We
BBK, BOK, Kunstenbond, members and supporters
 
establish that:
- studios for visual artists is under pressure
 
- all temporary artist studios should become permanent
 
- no work space should disappear 
 
- new studios, living studios (home studio combinations) as well as breeding grounds must be added. 
 
- Groningen is the only medium-sized city in the Netherlands and by far the biggest in the north, with a population of around 240,000 with 62,000 students, Groningen is the northern center for higher education
 
- With 4 art colleges (3 art academies, 1 conservatory), Groningen is the provider of art in the north. 
 
- our manifest the basis is for our request
 
 
and request
a healthy artistic climate for the arts in Groningen with enough studios.