location Vlieland
A new artist-in-residence project on Vlieland, initiated by Into The Great Wide Open, Museum Tromp’s Huys, and Hi-Lo. The project has a thematic focus on the entire Wadden Sea area, but specifically from one beautiful location: the island of Vlieland.
The location of Vlieland is a collaboration between the festival Into The Great Wide Open (ITGWO), Museum Tromp's Huys, and Hi-Lo.
Since 2009, ITGWO has organized its festival on Vlieland every year at the end of the summer holidays. In addition to music, visual art is also an important substantive pillar. Since the first edition, the festival has developed a special bond with Museum Tromp's Huys. This museum, located in the oldest house on the island, was the home of the Norwegian marine painter Betzy Akersloot-Berg between 1896 - 1922. It is one of the few remaining artist houses in the Netherlands. Hi-Lo is a relatively young organization that sprang up in 2020 from the art program of Into The Great Wide Open, with the ambition to exhibit visual art longer and more prominently - not only on Vlieland but throughout the entire Wadden Sea area.
Together, ITGWO, Museum Tromp’s Huys, and Hi-Lo have taken the initiative to allow artists to make optimal use of the unique opportunities that Vlieland can offer them, an artist in residence project under the name Standplaats Vlieland. Into The Great Wide Open is taking the lead in this.
