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EDUCATION: The United States recently experienced terrible loss of life and property from hurricanes that flooded the low-lying coastal areas of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. The Dutch people suffered a similar catastrophe in 1953, when a huge storm broke through their dikes and flooded large areas of their country. (More than one-third of all the land in Holland sits below sea level.)
Determined never to suffer a repeat of this disaster, the Dutch people began construction of the “Delta Works” — one of the greatest hydraulic engineering projects in history. This series of dams and moveable sea walls, constructed over a 40-year period, is designed to prevent the sea from ever again flooding the communities of Holland.

As part of the 2006 Exchange, we planned to have Dutch experts describe the construction and operation of the Delta Works in a series of public lectures and school assemblies.


In 2006, plans were started for a future Exchange:
- Proposals for 2007 -
Dutch artists available to visit Alaska and exhibit their work
Jan Vessendorp
Jan Wessendorp - Painter view this artist's work
Jaque & Marie Jose Bakker
Jacque & Marie Jose Bakker - Photographers view artists' work
Yvette Bakker
Yvette Bakker - Ceramics view this artist's work
Dees Goosen
Dees Goosen - Painter view this artist's work
Gerrit Westerveld
Gerrit Westerveld - Printmaker view this artist's work
Get more details on these artists from Gerrit's brochure
Other proposals for the September 2006 Alaska-Holland Exchange
MUSIC/FILM: Two Jazz groups from Holland are under consideration. One of these is a quartet which provided live accompaniment for a special screening of the classic movie “Nanook of the North” during the 2004 Holland/Alaska Exchange. This quartet, led by Andre Goudbeek of the Dutch group “Willem Breuker Collectief” , played an original score written specially for "Nanook". this special screening was the best-atended move ever shown in Bergen op Zoom. If the quartet is sponsored for the 2007 Exchange, another such screening can take place in Alaska with live musical accompaniment.

Nanook graphic
Dutchman Peter van Baal, who runs special film programs at the Cinema Paradiso in Begen op Zoom is prepared to bring other Dutch films and documentaries to Alaska.
A Nov. '05 article in a Dutch newspaper tells about U.S. delegates visiting Deltaworks in Holland.
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DANCE:
Representatives from the youth dance group “Grondwerk” are available to visit Alaska in 2006. These students from Bergen op Zoom offer modern dance performances. Details about Grondwerk can be found in Gerrit's brochure.

Alaskan Artists (with Dutch connection) may also be featured in 2007
Ilse Witterland, sculptor in Anchorage who is half Dutch, half Indonesian
Thank you, Ilse, for help with the Exchange, including translation!


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