When we were doing some maintenance on the palapa of Hòfi Kultural this week, we unexpectedly received a visit from one of the participants of the music activities. He told us that he finds the place of Hòfi Kultural so special, but actually knew little about the history and origin of the place. We told him about our work through the years and it inspired us to tell more about it in this blog.
For several years now, a group of students from Scholengemeenschap Bonaire come to Hòfi Kultural every Monday morning to draw and paint. They work on canvases or in their own dummy book. Over the years, the students have gone through a nice development and last Monday June 8th they showed the results to their parents and acquaintances during an exhibition.
The elderly of Hòfi Kultural are going to perform music that has its origins in the time of slavery on Bonaire. They play a composition of rhythms and melodies that arose from working in the field, among other things. Protest songs and lamentations are also part of the repertoire. The musical instruments are made of mostly recycled materials: a mix of then and now. A number of young people have also been enthused by the music and will play along.
There is good news to share! Fundashon Plataforma Kultural has received a hard-fought subsidy increase so the activities for the elderly at Hòfi Kultural can continue!
Fundashon Plataforma Kultural (FPK), with Hòfi Kultural as location, made itself heard last summer. For months, the elderly performed at various locations, speaking to the press. There were also clear and sometimes emotional appeals from the elderly of Hòfi Kultural on social media to continue the activities at Hòfi Kultural.
During the press moments and also the speaking time in the Island Council, the board of FPK asked for attention for the Foundation, which was in financial distress, but also more broadly; for the entire cultural sector of Bonaire.
Fundashon Plataforma Kultural is very pleased that the redeeming message recently came from OLB that a subsidy increase is possible. Last February 22, the current FPK board chairman Marieke Knol received the Zorgcontract for 2023 from the deputy of culture Elvis Tjin Asjoe at SKAL.
The activities for the elderly at Hòfi Kultural have thus been secured for this year. Groups of elderly people can continue to come to Hòfi Kultural every week and make music together and be creative. These activities are of great significance to the elderly and their well-being. The elderly can paint and do crafts at Hòfi Kultural. And there are several days when music is made. There is plenty of singing along and playing on, like kuarta, sinfonia and guitar. It goes without saying that it contributes to the preservation of Bonaire's cultural heritage, through the local instruments that are used and the local old songs that are played at Hòfi Kultural.
Are you a bit older now, and would you like to make music together? Then come and have a look at Hòfi Kultural. For the times of the activities, see www.hofikultural.com
Co-Creatie Cafe
In the context of Cultuureducatie met Kwaliteit, the first Co Creatie Cafe of this school year took place on Monday 19 September 2022. This time we were guests at Terramar Museum. If you also want to join us, sign up for the Hòfi Kultural newsletter by sending an email to ghislaine@plataformakultural.com
It was Princess Beatrix who, at the opening of Hòfi Kultural, in November 2018, confided to the people of Hòfi Kultural: "keep dancing, keep singing, keep making music". But it is feared that this will come to an end on 31 December 2022. The annual contribution from the Public Body for Hòfi Kultural has been too low for years. Hòfi Kultural is therefore now sounding the alarm bells: "We may have to disappoint Princess Beatrix and with her a lot of people on Bonaire".
At Hòfi Kultural, more than forty elderly people play music together every week on typical Bonairian instruments such as the kwarta, wiri and sinfonia. Also, weekly visits are undertaken by twenty volunteers with vulnerable elderly people on Bonaire. Hòfi Kultural is best known for the many colorful murals that have appeared throughout the island. Artists together with youngsters and MBO students make Bonaire even more colorful than it already was. Groups of children and adults with a psychological vulnerability also make music and art at Hòfi Kultural. Hòfi Kultural is committed to more culture in primary education. By organizing meetings for teachers and cultural foundations and giving training to artists who can work in the classroom.
These are just a few of the activities that take place at Hòfi Kultural to keep culture alive on Bonaire.
Kultura pa tur! Culture for everyone!
All this is in danger of disappearing at the end of December when the basic funding for the organisation of the activities stays insufficient. That is why Hòfi Kultural has made a proposal about what is minimally needed to continue the basic activities of Hòfi Kultural. That proposal was offered on Thursday 19 May to deputy Nina den Heyer and Timoteo Silberie, from Samenleving en Zorg.
For more information visit www.hofikultural.com
Hòfi Kultural - Krea bo mes Mundu
Het was Prinses Beatrix die bij de opening van Hòfi Kultural, in november 2018, de mensen van Hòfi Kultural toevertrouwde: “blijf dansen, blijf zingen, blijf muziek maken”. Maar gevreesd wordt dat hier per 31 december 2022 een einde aan komt. De jaarlijkse bijdrage vanuit Openbaar Lichaam voor Hòfi Kultural is al jaren te laag. Hòfi Kultural luidt daarom nu de alarmklokken: “We moeten Prinses Beatrix misschien teleurstellen en met haar een heleboel mensen op Bonaire”.
Bij Hòfi Kultural spelen elke week ruim veertig ouderen samen muziek op typische Bonairiaanse instrumenten zoals de kwarta, wiri en sinfonia. Ook worden wekelijks leuke uitjes ondernomen door twintig vrijwilligers met kwetsbare ouderen op Bonaire. Hòfi Kultural is vooral bekend van de vele kleurrijke muurschilderingen die op het hele eiland zijn verschenen. Kunstenaars samen met jongeren en MBO leerlingen maken Bonaire nog kleurrijker dan het al was. Ook groepen kinderen en volwassenen met een psychische kwetsbaarheid maken muziek en kunst bij Hòfi Kultural. Hòfi Kultural zet zich in voor meer cultuur in het basisonderwijs. Door meetings te organiseren voor leerkrachten en culturele stichtingen en trainingen te geven aan kunstenaars die in de klas aan de slag kunnen.
Dit is maar een greep uit de activiteiten die bij Hòfi Kultural plaatsvinden om cultuur levend te houden op Bonaire.
Kultura pa tur! Cultuur voor iedereen!
Hòfi Kultural dreigt met al deze activiteiten eind december te moeten stoppen, wanneer de basisfinanciering vanuit OLB ontoereikend blijft. Daarom heeft Hòfi Kultural een voorstel gemaakt wat minimaal nodig is om de basisactiviteiten van Hòfi Kultural door te laten gaan. Dat voorstel is donderdag 19 mei aangeboden aan gedeputeerde Nina den Heyer en Timoteo Silberie van Samenleving en Zorg.
Tabata Prinsesa Beatrix kende na apertura di Hòfi Kultural, na novèmber 2018, a konfia e hendenan di Hòfi Kultural: “sigui balia, sigui kanta, sigui toka músika”. Pero awor ta teme ku entrante 31 de desèmber 2022 ta pone un fin na tur esaki. E kontribushon anual di parti di Entidat Públiko Boneiru na Hòfi Kultural pa añanan kaba ta muchu abou. Hòfi Kultural pues ta bati alarma for di awor: “Aweró por ta nos lo mester desapuntá Prinsesa Beatrix i huntu kuné un kantidat di hende aki na Boneiru”.
Na Hòfi Kultural kada siman tin mas ku kuarenta hende grandi ta toka músika huntu riba instrumentonan típiko boneriano manera kuarta, wiri i sinfonia. Ademas tin binti boluntario ta bai hasi paseo interesante ku hende grandi frágil na Boneiru. Hòfi Kultural ta prinsipalmente konosí pa e tantísimo muralnan kolorido ku a presentá rònt e isla. Artistanan huntu ku hóbennan i studiantenan di MBO ta hasi Boneiru mas kolorido ainda ku e tabata kaba. Tambe grupo di mucha i adulto ku fragilidat síkiko ta praktiká músika i arte na Hòfi Kultural. Hòfi Kultural ta empeñá pa mas kultura den enseñansa básiko. Dor di organisá enkuentronan pa maestronan i fundashonnan kultural i duna training na artistanan ku por bai traha den klas.
Esakinan ta djis un selekshon di tur e aktividatnan ku ta tuma lugá na Hòfi Kultural pa mantené kultura bibu na Boneiru.
Kultura pa tur!
Esakinan tur ta kore peliger di disparsé pa motibu ku e finansiamentu básiko pa organisashon di e aktividatnan no ta sufisiente. Pa e motibu akí Hòfi Kultural a traha un proposishon di loke por mínimo ta nesesario pa laga e aktividatnan básiko di Hòfi Kultural kontinuá. E proposishon akí a keda entregá na deputado Nina den Heyer i Timoteo Silberie di Samenleving en Zorg riba djaweps 19 di mei.
Interview with Ghislaine Monte
One of the Street Colors Bonaire murals, Leilana, made by Tymon de Laat, got nominated for the BEST MURAL WORLD WIDE 2021- People’s choice award - via Street Art Cities.
Let's put Bonaire on the street art World map by voting via the link below. Go to -Best of 2021-, scroll down and choose Leilana! Your support would be much appreciated!
A big thank you to Tymon de Laat, Rewriters010, the crew of Tikiandco and Street Art Cities on behalf of Street Colors Bonaire
#streetcolorsbonaire #streetart #bonairetourism #bonaire #bonaireisland #bonairestreetart
The past few weeks we kept it as a secret, but today we can reveal our Christmas surprise to you: the Christmas performance by musicians of Hòfi Kultural!
With lots of pleasure and much attention, the musicians have practiced for weeks for the recordings, which will be shown to the general public from tomorrow.
The Christmas performance by musicians of Hòfi Kultural 2021 can be listened to and viewed on different days. Nobody has to miss it
The broadcasts are on:
- BON FM radio 102,7 and on their website on 25 December at 10.00 am
- NOS TV on 25 December at 11.00 am and at 5.00 pm
- NOS TV on December 26 at 15.00 hours
- and finally on Tuesday 28 December at 15.00 hours at BonaireTV on channel 23 of Flamingo tv and at the same time on channel 70 of Telbo.
- Digitally on your computer you can also watch the broadcast of NOSTV at their hours on their website.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjJoRF7w1Ko
Enjoy watching and listening!
Many thanks go out to NOS TV, BON FM and BonaireTV for broadcasting the Christmas performance, and thanks to Raynel Cicilia for filming and editing.
On behalf of the entire team of Hòfi Kultural we wish you: felis Pasku i un bon aña nobo!
#bonpasku #bonaire #bonairelife #bonaireisland #bonairemusic #hofikultural #dushibonaire
Fundashon Plataforma Kultural, as overall coördinator of the program Cultuureducatie met Kwaliteit CN has started the first conversations with various parties. The Program is made possible by Fonds voor Cultuurparticipatie. A cooperation agreement has also been made with the Public Entity Bonaire. With this program, Fundashon Plataforma Kultural will work together with the education and cultural institutions on Bonaire on a vibrant and creative future for the children in primary education.
Cultural Education with Quality (CmK CN) is about purposeful learning about and with art, heritage and media through targeted instruction, both inside and outside schools. The project is now starting step by step at an appropriate pace so that everyone has the opportunity to participate. During CmK CN, the schools can inspire and help each other and the cultural field to continue.
Good cooperation between the various parties is essential. This will take place through Communities of Practice (CoP). A CoP is a group of 'practitioners' who learn with and from each other how they can make their cultural education for pupils more durable. Here all parties come together and attention is paid to vision development, training, planning of the cultural map, knowledge sharing and expertise promotion. In short, the Communities of Practice (CoP) is central to the approach and collaboration.
In March 2020, the first LKCA (Landelijke Kennisinstituut Cultuureducatie en Amateurkunst) training for cultural education was held at Hòfi Kultural. Schools, policy officers and art teachers affiliated with cultural foundations participated and during the training various points of attention and ambitions of the various parties were communicated.
In addition to setting up the Communities of Practice, Cultural Education with Quality CN will stimulate the cultural environment of the child by promoting the expertise of art teachers and teachers, planning a Cultural Map and organizing Cultural activities at school. To know more about how your school or cultural institution can participate in this program, please contact Fundashon Plataforma Kultural at the email address info@plataformakultural.com
On 23 October, 21 young people used their creative talents to transform the green Selibon klikos into a true work of art. At Hòfi Kultural, students from Scholen Gemeenschap Bonaire, Forma, Forsa, VMBO and Liseo painted unique designs under the guidance of local artists that illustrate the themes of nature and sustainability. This activity is part of the Sushi or Dushi Kliko Challenge. For the most beautifully painted clickos, the participating young people and the schools can win a prize.
The atmosphere was good last Saturday at Hòfi Kultural. While enjoying music and a good dose of enthusiasm, the young people started painting their own invented creations on the kliko's. On the painted clickos you can see illustrations of litter, sports, flora, fauna, landscapes and the underwater world. A number of clickos also contain motivational texts to keep Bonaire clean and to protect animals. The students are so impressed by the clicko artworks that they believe thatonly garbage bags should be allowed in to keep themclean. Some young people even want to take the clicko home with them.
The painting day started with an interactive presentation of STINAPA's teaching material about nature and the importance of depositing and separating waste. The nature lesson also served as inspiration for painting the clickos. After the nature lesson, the young people were so inspired that a number of them said they wanted to join a clean-up. Creativity was not only used in painting the clickos,but also in making a rap about the responsible handling of litter and the protection of nature. The rap was written and recorded by Juriëlla Josephia,accompanied by Jo Coffie (Jo Café Music).
The collaboration between the artists and young people was enormously inspiring. Everyone helped each other to learn techniques, make designs and make the clickos as beautiful as possible. The creative process was different for each group. Some groups had a concrete idea in advance and others ran free during the painting. The enthusiasm to do a Kliko Challenge again is great and the young people are eagerly looking forward to a similar project.
The nine painted clickos will be judged by a jury on 5 November during a private meeting. On the Boneiru Duradero Facebook page and Sushi or Dushi Instagram page you can vote from 29 October. The rap will also be shared on social media and with radio stations. For the favorite clickos, a prize is awarded to the schools and the young people during the private meeting.
The Sushi or Dushi Kliko Challenge is an initiative of the World Wildlife Fund, Public Entity Bonaire and Selibon N.V. in collaboration with Tourism Corporation Bonaire, STINAPA and Fundashon Plataforma Kultural. Caribbean Homes is the main sponsor of this project and the painting materials are sponsored by Krioyo Paints. The Sushi or Dushi Kliko Challenge is a project that is carried out to make both young and old more aware of the importance of careful handling of nature.
Kompañá nos Grandinan is the project of Hòfi Kultural for the elderly on Bonaire. This week, 11 older people were able to receive another fruit and vegetable package from their buddy. Where normally a regular volunteer visits the older person every week, this is at the moment not possible due to corona. The contact currently exists by calling each other a lot and stopping by for a little conversation at the gate. And... deliver the fruit and vegetable package that we regularly give to the elderly. This 2nd round of the package is made possible Tur Kos Ta Bunita Speech Therapy Practice. Owner Ankie Franssen also works a lot with the elderly as a speech therapist and wanted to contribute by sponsoring this healthy action.
It's great, the positive reactions we've received to the initiative. And in the coming period we can continue to deliver a healthy fruit and vegetable package to this group of elderly people. Because at this very moment it is very important for vulnerable elderly people to eat fresh fruit and vegetables.
Kompañá nos Grandinan is a project of Fundashon Plataforma Kultural and is supported by Samenwerkende Fondsen en Stichting DOEN.
More information? Send us a message via Messenger or email to office@plataformakultural.com
Learn more www.hofikultural.com/kompana-nos-grandinan
This weekend, Fundashon Plataforma Kultural expects the artist Kenneth Letsoin, a.k.a. Naamloozz for the project Street Colors Bonaire. For five weeks Kenneth will stay on Bonaire and give workshops at various locations, guide the talent group with painting and collaborate with the local artists and coaches of the project.
The previous visiting artist Tymon de Laat left behind an award-winning mural in Kaya Bonaire. His large, realistic portraits are very different from the work of Naamloozz who works mainly expressively and abstractly. Kenneth's work is bursting with energy, colour and emotion. In addition to murals, he also likes to make art from waste. When asked what he expects here on Bonaire, he says: "I never really expect anything but let me be surprised on the spot and see what I can do there. I can make anything out of nothing and always get inspired by the environment, by people, the culture and especially the moment." He finds the lockdown a challenge rather than an obstacle: "How do you deal with this situation as an artist? How can I put a spin on that? I'd rather look at what's possible than what I can't. Art always goes on, especially on the streets".
Kenneth Letsoin is on Bonaire from 4 April to 10 May. For more information, cooperation and available walls, please send an email to: scb@plataformakultural.com
Street Colors Bonaire is a project of Fundashon Plataforma Kultural in collaboration with Rewriters Rotterdam and is supported by Openbaar Lichaam Bonaire, Fonds 21 and Fonds voor Cultuurparticipatie.
