About us

ArtEZ Studium Generale curates and organises gatherings, courses, podcasts and publications ranging from immediate societal issues to bold abstract concepts, from climate crisis to identity issues. Our aim is relatively modest. We are not trying to change the world (but if that happens, cool!). Our wish is to create a space to ask probing questions, steer discussions and empower each other to face the future and our (artistic) role in it. And we invite you to get out of your bubble, engage in the debate, meet new people, discover new perspectives, and have a drink.
Are you interested in working together? Feel free to contact us. You can find the contact details of our programme makers below.

Rana Ghavami

Rana Ghavami, illustration by Coen van Kaam (student Illustration, ArtEZ Zwolle)
Rana Ghavami, illustration by Coen van Kaam (student Illustration, ArtEZ Zwolle)

curator, contact person Enschede r.ghavami@artez.nl

“Sometimes I’m Afraid of Ruining What I Have” lecture by Helena Sanders

Lecture by Helena Sanders


lecture23 Mar '23

AKI Auditorium Enschede10:00 - 11:30
Openings !!!, Petra Szemán, 2022, 18:06

A Paper folded in half with a pen punched through it

Sentient Encounters film night


29 Nov '22

AKI Enschede, auditorium16:30 - 19:30
my mouth is a queer time machine, by Lyam B. Gamel

Holding one another in time

An embodied research evening through queer encounters


15 Nov '22

AKI Enschede, auditorium16:30-19:30

Inhale-Hold-Exhale

Sentient encounters film night on queerness


27 Sep '22

AKI Enschede16:30 - 20:30

SENTIENT ENCOUNTERS: edition 1

New film series: on plants, spoors, ghosts and demons of liminality


film screening28 Apr '22

AKI Enschede16:30 - 20:30

Muddy Fields and Pink Possums: field work and color work as an entry point for embodied writing

Workshop by Helena Sanders


workshop22 Mar '22

AKI Enschedefrom 16:30 to 19:30 - there will be some snacks/food provided

Samira’s blues: the emancipatory and healing power of North African roots music

21 Dec '21

This event is unfortunately cancelled due to the new corona measures.

Soft Histories – Embodied writing workshop by Jeanine van Berkel

workshop11 Nov '21

AKI Enschede16:30 to 19:30. There will be some snacks/food provided.

Online conversation with Kevin Headley, Lonnie van Brummelen and Siebren de Haan

about the film Dee Sitonu a Weti / Stones Have Laws


online event07 Oct '20

https://zoom.us/j/9864938889612.00 - 13.00 hrs.

Online film viewing: Dee Sitonu a Weti / Stones Have Laws

About a Maroon community in the former Dutch colony Suriname


film screening03 Oct '20

How on Earth presents: Matters of Vision

What is the role of art and design in challenging anthropocentrism?


film screening12 Dec '19

Auditorium, AKI ArtEZ Enschede 17:00 - 19:30 hrs

How on Earth presents: Earthbound

film screening and lecture performance by Sjoerd van Oevelen and Elodie Hiryczuk


film screening28 Nov '19

Auditorium, AKI ArtEZ Enschede17:00 - 19:30 hrs

How on Earth presents the (de)mobilizing power of eco-anxiety and discomfort

Harriet Bergman will talk about climate change, doom-dude protagonists, and discomfort.


film screening12 Nov '19

Focus Filmtheater, Arnhem19.00 - 21.30 hrs.
Portraits made by Coen van Kaam, student Illustration Design at ArtEZ Zwolle.