Cultural Committee Fortkerk (CCF)

Part of the restoration of the Fortchurch and Museum was subsidized by the 'Meerjarenplan Nederlandse Antillen' - an aid plan financed by the Kingdom of the Netherlands. One of the conditions for this assistance was that the Fortchurch and Museum be self-sustaining when it came to future maintenance of the monuments. For this reason the Church pews were cut in halves and thirds to accommodate a new layout to facilitate concerts and other events which could raise new funds for this objective. And as a result, the Cultural Committee Fortkerk was formed to initiate, organize and administrate the proceeds from such events.

OBJECTIVES

To organize cultural activities such as concerts;
To give lectures in the cultural field;
To hold meetings in the sphere of social welfare and spiritual wellbeing;
To operate a museum, and thereby also to sell postcards, literature, and typical, religious souvenirs;
To hold art expositions such as the quilting or patchwork craftsmanship;

Target group:

The culture-loving local population and foreign tourists;

Criteria:

The Cultureel Comité Fortkerk (CCF) is an organization of the “Verenigde Protestantse Gemeente van Curaçao"(VPG) [the United Protestant Congregation of Curaçao]
The organization, set up in 1991, consists of volunteers who work pro Deo to realize the objectives. The proceeds obtained from the activities organized are exclusively allocated to the maintenance of the (1769) monument: “De Fortkerk”.