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Latest update 10-06-2010

NEW! Master classes for artists

The master classes for artists will be held on 21, 22 and 28 June 2010. Click here for more information.

Photographs from Allerzielen Alom 2009 (10-4-2010)

A selection of photographs from Allerzielen Alom celebrations in 2009 can be found here.

Master classes for organisers and directors (31-3-2010)

There is still room available for the master classes for organisers and directors. Click here for information.

Planning for 2010

For the last five years we have been searching for new forms for rituals in cemeteries for Allerzielen Alom. It appears to fill a great need. Since then, Allerzielen Alom has spread over the entire country. There continues to be a need to make use of the poetic strength of experimental art. That is thus also the reason that there is a need to transfer knowledge and experience to the field. The project Allerzielen Alom: The Muse for Remembering has been set up to provide continuity and imagination to the growing practice of Allerzielen Alom. For more information click here (in Dutch): Muze

Introduction day and master classes for organisers and directors (28-02-2010)
Organising Allerzielen Alom in a community is a huge undertaking. We are thus developing a series of master classes in 2010 for organisers and directors. Do you want to know if this project fits your talents, ideas, and goals, and do you want to organise an inspiring Allerzielen Alom celebration in your area in which art plays an important role. Then come to the introduction day to be held on Monday 22 March 2010 from 13.30 to 17.00. (Note: This is a repeat of the introduction day just held on 13 February.) For more information and the invitation click here.

English translation (01-01-2010)
As you have certainly noticed, this website has been, for the most part, translated into English, as Allerzielen Alom looks beyond the Dutch border. The translation of the concept of Allerzielen Alom is not just a question of language, but as with all literature, also a question of translating ‘feelings’. The translater (English native speaker) welcomes all comments and questions, but is particularly interested to know from other English native speakers if the text reads properly.

The latest radio and television interviews
Click here for the latest on radio programmes, including interviews with Ida van der Lee.

All Souls’ Day New Style celebrations in the Province of North Holland in 2009 are a success!
The All Souls’ Day New Style celebrations held in the Province of North Holland were a great success. The one held in Graft-De Rijp attracted close to one thousand visitors, the ones in Edam and Santpoort Noord (Velsen) over five hundred each. They were special and inspirational evenings for many of them. The art forms and atmosphere helped participants to remember, stories were told, people were moved but at the same could enjoy.

New in de press
Click here for the latest press reports.

Workshops in 2009
Click here for information about all preparations and workshops which have been organised for All Souls’ Day New Style 2009.

All Souls’ Day celebrations in 2009
Click here for information about all All Souls’ Day celebrations, including both All Souls’ Day New Style celebrations and celebrations under other names.

Princess Maxima learns about Allerzielen Alom (12-2008)
Princess Maxima of The Netherlands was introduced to All Souls’ Day New Style during the first national manifest organised by the Platform Platform Buurtalliantie (neighbourhood alliances) in Rotterdam. Artist Ida van der Lee explained the project to her. The photograph was made available by Ms. M. de Groot.

2008 Allerzielen Alom wins the Yarden prize (11-2008)
Artist Ida van der Lee’s All Souls’ Day New Style project has won the Yarden prize. The EUR 25,000 prize rewards large scale, innovative projects which have been carried out in the area of death and funerals. It is presented in even numbered years. Ida accepted the prize in the name of all participating groups during a ceremony held on Saturday  1 November in the Willibrordus Church in Haringhuizen near the Yarden Crematorium Schagerkogge in Schagen.

Links of interest about the Yarden prize (in Dutch):
The Yarden website and the Yarden prize
ANP video report about All Souls’ Day New Style and the presentation of the prize