• NICC is an autonomous association by and for professional visual artists in Belgium that defines and defends the role of the artist through the initiation, the support and the opening up of the art practice.
• NICC plays an initiating role in the growth and self-development of the professional visual artist and the visual arts.
• NICC creates spaces for interaction between visual artists, the sector and the field of action of visual arts and society, which underline the role and the importance of the visual artist and art intermingles with society.
• NICC is an information service and spokesperson for visual artists. It strives for a suitable societal and social framework in which the artist can independently develop him/herself and his/her art practice.
• NICC explores the statute of the working space of the artist and is a multifunctional platform for discourse, development and debate.
• On behalf of the professional visual artist, NICC is the discussion partner of the government and other organisations and agents within the cultural field.

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