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Minerva Art Academy
Academie Minera is the only art academy in the northern Netherlands, with over 900 students studying fine art, design, art education, and popular culture. For more than 225 years, creators have found their voice here, in a small-scale, supportive, and international learning environment in Groningen and Leeuwarden.
Programmes
View moreArt as added value in our society
The academy is at the centre of society and is rooted in the city and region. We work with various partners on projects, research and knowledge exchange. For example, through the project office and the Research Centre Art and Society.
Our work
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¡Energy Lounge!: art and the energy transition
Art can open up new ways to talk about complex societal challenges. With ¡Energy Lounge!, curator Sayoko Matsutani brings together art, science and the public to explore the theme of energy transition together with students from Academie Minerva. The project runs from 16 March to 20 April 2026 at ROAM in Zernike Campus and forms part of the Off-course programme at Minerva.
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Identities in Transformation
OffCourse Identities in Transformation (2025/2026) focuses on the students themselves. The project explores personal and vulnerable struggles and raises life questions that often arise at this stage of life—such as shame, nostalgia, loss, and loneliness—showing how creativity can become a form of healing. Students use their own experiences as the starting point for this OffCourse.
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Casting Memories by Kasia Kaczmarek
Join in conversation with Kasia Kaczmarek; Minerva Art Academy Alumna, who studied Design and majored in Product Design. Kasia defines herself as designer and ceramicist, and is currently doing an artist residency at ROAM. On a sunny day, surrounded by wood and clay, we talk about the past, present and future; which happen to be the core themes in her current project ‘Casting Memories’.
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Dromen/Innerworld in UMCG
- Studentwork
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Research and Product Design with Eska
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Lila Veloo
- Graduation work
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Bohyeon Hwang
- Graduation work
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Caring for Material Lives
Materials have a story. They bear traces of where they come from, how they are processed, what they are used for and what they leave behind. In Caring for Material Lives, eight master students from the MA Materials in Artistic Practices (MAPs, Frank Mohr Institute) display their own “material biographies”.
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Gijs Hennen
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Brainstorm: The Human Brain & Research
The intricate workings of the human brain are brought to life in the 'Brainstorm: The Human Brain & Research' exhibition. Explore the intriguing fusion between art and science. At the heart of this collaboration are students of Minerva, who have masterfully translated complex neuroscientific findings into captivating visual artworks. 'Brainstorm' is a key initiative of 'Science on Wednesday,' a joint effort by the University of Groningen, UMCG, Minerva, and the University Museum Groningen.
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Dark Matter
Art as a means of making the unspeakable negotiable.
- Offcourses
Deepen your artistic practice with a master's degree
News
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Minerva Art Academy Graduation Shows: More than 250 art students graduate in four events
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Four alumni receive Northern stipends
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Academie Minerva part of ESNS26
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Dorothea van der Meulen steps down as director after seventeen years
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Online Open Day 28 November
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Recent graduates well represented at Dutch Design Week 2025
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Yuqi Wang wins Reisma van den Burg Stipendium 2025
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Academie Minerva pays tribute to Bas Jan Ader
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Recap Graduation Show 2025
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Winners Academy prizes and Noorderlicht award announced
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Nominees Academie Minerva awards announced
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Collaboration and circular innovation celebrated: showcase ROAM at Groningen Campus opened
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An Ye Zhi de Jong and Ietje Meerman winners Groninger Visual Arts Stipends
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New branding and website for Academie Minerva and Prins Claus Conservatoire
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Masterstudent Painting Shivangi Kalra wins Royal Award for Modern Painting 2024
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Events
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Student for a day Popular Culture
-Academie voor Popcultuur, Achter den Hoven 23 Leeuwarden
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Maydays 2026
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Graduation festival Popular Culture
-Neushoorn, Leeuwarden
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Graduation Show masters Frank Mohr Institute
-Akerk, Akerkhof 2 Groningen
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Graduation Show bachelors 2026
-Groningen
