Ever heard of ArtDelight? Rotterdam-based artists Patty Koll and Peter van der Palm are behind what they call 'light creations'.

Click on the pic of the "Spinning Wheel" since May, 2006 hanging over the table in Jaap and Janny's home to find out about the makers of that lamp.

But the light artists have been up to more. Peter made the 'light design' of a meeting place at the college and he and Patty were assigned to make this special lamp for retiring CEO

Carel van den Driest of Vopak. Unaware of this artistic gesture, Janny and her colleagues appointed the man who has seen this light as Man of the Port, mid January, 2006. Van den Driest certainly does not put his light under the proverbial bushel. Today, he is proud member of the group of Men of the Port, recognized by the harbour press club Kyoto, besides being involved in other activities.

Janny is a modest collector of Rotterdam art from Cor Kraat, Han Kuipers, Rinus Blomsteel and others. The painting she bought from Rinus - the Painting Animal - Blomsteel was still wet when it was handed over. Click on the pic to find more about Blomsteel and his work.

The Sun is artificially shining in the Kok-house. It is a painting of Kim Leeflang made on assignment by Rotterdam-based trade fair organiser Jan de Klerk. It was auctioned for ' a good cause': Rehabilitation Centre Rijndam. Janny bought the work for the optimism it represents. Find out more about Rijndam by clicking on the pic

and about Kim by clicking on her name

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Mid March 2008 Janny could report own personal news. The Port of Rotterdam Authority did her the honour to distinguish her with what is called Sleepanker (Drag Anchor) for contributing favourably and remarkably to the well being of the port (of Rotterdam) for quite some time..

In this picture (right) she is caught in the act of receiving the little plaque from COO André Toet (left) and husband Jaap (right) watching more or less the back of the piece of art. Let's hope that nobody thinks about a Drag Queen, when seeing the picture made by Ben Wind or when describing the honour bestowed on her. The event has been reported at http://www.portofrotterdam.com (sorry in Dutch only) and other mags Janny contributes to.

The Port of Rotterdam Authority personalized by André Toet and others invited Janny and her guests to a Drag Anchor dinner in the aftermath Janny and friends had a fantastic time. Here she is in an attempt of chanting together with professional entertainer Lee Towers, who is Ambassador of the Port of Rotterdam, and external affairs officer Hans Magito of the Port of Rotterdam Authority.

A few years ago a delegation of Rotterdam and region-based journalists went to Cuba, specifically to Havana. The trip was organized by the Rotterdam Journalists Association (RJV). Many publications of the RJV delegates follows.

The articles published can be found at VillaMedia.NL made room for the Rotterdamse Journalisten Vereniging (RJV, Rotterdam Journalists Association) and for the reports of Rotterdam-based journalists in action in Cuba. Please click on the VillaMedia logo to check out the Rotterdam Works.

Kyoto's jubilee book, has also proven to be good reading for former Dutch transport minister Karla Peijs, the Mayor of Rotterdam, Ivo Opstelten, and many others. The Mayor was the first to receive Goud voor Kyoto; 50 jaar havenjournalistiek (Gold for Kyoto; 50 years specialized journalism in port economics) from Kyoto's then chairman Ton Olde Monnikhof. Mrs Peijs was the second in line of officials to get a copy of the book about the connections Rotterdam-based journalists have with the port and shipping industry.

In this pic - taken by photographer/journalist Lies Russel at the official opening of the Shortsea Promotion Centre and Rail Cargo Information Netherlands office - Mrs Peijs is about to open the book to learn more about the club, the people in the port of Rotterdam and their activities.