Programme Open Day 2023

Programme in the Fedlev building

In the Fedlev building you will find various workshops and you can learn about the preliminary courses (Orientation and Preparation Course). You can also learn about Unsettling, the Student Unions and Rietveld op Proef.

Fedlev building, ground floor

Orientation Course

The Orientation Course will do Clay Karaoke with students and visitors - making quick clay objects with our hands while talking about the course.

Preparatory Course

Draw together with the participants of the Preparatory Course! All the drawings together will form a growing exhibition. Want to see what kind of assignments Precoursers get? You can take a look at some of the garments (some made of textiles, most of paper) created last semester.

Programme in the Pavilion

Graphic Design department exhibition 

Last fall, graduating Graphic Design students spent six weeks in Georgia. During the Open Day, they will display works developed during and based on the time they spent in the mountain village of Khevi and the city of Tbilisi. The exhibition 'Rietveld in Georgia: Reflection on the Fall' takes place at the Rietveld Pavilion. It is a multifaceted exhibition, with many components; a variety of publications and installations, as well as experiences, often changing and adapting to the needs of the space, the visitors and the artists. 

Extra: Students of the Bread Oven initiative will bake Khachapuri (a recipe the department learnt in Georgia) in the pavilion. 

Programme in the Benthem Crouwel Building

In the Benthem Crouwel building you will find the reception, where the guided tours begin. You will also find various workshops and the following departments: Ceramics, designLAB, DOGtime.

Benthem Crouwel building, basement

VAV – moving image

One Take Workshop by VAV – moving image department. There’s a film programme in room K18 and a performance at K30.

Benthem Crouwel building, ground floor

Guided Tours, starting from the reception

You can participate in a tour of the three buildings. Our students will be your tour guides and since we are an internationally oriented university, we may be able to answer questions in your native language! The tours start every half hour at reception in the Benthem Crouwel building. While you’re waiting, you can watch some Rietveld Academie videos here.

10:30 Start guided tour

11:30 Start guided tour

12:30 Start guided tour

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14:30 Start guided tour

15:30 Start guided tour

@ meeting point: reception Benthem Crouwel building, ground floor

Benthem Crouwel building, 2nd floor

designLAB

Join designLAB students in creating a participatory track for a marble race, working with the material CAPA. This is happening within their exhibition of student projects.

Benthem Crouwel building, 7th floor

DOGtime

DOGtime is the part-time evening education of the Gerrit Rietveld Academie. They have special opening hours: from 14.00 to 19.00 hrs CET. You'll find them on the 7th floor of the Benthem Crouwel building and here you can also ask advise for your portfolio.

Programme in the Rietveld building

In the Rietveld Building you will find portfolio talks, information desk and the following departments: The Large Glass, Fine Art, Jewellery - Linking Bodies, Architectural Design, VAV - moving image, Graphic Design, Image & Language, Fashion, Photography, Basicyear.

 

Rietveld building, basement

Portfolio Talks

You can have your portfolio assessed by one of our teachers during a Portfolio Talk. So bring your portfolio with you to the open day! Registration is not necessary and there will be a 'cloakroom' to store your work, so you can walk around freely before and after the talk. You will find the Portfolio Talks in the GYM in the basement of the Rietveld building.

10.00-17.00 hrs: Portfolio talks at the GYM

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Screen printing workshop

Visitors of the Open Day are welcome to print according to the traditional movement sequence and<>or according to ivi and to bring home a print of "how to ivi-print"

15:00 hrs: performance ‘ivi : intravascular venusian infusion’ performed by Virginia Vivaldi @ Screenpring workshop, Rietveld building (RV), basement

 

Rietveld building, ground floor

The Large Glass

In the Glass workshop, you can see several glass blowing demo’s:

10:00 hrs: Platemaking, Ufuk with Eve and Clara. Moderators: Xiomara and ida.

12:00 hrs: Popcorn bowl. Marie with Jack and Alla. Moderators: Martijn and Lise.

14:00 hrs: bottle pick up. Ufuk with Rocco and Daichi. Moderators: Laura and Tazlo.

16:00 hrs: Clay mold. Marie with Sofie.

@ Glass workshop, Rietveld building (RV), ground floor

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Jewellery – Linking Bodies

Join the Jewellery - Linking Bodies department in making a tool! And did you know that all the brooches worn by staff and working students were made by a student from this department?

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Shop

During the Open Day, there will be a shop in the Canteen. This is your chance to buy printed materials (books, posters, etc.) from the next generation of artists and designers. All proceeds will go to the students themselves.

 

Rietveld building, 1st floor

Architectural design

See work made by Architectural design students and join the presentation about the department.

12:00 hrs: presentation

15:00 hrs: presentation

 

Rietveld building, 2nd floor

Image & Language

For the Open Day, the Image and Language department created an exhibition with work by students, teachers and assistants. Everything will be auctioned at the end of the day. A brochure will be available all day. Filled with info and works from the auction but also regular info about the department.

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Studium Generale

Studium Generale Rietveld Academie is an extensive theory programme that addresses students and faculty at all departments of the Gerrit Rietveld Academie. It regularly opens up to broader audiences. Their Conference Festival, in combination with the exhibition Rietveld Uncut, takes place from 24-27 March at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.

 

Rietveld building, 3rd floor

Basicyear

During the Open Day, one work by each student from the Basicyear will be exhibited. This work was chosen during their first assessments in December. These are works, exercises and experiments that all bear the students' personal signature. At the same time, all the works together show a cross-section of the Basicyear that demonstrates how many different media, techniques and assignments you get to work with during your first months at the academy. When visitors arrive on the third floor of the Rietveld building, they meet eight different groups and see eight different presentations. One group's works are presented by another group. In this way, the work is the central topic of conversation among the students, and between the department and visitors.

11:00 - 11:30 Q&A about the Basicyear @ room 326, Rietveld Building (RV), 3rd floor

14:00 - 14:30 Q&A about the Basicyear @ room 326, Rietveld Building (RV), 3rd floor

17:00 - 17:30 Q&A about the Basicyear @ room 326, Rietveld Building (RV), 3rd floor

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Student Council

The Student Council is a group of students from the Gerrit Rietveld Academie and The Sandberg Institute. As a council, they want to lend a hand, share knowledge, and listen carefully. They would like to get to know you, you can get to know them and ask question about anything!

@ room 306, Rietveld building