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08/2008: New portrait courses planned for Fall 2008.

06/2008: Dance drawings of Edgar are shown at the International Contact Improvisation Festival in Huntingdon, PA, USA.

04/2008: Fay Robinson has written an essay about Edgar's dance drawings.

03/2008: The choir of the Westerkerk, Amsterdam had added a gallery of Edgar drawings of singers.

11/2007: Edgar is joining a group exhibition with ballet portraits 'Prima Ballerina' in Haarlem.

09/2007: Violinist Frederieke Saeijs had added a gallery of drawings by Edgar at her website.

08/2007: Edgar is joining an exhibition about music in Apeldoorn (Orpheus theatre).

07/2007: Exhibition of Edgar's dance drawings at the 'Obnazi' theatre festival in Chomutav (Czech Rep.)

06/2007: A cd booklet design by Carolyn Steinbeck which includes Edgar's Drawings of Gavriel Lipkind has won the IF communication design award 2007.

06/2007: Edgar is drawing and painting in Bali, Indonesia.

05/2007: Edgar is a guest artist in a performance about Max Beckmann in the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam.

05/2007: Watercolour of Jerusalem by Edgar in the 'Joodse Agenda 5768'

04/2007: Valeria Marraco (Argentinia) has produced a video 'Inside the Studio; a Collage of Edgar's Portraits'.

03/2007: A drawing of Edgar is used for the poster of the musical production 'Song and Dance' by The Quest Theatre Company. During the show Edgar's work is exhibited in the Deaf West Theatre in North Hollywood.

02/2007: A portrait by Edgar is mentioned in the Dutch Indonesian magazine "Moesson"

01/2007: Dance drawings by Edgar are on the book covers of a novel trilogy by Wil van Dongen from Curacao.

12/2006: A portrait by Edgar of Dr. A. Rinooy Kan is on the cover of the financial magazine "De Nieuwe Brug"

12/2006: Dancers of 'Body Weather' perform at Edgar's studio.

11/2006: Edgar joins an exhibition about Holland Symfonia orchestra.

10/2006: Edgar is participating in an exhibition with landscapes, seascapes of the island of Texel.

09/2006: Exhibition of Edgar's dance drawings in Muiderpoortheater, Amsterdam, 14 - 16th of September.

08/2006: Edgar has made sketches of the dance production by Maggie Boogaart "It's My Right".

07/2006: Edgar has drawn a poster for a theatre production in Norway inspired by a book of Knut Hamsun.

06/2006: Hakvutza, an contemporary dance institute in Israel has
published a postcard with a drawing by Edgar.

04/2006: Video clips of Edgar's art process can be seen at this web site.

3/2006: A painting of Edgar ('The Bride') is being used as a basis for an art project at the Aviation High school in Seattle (Wash.).

01/2006: A series of drawings which Edgar made of the cellist Gavriel Lipkind can be seen at the new website:
www.lipkind.info

12/2005: A small selection of Edgar's landscape drawings are shown at Prinsengracht 564, corner Spiegelgracht (Open: 10-17h).

11/2005: Edgar is a guest at the classical music tv program 'Vrije Geluiden'. He wil make a drawing of the violinist Birthe Blom.

11/2005: Edgar is joining the celebrity portraits exhibition in Gallery De Portretwinkel. He is showing a pastel portrait of the violinist Cecilia Bernardini.

09/2005: Edgar joins the group exhibition "Stadsgezichten 2: Graafwerk" about the metro construction in Amsterdam at Loods 6.

09/2005: Drawings of Edgar are shown at the Meeting Point music and dance improvisation at the BIM-huis at 5 september..

07/2005: Edgar is painting landscapes and seascapes at the island of Texel.

05/2005: Edgar is drawing in a video inspired by the opera Pelléas et Mélisande (Débussy).

04/2005: PROXIMITY, an Australian magazine for dance and contact improvisation, which has published before a dance drawing on the cover, shows illustrations by Edgar in the Spring 2005 edition.

01/2005: There is an exhibition of the work of Edgar Jansen at Boer & Croon Strategy and Management Group, Amsterdam.

10/2004: a music drawing of Edgar is shown on the opening page of the classical Ensemble Novalis from Switzerland. http://www.ensemblenovalis.net

09/2004: An drawing of Edgar is on the cover and in he booklet of the latest c.d. of the Israeli cellist Gavriel Lipkind “Miniatures and Folk Music”, a production of Jerusalem Music Centre. http://www.jmc.co.il/lipkind.html

09/2004: Edgar has joined the exhibition ‘Stadgezichten’ (‘Faces of Amsterdam’) organized by S.A.K. Samenwerkende Amsterdamse Kunstenaarsverenigingen

08/2004: Edgar is drawing at the summer dance festival of Frey Faust at Moissac , France : the Nomadic College 2005 . http://monsite.wanadoo.fr/Artychaud/page4.html.

02/2004: The Jubilee book of the Choir of the WesterkerkWie mag er zingen in de Wester, 50 jaar Westerkerkkoor has been illustrated by Edgar with drawings of singers.

01/2004: an article about Edgar's flamenco drawings has been published in a folk dance magazine ‘Volksdans’ with the title 'Kijk op Dans' (a View on Dance)

 

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