Creator Doctus (CrD) by Gerrit Rietveld Academie & Sandberg Instituut

Creator Doctus (CrD) by Gerrit Rietveld Academie & Sandberg Instituut - First Creator Doctus promotion: Yael Davids; - Start second Creator Doctus trajectory: Femke Herregraven Creator Doctus (CrD) is a project developed at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie that seeks to realise a new European third cycle award for higher arts education. The new award runs parallel to the existing Doctor of Philosophy…

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Students can apply for compensation because of Covid-19-related loss of income

Students that (used to) have a part-time job on a payroll basis, now can get compensation from the government if they experienced loss of income because of covid-19: €550 per month for the months of March, April and May. There are some terms and conditions that you can find in Dutch on this website : (such as; has received at least €400 gross salary in February 2020; whose salary in April 2020…

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Two online exhibitions from the Architectural Design department

Two online exhibitions from the Architectural Design department at Gerrit Rietveld Academie    staging-architecture.xyz  political-bodies.xyz    The Architectural Design department at Gerrit Rietveld Academie is proud to present two online exhibitions of student works.    

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unsettling Matters - A Response to the Resistance

Rietveld Academie stands in solidarity against racism. This week we posted a black square on Instagram to show our support with the protest all around the world. We are aware that we, as an art school, also need to improve in representing all students and making the context of the academy more inclusive to other voices, minds and bodies.  We ask you to read the unsettling Matters - A Response to…

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Corona Fund Gerrit Rietveld Academie

New: the Corona Fund Gerrit Rietveld Academie Students who have financial problems and can no longer provide for themselves due to loss of income because of the current Corona crisis, can appeal to the Corona Fund Gerrit Rietveld Academie. Students can apply to the Rietveld Academie for financial support to compensate for the loss of income due to the Corona crisis which cannot be recouped with…

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Mealdeal; go get it!

Mealdeal; go get it! In order to accommodate students and staff in this strange period, Gerrit Rietveld Academie offered a weekly meal service Mealdeal for students and staff. The Mealdeal consisted of 5 meals per week for an amount of € 15,-. 

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New on social media: Rietveld at Home

Classes are cancelled, and workshops are closed. All teaching activities on the location of the academy are cancelled as a precaution measure to limit the spread of the new Coronavirus. With most of us working from home these days, we’re looking for new ways to translate our analog Rietveld community into a digital one. That’s why we’re asking members of the Rietveld community (staff, students

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Cancelled at Stedelijk: Rietveld Uncut and Studium Generale Conference

Programme at Stedelijk Museum is CANCELLED: In line with national policy relating to the coronavirus, the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam will be temporarily closed for visitors until April 6, 2020. This means unfortunately that the Rietveld Uncut exhibition and the Studium Generale conference at the Stedelijk Museum are cancelled. We are considering alternative solutions.

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Özgür Kar wins Volkskrant Beeldende Kunst Prijs 2020

Özgür Kar is the winner of de Volkskrant Beeldende Kunst Prijs 2020. Jury chairman Barbara Visser presented him with the award during a festive gathering at the Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, which was partly broadcast live on Opium NPO Radio 4. Kar wins € 20,000. Half of this is intended for a publication. Kar's work can be seen in the museum until 22 March 2020, together with that of the four other…

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Melanie Bonajo to represent The Netherlands at the Venice Biennale 2021

From the Mondriaan Fund's press release: "A broad-based international jury selected Bonajo from a long list of artists and curators who had applied to take part in earlier versions of the biennale. Those selected were invited to submit an overall plan within a short space of time. A month later, these plans were presented to the jury, which was unanimous in determining that Melanie Bonajo would…

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Stephanie Rizaj wins StartPoint Prize

Stephanie Rizaj has won the StartPoint 2019. The accompanying exhibition takes place from 1 February until 1 March at Arti et Amicitiae in Amsterdam. This selection from the annual StartPoint – Prize for European Art Graduates comprises works of some of the most promising up-and-coming artists graduated last year from European art academies. Recently the prize was presented simultaneously in…

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New website Studium Generale Rietveld Academie

Studium Generale Rietveld is happy to present their own portal website, which offers you up-to-date information about the programme and an overview of and links to previous editions. Designed by Rietlanden Women's Office!       Please visit:  studiumgenerale.rietveldacademie.nl

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Ildikó Horváth wint Young Masters Award 2019

The winner of the MAF Young Masters Award 2019 is Ildikó Horváth with her work Sub/liminal soundscapes.  According to the jury: “We believe that it has a wide and rich conceptual proposal that brings up questions on interior and exterior spaces while playing with the notions of limits and expansion. Each detail shows the artist’s interest in the material and spatial resolution of the project. The…

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Stand Up For The Housing Problem - Talk With The Pink Garden House Initiator

Visitors to the Rietveld Academie can hardly miss it; since October there’s a bright pink house placed in front of the Rietveld building. The initiator, Leoke van Geffen , interviewed himself to tell you about the what and the why of the project. What made you decide to build this house on the Rietveld terrain? Leoke: "When I moved back to Amsterdam in September I was fed up with the fact that I…

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Annabel van Royen wins Rabo Photographic Portrait Talent 2019

The winner of the Rabo Photographic Portrait Talent 2019 is Annabel van Royen with the series (Self) Portrait of a young girl. ‘A series with a strong conceptual starting point, personally and literally on the skin of the models and the photographer', according to the jury rapport.

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Sybren Hellinga Kunstprijs 2019 for Vytautas Kumža

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New RietveldTV episode by Janna & Hilde Meeus: KEES MAAS ZEEF BAAS

A movie (or more a videoclip actually)by Janna & Hilde Meeus about Kees Maas, who ran the silkscreen workshop of the Gerrit Rietveld Academie for 23 years. With music by The Kewi’s, the band of Kees Maas and Willem Wisselink from the eighties. The movie was made as part of THE MODEST MASTER'S MESMERIZING SCREEN PRINT SHOP in THE PALACE OF TYPOGRAPHIC MASONRY. An exhibition of the work of Kees…

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Amsterdamprijs voor de Kunst for Aboozar Amini

Aboozar Amini  (1985, Afghanistan) won the  Amsterdamprijs voor de Kunst  for his documentary Kabul, City in the Wind. Aboozar Amini's combination of classical and conceptual cinema inspired the jury. 'His films give access to 'the other', and that is valuable in a city like Amsterdam with more than 160 different nationalities.' Aboozar Amini attended the Gerrit Rietveld Academie and obtained a…

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Overduinprijs 2019 for Fieke Ruitinga

Gerrit Rietveld alumnus Fieke Ruitinga wins the Overduinprijs 2019. Ever since 1992 this award goes to a promissing young designer on a yearly basis. This year it’s the third time the award by the Stichting Henk en Ria Overduinfonds goes to a Rietveld Academie-graduate. Fieke Ruitinga receives the award for her graduation piece 'Frameworks of Dwelling'. The jury praises the way her work zooms in…

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New RietveldTV episode by Poppy Paulus-Nicolas: Men Are Dogs

After the death of her much beloved partner, Willie is forced to fend for herself. Fortunately she has her 8 trusty sidekicks to help her weather through any storm. All good things must come to an end, and sadly enough, her sidekicks keep dying too. With only half of them left, Willie is forced to meditate on her relationship with the remaining ones. Men are Dogs was shot on location in east

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