifacts and maps, and interactive visuals will re-imagine the island at the time of Henry Hudson’s arrival, contributing something new to the history of New York—a view of its ecological origin—and in that contribution, shape the future as well. For more information, please visit http://mcny.org/exhibitions/future/Henry-Hudson.html SCRIPTURE FOR THE EYES: BIBLE ILLUSTRATION IN NETHERLANDISH PRINTS OF THE 16TH CENTURY Support for the this first major exhibition exploring the role played by Dutch printed Bible illustrations during one of the most dramatic artistic, religious, cultural and political transformations arising out of the Reformation. Displaying more than 130 engravings, etchings, woodcuts and various illustrated books by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Lucas van Leyden, Maarten van Heemskerck, Philips Galle, Hendrick Goltzius, Hieronymus Wierix and others, the exhibition will raise public awareness of the rich artistic contributions of the Netherlands and will explore the far-reaching influence of Antwerp as Europe’s essential printing capital. FOUR CENTURIES OF DUTCH-AMERICAN RELATIONS: A Survey Support for this publication, featuring over 90 authors from the U.S. and the Netherlands. The book is being published under the direction of Kees van Minnen, Hans Krabbendam and Giles Scott Smith at the Roosevelt Study Center. The book will be the first single coherent interpretation of Dutch-American relations, drawing upon a large body of existing but scattered sources. The last 400 years have seen a rich build-up of personal ties, trading links, intellectual exchange and strategic alliance between the U.S. and the Netherlands which, in the popular perception, have been reduced to a series of disconnected episodes such as Nieuw Amsterdam, Dutch financial support for the young United States, the Marshall Plan, and the decolonization process of the Dutch East Indies. Going into the 21st century, it becomes more important to reflect on this versatile relationship and identify the trends that have defined this enduring transatlantic exchange. The book will be divided into six sections: the Colonial Period, the 19th Century, the Period of the World Wars, and the Post-World War II era in three sub-sections--Politics and Security, Economics, and Culture and Society. Targeted toward students, researchers, diplomats and the broader public, the book will be published by Boom in Amsterdam and the State University of New York Press in Albany in September 2009. For more information, please visit: www.roosevelt.nl. FIVE DUTCH DAYS FIVE BOROUGHS: ARTS + CULTURE PAST + PRESENT Support for the enhancement and sustainability of Five Dutch Days, celebrating the continuous influence of Dutch arts and culture in New York City—from the City’s enterprising, multicultural origins as a Dutch colony to the pivotal role of contemporary Dutch artists and designers in today’s international cultural scene. A sampling of 2008 programs includes: Trespa Design Center Open House offered a unique experience for New York architects and designers. Inspirational Dutch Design concepts and products were presented by professionals working in the field. The Frick Collection and the Metropolitan Museum of Art offered tours of Dutch painting collections. Scholar Jonathan Lopez presented a special lecture at the Metropolitan Museum on Hans van Meegeren, creator of six fake Vermeers that were put onto the market as ‘recent discoveries’. The Center for Architecture screened Matthew Buckingham’s Muhheakantuck-Everything Has a Name, exploring the social and political impact of the brief but violent period of contact between Dutch colonists and the Lower Hudson River Valley’s indigenous Lenape. By examining how maps are made and places named, the film exposes the consequences of Henry Hudson’s journey and reminds us that “The river that became known as the Hudson was not discovered—it was invented and re-invented.” The Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum in Brooklyn sponsored tours of the museum, as well as a tour for the Marine Park Salt Marsh in Sheepshead Bay, exploring the native flora and fauna of the area. For more information, please visit www.fivedutchdays.org THE REMBRANT RESEARCH PROJECT: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE (VOL. V) For preparation of Volume V of the definitive catalogue raisonné of Rembrandt’s work using all aspects of available scholarship, connoisseurship and examination technologies. Besides making a significant contribution to issues of authenticity of Rembrandt’s hypothetical oeuvre, the final volume will also deepen insight more generally into the history of seventeenth-century art and contribute to the methodological arsenal of art-historical scholarship. Volume V is anticipated to be completed at the end of 2009, with a publication date of February 2010. Professor Ernst van de Wetering, the primary researcher and author of the catalogue, will present his findings during a U.S lecture tour in late 2009 or early 2010.
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