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A16 LOCAL
Wednesday 8 February
Aruban Artist Invited for Performances in Rotterdam

All this as part of a mini-fes-
tival during the ‘Divercity’
conference at the famous
international Congress
Centre ‘De Doelen’ in Rot-
terdam. (www.urbandiver-
cities.eu/.../diversity-mini-
festival/)
The organization of this EU
project seems very excited
about the participation of
the famous Aruban artist
(www.gustavenouel.exto.
nl) and has even printed
for this International con-
ference, special bags with
ORANJESTAD/ROTTERDAM (www.urbandivercities.eu/ a caricature of Gustave
- Professional International gustave-nouel/) Nouel on it…
Artist from Aruba, Gustave Thursday, February 9th This ‘Divercity’ project in
Nouel (www.gustavenouel. 2017, the professional Aru- Rotterdam, organized by
exto.org), has been invit- ban artist living in Deventer Anouk Tersteeg and Gide-
ed /hired as special artist can show some of his ‘Aru- on Bolt, is part of the inter-
guest, at the EU financed ban Culture’ paintings and national EU project that
international conference make caricatures and the University of Utrecht is
‘Divercity’, organized by quick-sketches of the visi- leading, about how diver-
the University of Utrecht. tors, as Live-performance. sity and integration can be

most profitable for cities. in cities and how manage-
(WWW.URBANDIVERCITIES. ment of this diversity can
EU) A comparative re- be most profitable…
search of the 13 most The management for so-
diverse cities in Europe. cial and economic flour-
After four years of thor- ishing is analysed critically.
ough investigation, it’s the Also Toronto in Canada,
intention of the Univer- one of the most diverse cit-
sity of Utrecht to organize ies in the world, has been
dynamic, international included in this research
events in different cities, project. The cities included
where the positive ele- in this research are Ant-
ments of urban diversity, werp, Athene, Budapest,
where positive elements of Copenhagen, Istanbul,
Urban diversity will be pre- Leipzig, London, Milan,
sented by means of a mul- Paris, Rotterdam, Talinn,
tidisciplinary program of Toronto, Warsaw and Zur-
science, art, music, theatre ich. The special invited Art-
and film. All this has to sim- ist for this EU-project in Rot-
ulate dialogue between terdam, from the University
academic researchers, of Utrecht, Gustave Nouel
policy makers and other (www.gustavenouel.exto.
stakeholders, about how org), is preparing for Art
urban diversity can have projects in Aruba. (April
a positive effect on cohe- / May 2017). A cultural
sion, social mobility and centre in Curacao also
economic performances showed interest.