{"id":403,"date":"2025-06-24T10:30:41","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T09:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vromanfoundation.com\/en\/?page_id=403"},"modified":"2025-11-12T09:31:38","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T08:31:38","slug":"projects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vromanfoundation.com\/en\/projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"#documentaries\">Documentaries<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"#interviews\">Interviews<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"#music\">Vroman works set to music<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"#Unpublished\">Unpublished works<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Vroman Foundation Projects<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Vroman Biography (2025, anticipated)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vromanfoundation.com\/project-nl\/kunstwerk-saying-hi-and-goodbye-onthuld-27-mei-2021\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.vromanfoundation.com\/project-nl\/kunstwerk-saying-hi-and-goodbye-onthuld-27-mei-2021\/\">Saying Hi and Goodbye artwork<\/a> Gouda, 2021<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vromanfoundation.com\/news-nl\/2018-november-plaquette-onthuld-op-het-liefdesbankje-van-leo-en-tineke-vroman-in-utrecht\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.vromanfoundation.com\/news-nl\/2018-november-plaquette-onthuld-op-het-liefdesbankje-van-leo-en-tineke-vroman-in-utrecht\/\">Vroman Bench<\/a>, Utrecht 2018<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jan van Eyck Vroman Fellows\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vromanfoundation.com\/uncategorized\/maud-van-den-beuken-derde-jan-van-eyck-academic-vroman-fellow-exposeert-haar-werk\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.vromanfoundation.com\/uncategorized\/maud-van-den-beuken-derde-jan-van-eyck-academic-vroman-fellow-exposeert-haar-werk\/\">Maud van den Beuken<\/a> (2022)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vromanfoundation.com\/project-nl\/2020-juni-tweede-vroman-fellowship-in-samenwerking-met-de-jan-van-eyckacademie-te-maastricht-gaat-van-start-de-nieuwe-fellow-is-david-habets\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.vromanfoundation.com\/project-nl\/2020-juni-tweede-vroman-fellowship-in-samenwerking-met-de-jan-van-eyckacademie-te-maastricht-gaat-van-start-de-nieuwe-fellow-is-david-habets\/\">David Habets<\/a> (2020)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vromanfoundation.com\/project-nl\/2018-april-eerste-vroman-fellowship-in-samenwerking-met-de-jan-van-eyck-academie-maastricht\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.vromanfoundation.com\/project-nl\/2018-april-eerste-vroman-fellowship-in-samenwerking-met-de-jan-van-eyck-academie-maastricht\/\">Ilya Fedotov-Fedorov<\/a> (2018)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vromanfoundation.com\/project-nl\/2015-2017-hoe-mooi-alles-bewerkt-tot-theaterstuk-toert-door-de-nederlandse-theaters\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.vromanfoundation.com\/project-nl\/2015-2017-hoe-mooi-alles-bewerkt-tot-theaterstuk-toert-door-de-nederlandse-theaters\/\">Hoe Mooi Alles<\/a> (play; 2015-2017)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vromanfoundation.com\/project-nl\/2015-beeld-leo-vroman-van-jeroen-henneman-onthuld-op-de-chocoladefabriek-in-gouda-geboorteplaats-van-leo-vroman\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.vromanfoundation.com\/project-nl\/2015-beeld-leo-vroman-van-jeroen-henneman-onthuld-op-de-chocoladefabriek-in-gouda-geboorteplaats-van-leo-vroman\/\">Jeroen Henneman Leo Vroman sculpture<\/a>, Gouda 2015 <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vromanfoundation.com\/project-nl\/2015-hoe-mooi-alles\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.vromanfoundation.com\/project-nl\/2015-hoe-mooi-alles\/\">Hoe Mooi Alles<\/a> (book; 2015)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Documentaries\">Documentaries<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Worlds <\/strong>(\u2018Werelden\u2019), made by VF board member Jetske Spanjer, was first broadcast in 1995 by IKON, to commemorate Leo\u2019s 80th birthday. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HvnGLkwcKuU\">Click here<\/a> or on the photograph for short clips from the documentary (about 10 minutes).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HvnGLkwcKuU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/stgnlvroman.carnevore.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Werelden-JetskeSpanjer-1024x601.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">From Werelden, Ikon, 1995<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Human network broadcast the documentary \u2018<strong><em>Sometimes love lasts forever<\/em><\/strong>\u2019 by Ike Bertels (&#8216;<em>Soms is liefde eeuwig&#8217;<\/em>) In June 2009. A wonderful piece about Tineke and Leo and their life in Fort Worth, Texas, USA. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npostart.nl\/profiel\/10-04-2015\/VPWON_1243356\">Click here or on the photograph to see the whole documentary<\/a> (about 35 minutes).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npostart.nl\/profiel\/10-04-2015\/VPWON_1243356\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"584\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vromanfoundation.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ScreenShotYkeBertels-1024x584.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vromanfoundation.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ScreenShotYkeBertels-1024x584.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.vromanfoundation.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ScreenShotYkeBertels-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/www.vromanfoundation.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ScreenShotYkeBertels-768x438.png 768w, https:\/\/www.vromanfoundation.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ScreenShotYkeBertels.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Soms is Liefde Eewig, Profiel, Human, 2009<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The mini documentary about Leo and Tineke Vroman from the VPRO is also worth watching, it is from the series On the Nightstand (Op het Nachtkastje; about 5 minutes) from March 2010.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"interviews\">Interviews with Leo and Tineke by Peggy Vroman-Gracy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Below are a series of interviews with Leo and Tineke (2009), archived at the University of Texas San Antonio Libraries, Oral Histories Collection<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/digital.utsa.edu\/digital\/collection\/p15125coll4\/id\/1956\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/digital.utsa.edu\/digital\/collection\/p15125coll4\/id\/1956\/\">Interview with Leo and Tineke (Georgine) Vroman Part 1 of 4, 03-21-2009<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/digital.utsa.edu\/digital\/collection\/p15125coll4\/id\/1957\/rec\/6\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/digital.utsa.edu\/digital\/collection\/p15125coll4\/id\/1957\/rec\/6\">Interview with Leo and Tineke (Georgine) Vroman Part 2 of 4, 03-21-2009<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/digital.utsa.edu\/digital\/collection\/p15125coll4\/id\/1954\/rec\/7\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/digital.utsa.edu\/digital\/collection\/p15125coll4\/id\/1954\/rec\/7\">Interview with Leo and Tineke (Georgine) Vroman Part 3 of 4, 03-20-2009<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/digital.utsa.edu\/digital\/collection\/p15125coll4\/id\/1955\/rec\/9\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/digital.utsa.edu\/digital\/collection\/p15125coll4\/id\/1955\/rec\/9\">Interview with Leo and Tineke (Georgine) Vroman Part 4 of 4, 03-21-2009<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stgnlvroman.carnevore.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-24-143335.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-347\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"music\">Vroman works set to music<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.muziekweb.nl\/en\/Link\/HAX2422\/De-vogel-in-mijn-borst-Frans-van-Deursen-zingt-Leo-Vroman\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.muziekweb.nl\/en\/Link\/HAX2422\/De-vogel-in-mijn-borst-Frans-van-Deursen-zingt-Leo-Vroman\">De vogel in mijn borst<\/a>: Frans van Deursen zingt Leo Vroman (2015)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sirian.bandcamp.com\/album\/vuist-boven-de-grond\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/sirian.bandcamp.com\/album\/vuist-boven-de-grond\">Vuist Boven de Grond<\/a>:  Bart Hoevenaars (2019)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jGmKYhEChSE\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jGmKYhEChSE\">Vrede<\/a>: Maurits Westerik (vara uitzending, 2013)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ElHV3MqH_mo\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ElHV3MqH_mo\">Vrede<\/a>: Hanna Levy (2008)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6abdKq97tG0\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6abdKq97tG0\">Encounters with Peace:<\/a>  Hanna Levy (2008)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.muziekweb.nl\/en\/Link\/U00001235160\/POPULAR\/Leo-Vroman-Voor-wie-dit-leest\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.muziekweb.nl\/en\/Link\/U00001235160\/POPULAR\/Leo-Vroman-Voor-wie-dit-leest\">Leo Vroman; Voor wie dit leest<\/a> (1979 and 1994) Mies de Heer, Henk Batenburgh, Antonie Oomen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Unpublished\">Unpublished Works<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"736\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vromanfoundation.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/A-Paslm-for-a-Mistake-736x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vromanfoundation.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/A-Paslm-for-a-Mistake-736x1024.png 736w, https:\/\/www.vromanfoundation.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/A-Paslm-for-a-Mistake-215x300.png 215w, https:\/\/www.vromanfoundation.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/A-Paslm-for-a-Mistake-768x1069.png 768w, https:\/\/www.vromanfoundation.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/A-Paslm-for-a-Mistake-1103x1536.png 1103w, https:\/\/www.vromanfoundation.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/A-Paslm-for-a-Mistake-1471x2048.png 1471w, https:\/\/www.vromanfoundation.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/A-Paslm-for-a-Mistake-scaled.png 1839w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"736\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vromanfoundation.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/A-Psalm-for-A-Farewell-736x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vromanfoundation.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/A-Psalm-for-A-Farewell-736x1024.jpg 736w, https:\/\/www.vromanfoundation.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/A-Psalm-for-A-Farewell-215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/www.vromanfoundation.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/A-Psalm-for-A-Farewell-768x1069.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vromanfoundation.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/A-Psalm-for-A-Farewell-1103x1536.jpg 1103w, https:\/\/www.vromanfoundation.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/A-Psalm-for-A-Farewell-1471x2048.jpg 1471w, https:\/\/www.vromanfoundation.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/A-Psalm-for-A-Farewell-scaled.jpg 1839w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"736\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vromanfoundation.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/A-Psalm-for-A-Past-736x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vromanfoundation.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/A-Psalm-for-A-Past-736x1024.jpg 736w, https:\/\/www.vromanfoundation.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/A-Psalm-for-A-Past-215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/www.vromanfoundation.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/A-Psalm-for-A-Past-768x1069.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vromanfoundation.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/A-Psalm-for-A-Past-1103x1536.jpg 1103w, https:\/\/www.vromanfoundation.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/A-Psalm-for-A-Past-1471x2048.jpg 1471w, https:\/\/www.vromanfoundation.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/A-Psalm-for-A-Past-scaled.jpg 1839w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"736\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vromanfoundation.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/A-Psalm-for-Albert-Einstein-736x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vromanfoundation.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/A-Psalm-for-Albert-Einstein-736x1024.jpg 736w, https:\/\/www.vromanfoundation.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/A-Psalm-for-Albert-Einstein-215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/www.vromanfoundation.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/A-Psalm-for-Albert-Einstein-768x1069.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vromanfoundation.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/A-Psalm-for-Albert-Einstein-1103x1536.jpg 1103w, https:\/\/www.vromanfoundation.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/A-Psalm-for-Albert-Einstein-1471x2048.jpg 1471w, https:\/\/www.vromanfoundation.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/A-Psalm-for-Albert-Einstein-scaled.jpg 1839w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"736\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vromanfoundation.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/A-Psalm-for-Dialogue-736x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vromanfoundation.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/A-Psalm-for-Dialogue-736x1024.png 736w, https:\/\/www.vromanfoundation.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/A-Psalm-for-Dialogue-215x300.png 215w, https:\/\/www.vromanfoundation.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/A-Psalm-for-Dialogue-768x1069.png 768w, https:\/\/www.vromanfoundation.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/A-Psalm-for-Dialogue-1103x1536.png 1103w, https:\/\/www.vromanfoundation.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/A-Psalm-for-Dialogue-1471x2048.png 1471w, https:\/\/www.vromanfoundation.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/A-Psalm-for-Dialogue-scaled.png 1839w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Unpublished works by Tineke Vroman<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Texas in November&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was a sea once, this vast plain of winter grass.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Heavy clouds still weigh down like water&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>on the dry landscape divided by brush oak,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>that keeps going beyond the horizon.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Early dusk, wooden houses&nbsp;along the road&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>are dimly lit, but in the dark back yard&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>works, legs spread wide like a beast with long neck&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>and head that nods, the homeowner\u2019s oil pump.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The house in the town where we sleep stands also&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>surrounded by dead grass,&nbsp;straw-colored&nbsp;weeds,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>on the plain that once was a sea. We go walking&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>and pause, a bird of prey sails&nbsp;higher and higher.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We go on to where the river has dug&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>its gorge.&nbsp;Dark red earth and in those walls,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>fossilized shells. And then they are everywhere,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>on the path, in the grass. A primordial shore.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vroman Foundation Projects Documentaries Worlds (\u2018Werelden\u2019), made by VF board member Jetske Spanjer, was first broadcast in 1995 by IKON, to commemorate Leo\u2019s 80th birthday. Click here or on the photograph for short clips from the documentary (about 10 minutes). 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