22 March 2021 Stichting Droom en Daad will launch the Makersloket. Through this counter, we want to give Rotterdam's artists, musicians, writers and other makers a shot in the arm. With a direct financial impulse for professional art projects, makers can immediately get to work.

The measures around COVID-19 continue. Especially now, there is a need for all that artists offer: work that is ambitious and controversial, investigative and exciting or, on the contrary, very recognisable and reassuring.

The Makersloket focuses on professional artists who live and/or work in Rotterdam. All forms of culture are eligible for a contribution: music, theatre, dance, photography, design, architecture, film, literature and visual arts. The first application round starts on 12 April. A second round will follow on 10 May.