Born: the 24th of June 1946
\nMarried, 3 sons: Magiel, Willem, Gyz, 4 grandchildren: Bowy, Roxy, Angel, Zo\u00eb<\/p>\n
Ria is a child of Bram Zwarts and Maria Cornelia Holst. Bram came from a family of farmers, greenhouses, etc. He had a few acres greenhouses near the Rotter river (Rotterdam). On that yard many familymembers lived in houses, caravans, etc. Secundary education didnot work out for Ria. So Ria started working in a fashionshop quite young. Here she really learned all about fashion and styling. Later she worked a while for her brother in law (a Baptist minister) followed by some years working for Opwekking (a national ministry). In this religious world she experienced manipulation. You can read that in Ria\u2019s book: \u2018Stolen Innocence\u2019.
\nShe met Leen in these circles, but he was totally different as what she saw in those manipulating \u2018evangelical circles\u2019. One of those leaders visited her just before marriage, to warn her not to marry Leen, as he was seen as a dangerous person (he didnot want to obey those manipulative leaders). Sad situation, but true. Even the churchservice turned out to be a nightmare by the absurd behaviour of the leading evangelical evangelist. But they married anyway. Living with Leen became an adventure.
\nThe world of the arts stimulated Ria to develope those gifts: Ria started to write, to do styling again, etc. Within the annual CA-Seminar she has her own unique and refreshing contributions.<\/p>\n
Work<\/strong> Leadership responsibilities<\/strong><\/p>\n Other activities<\/strong><\/p>\n Special recognition<\/strong> Born: the 24th of June 1946 Married, 3 sons: Magiel, Willem, Gyz, 4 grandchildren: Bowy, Roxy, Angel, Zo\u00eb Ria is a child of Bram Zwarts and Maria Cornelia Holst. Bram came from a family of farmers, greenhouses, etc. He had a few acres greenhouses near the Rotter river (Rotterdam). On that yard many familymembers lived … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-88","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/la-riviere.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/88"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/la-riviere.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/la-riviere.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/la-riviere.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/la-riviere.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/la-riviere.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/88\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":281,"href":"https:\/\/la-riviere.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/88\/revisions\/281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/la-riviere.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nchief administration and finances Continental Art Centre
\nStyling since 1986 of all the\u00a0 European Continental groups till 2008
\nAuthor of her own column in magazine Music & Art\/SIGNS
\nStarted in 2006 her own shop in fashion and art \u2018Chez Maria\u2019, see www.chezmaria.nl<\/a><\/p>\n\n
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\nOn April 30, 2003 Ria got the special honour to became\u00a0 member of the order of Oranje-Nassau (of the Queen of the Netherlands) because of her incredible contributions for social, cultural and youth activities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"