Arts & Culture

Museum & City Guide
 
Certified National Guide (ROCvA diploma 2015) and 
North Holland Windmill Guide (N-HM certificate 2019) working in Dutch, English, French and Italian (standard, other languages such as Spanish or German at request). All visits organised at request and for very small groups (usually a maximum of 6 people):
* Special Interest Tours offer thematic visits (mainly about arts & architecture, but also technical at request).
Highlights are for example the evolution of the art of Rembrandt in the Rijksmuseum, etc.
* City Discovery Tours offer thematic city visits on foot (through Amsterdam, Haarlem, Utrecht especially).
Highlights are for example a combined visit of the Old Church (Oude Kerk), Our Lord in the Attic (Ons Lieve Heer op Solder), and the Saint-Nicholas Basilica in Amsterdam; special thematic tours along remarkable stone tablets of Amsterdam, etc.
* Transfers can be carried out at request for river cruise operators, including a bus or boat tour, and the coaching of a museum visit.
  Krijt en Trasmolen D'Admiraal 

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Current Work:
Since 2022:
- multilingual host, guide-demonstrator at the Pianola Museum, Amsterdam. 
Since 2019:
- multilingual public support services at the Koninklijk Paleis op de Dam, Amsterdam. 
- multilingual host museum, concert floor manager, guide and special guided tours development (i.e. French Huguenots) for the Luthermuseum, Amsterdam. 
- multilingual chalk & trass mill guide on open doors days of Krijtmolen D'Admiraal, Amsterdam.
- research host and data analyst for the Eye Study at the Eye Collection Centre, Amsterdam.
Since 2018: host at the Eye Filmmuseum, Amsterdam.

Former Collaborations
In 2019-2023, multilingual host and guide for the St. Nicolaas Basiliek, Amsterdam. 
In 2019, host for Station 10 of Troubled Waters, Art Stations of the Cross, as well as for concerts, Mozes & AƤron Kerk, Amsterdam. 
In 2017-2020, specialised multilingual guide Art Brut (Outsider Art, Hermitage, Amsterdam), also occasionally host, desk service and providing support to the Outsider Art Gallery.
In 2017-2019, specialised multilingual host for exhibitions and installations of the Prince Claus Foundation (two seasons, mostly at the Prince Claus Gallery but also on location, for example in the Waalse Kerk), Amsterdam.
In 2017, host at request for the Framer Framed exhibitions space, Tolhuistuin, Amsterdam.
In 2017, host at request for the Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, also providing support to installations and events.

Special Events and installations
* tuinstadgidsDe Kracht van de Tuinsteden, in de StaalmanbuurtAmsterdam Nieuw West, 1-2 september 2020.
* meertalige rondleider Open Monumentendag Amsterdam, Die Port van Cleve & De Blauwe Parade (2019), Huis De Neufville (2020), De Wolkenkrabber/12-verdiepingenhuis (2021), De Tolhuistuin & Het Tolhuistuin Paviljoen (2022).
* museumgids/vertellerDe Kracht van de Tuinsteden, van Eesteren Paviljoen & New Metropolis, Amsterdam Nieuw West, 5 september-4 oktober 2019.
* gastconservator/curatorPop-up Museum Identiteiten, Verpleeghuis VreugdehofAmsterdam, oktober 2018.
* meertalige gastheer voor Oog (Eye) Amsterdam, A Lab & Pakhuis De ZwijgerAmsterdam, augustus-oktober 2018.
* Virtual Reality Techniek/Publieksbegeleider, Cinedans Festival, Eye Museum Amsterdam, maart 2018.
* publieksbegeleider op de Open Dagen van de Rijksakademie van Beeldende KunstenAmsterdam, november 2017, 2018 & 2019, juni 2021, mei 2022.
* multilingual host for The Holy Bible: Old Testament, from David Hammonds, Waalse Kerk Amsterdam, November 2017-January 2018.
* multilingual Piccolo for Into the Air of Marinus Boezem exhibition, Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, January-April 2017.
* Official Guide (Artifex, Dutch/English) for the Amsterdam Light Festival, 5th, 6th & 7th editions, Amsterdam 2016-2018.
* speaker (English) at the opening of the Baked Poetry exhibit, from Sharif Abd el Mawla, Café Quartier Putain, Amsterdam, 8 July 2016.

Research & Development
In 2019, research, representation material development & translation work for North Holland windmills at request (e.g. De Adriaan, Haarlem).
In 2016-2022, research & development for VVAG (Vereniging Vrienden van Amsterdamse Gevelstenen), website editor and translator.

Long international experience in curriculum development, documentary videos (e.g. of Project Tin Telloust Niger in 1976, of US AID Senegal project in 1984), preparation of exhibitions and of representation materials  (e.g. VIth FIDAK US AID project booth in Dakar, 1984; UNDP Aral Sea Capacity Building Project and the Commission for Sustainable Development in Tashkent, 1998; AGRHYMET, 1995-97), as Marketing, Outreach & Communication Officer in charge of the  organisation of open doors days and scientific conference cycles (e.g. at the AGRHYMET Regional Centre in 1996), website design, international conferences secretariat and moderator (e.g. AGRHYMET Donor Partners Round Table in 1996, Conflict Management for UN ESCAP in 1998), hospitality desk for workshops and many other venues. In 2019-2020 special adviser diversity & inclusion for the Eye Film Institute, Amsterdam.

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