Illustrator Melusina Gunsam Peijs, who worked at Eindhoven's contemporary art venue, MU, describes the danger of ‘fitting in too well' and how the placement helped her confront aspects of her own identity.
Angelique Spaninks, Managing Director of MU, talks about Melusina's placement and the need for ‘a shift in the art world towards a more diverse population'.

Ever since he teamed up with Rotterdam's Dansateliers, urban dancer Lloyd Marengo hasn't looked back. During his placement he crafted and performed a solo self-portrait, and now speaks confidently of artists like himself changing Western dance culture for good.Artistic Director of Dansateliers, Amy Gale, describes how Lloyd's placement benefited him personally and showed the organisation how to put its own beliefs and values firmly on the table.

In an extensive ‘portrait of the artist', Bojana Panevska tells how she had the ‘worst fears' about office life - only to discover that working at Amsterdam's Trans Artists was her perfect job, one that has continued after her placement. She also speaks revealingly about her own art, which many people expect to be about war, while, for her, ‘the point is to be universal'.

Jump In! was very much a joint effort. Two of those who helped organise it offer their own perspectives on the scheme and the reasons behind it. Claudia Valentijn of Kunstenaars&CO describes the challenges involved in overcoming hidden forms of exclusion, while Lisia Pires of Netwerk CS speaks of the Dutch cultural sector's curiosity about non-Western artistic languages.