Management
Management
The principal of the Academy is Jack Verduyn Lunel. He is the daily director of the Academy and being such he is part of the Board of Governors together with the principal of the Royal Conservatory Wim Vos and chairman Frans de Ruiter. Jack Verduyn Lunel is also vice-chairman of the Board of Governors and a member of the board of the Faculty of Creative and Performing Arts.
Academy and Management secretariat
Marijke Verloop is in charge of the Academy Secretariat; e-mail: m.verloop@kabk.nl.
Staff
The staff of the KABK consists of staff member education and quality care Yolande Kolstee, staff member education organisation and planning Gerard Hali, staff member for PR and communication Annerieke Simeone, production staff member and staff member for Internationalisation Marleen Groen.
Heads and Coordinators
The department heads are: ArtScience/Image and Sound: Frans Evers; Expressive Art: Johan van Oord; Photography: Corinne Noordenbos; Graphic Design: Ada Lopes Cardozo; Interior Design: Wim Ros; Textile and Fashion: Erik Verdonck and Gerdi Esch; part time programs: Ernst Bergmans. Interactive Media Design is headed by the coordinator Marcel Kampman. The heads are responsible for procedures related to education. They guard the quality of the education, make sure the contents of the programme stay up to date. The heads are assisted by one or more coordinators, teachers and/or team leaders. There are also coordinators for the propeadeutic year and or internships.
Education committee
The KABK has had a Education committee (Dutch: Opleidingscommissie, OC) since 2002. The OC is a legally prescribed organ within a program that offers non-binding advice to the Education- and Exam arrangements (Dutch: Onderwijs- en Examenregeling, OER) and its workings. Considering that the OER consists of the principles of the education and the organisation of the education, it concerns almost everything considering education at the Academy. The Academy formally has two programmes with several graduation directions (Creative Arts and Design). This is why there are two committees. They have decided to have their meetings together.
The OC meets four times a year (the dates are mentioned in the calendarium). The chairman is Michael van Hoogenhuyze. E-mail: opleidingscommissie@kabk.nl.
Work field committee
The KABK has several work field committees. In the work field committees people from the professional field, that continually advice the KABK on the profiles and the contents of the education program, are active. There are committees for the Expressive Arts, ArtScience/Image and Sound, Photography, Graphic Design, Interior Design and Textile and Fashion.
General organisation
Educational support and quality care
Staff member is Yolande Kolstee. They take care of the organisation of the education and of the internal and external quality care policy including the accreditation. In the light of the quality care they conduct surveys, written or digitally, and interviews students, teachers, former students and the professional field on the organisation and the quality of education.
Yolande is also involved in the general professional training and specifically in the policy for internships. The theoretical education, the individual study program and how it is shaped. She is also involved in the OC. Besides this she leads the program of the AR+RFID LAB. E-mail: y.kolstee@kabk.nl
Education planning and organisation
The staff member for this section is Gerard Hali. His tasks include making the schedules and planning, and, as a result of that, (optimising) the use of rooms, year task taxes and year planning.
Staff member International collaboration
The staff member for Internationalisation is Marleen Groen. She stimulates student exchange and keeps the international contacts. She provides information on the various mobility programs of the European Union (EU) and the Dutch government and the available scholarships for students that take courses or do an internship abroad. Most scholarships need to be applied for by the KABK. You can contact the staff member Internationalisation for this. Office hours are on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 12.00 to 13.00 hours.
E-mail: m.groen@kabk.nl
Staff Member PR/Communication
PR staff member is Annerieke Simeone. She translates the Academy’s communication and PR policy into communication- and PR plans and, amongst other things, together with the other members of the Studio, develops campaigns for happenings, performances expositions and open house days. She also sets up external networks and expands these. Finally, she makes propositions for sponsoring of activities and counsels the designers in the Design studio.
E-mail: a.simeone@kabk.nl
Staff member Production
Doris Dekker is the staff member production at the KABK. She closely works with the PR staff member and the designers of the Studio. Productions such as the Academy’s presence at a study fair, open house days and the graduation exposition are coordinated and guided by her.
E-mail: d.dekker@kabk.nl
Studio
The Academy’s Design Studio consists of PR staff member Annerieke Simeone, production staff member Doris Dekker and two designers. They take care of publication and product support for, amongst other things, special education projects, press contacts, adverts and internal and external publications. But they also take care of general communication for academic projects such as the Open House Day and the Graduation Exposition. The news supply on the website is also done by this department.
The Design studio takes care of the design of brochures, posters, publications, further printed matter and the website of the KABK.
E-mail: studio@kabk.nl
Project Bureau
Doris Dekker coordinates the project bureau. The project bureau is the central point for projects within the KABK. The bureau takes a negotiating role between the external client on one hand and the (head)teachers, coordinators and/or students on the other hand.
We regularly see applications for projects and/or competitions that do not directly fit in the education programme but are interesting for students. Besides the experience, some assignments have a honorarium connected to it. This kind of applications are put up on the notice board near the project bureau and are also published on the KABK website. All applications stay up for two weeks.
E-mail: projectbureau@kabk.nl
Alumni Bureau
The KABK is an active platform for former students and likes to stay in touch with them.
E-mail: oudstudenten@kabk.nl
Exposition committee
For the use of the exposition spaces of the KABK we receive many questions from within the Academy and from without. When assessing the application, the importance for the art education stands central. A committee advises on the use of the exposition rooms.
Student administratiation
Staff members student administration are Nettie Aben and Silvia van der Kist.
They manage the student files. If so desired, students can consult their own file. The student administration provides general information about student finances. Please notify the student administration about your change of address, telephone number or e mail address.
The database manger is Menko Vlieger.
E mail:
s.vanderkist@kabk.nl
and
n.aben@kabk.nl
Financial Administration
Staff members Financial Administration are Annie Heins and Marja de Bruin. With them students can arrange payment of their tuition fee, contributions to excursions and purchase of facility cards.
Opening hours: Monday through Thursday 8.30 - 10.00 am, 12 - 1.30 pm, 3.30 - 4.30 pm; Wednesdays 5.30 pm - 10pm as well.
Fridays: 8.30 - 10.00 am and 12.00 -13.30.
E mail:
a.heins@kabk.nl and m.debruin@kabk.nl
Facilitary Services
Head of Facilitary Services is Frans ten Bosch. The Facilitary Services manage the building and its inventory. The reception, key management, cleaning, the Photostore, maintenance, catering and in-house emergency and first-aid service are the Facilitary Services.
E mail:
f.tenbosch@kabk.nl
Bookings Office
KABK’s Bookings Office is concerned with schedules and room assignments. Coordinator of the Office is Gerard Hali. Using space for exhibiting requires making a reservation for it through the Bookings Office. For use of some space, like the Gallery or the entrance hall, students need the principal’s permission.
The use of a space can have certain conditions, especially for assessment presentations. Sometimes a deposit is requested.
e mail:
boekingen@kabk.nl
Class and teacher schedules can be found on the website.
Work Places
The KABK has professionally equipped work places that are managed by work place assistants (WPA). These professionals take care of the management and safety in the work place, manage the workings of the equipment and know the characteristics of specific materials. An extensive description can be found under ‘Facilities’.
