The Rietveld Pavilion is a student run project space of the Gerrit Rietveld Academie and the Sandberg Instituut. The Pavilion provides a platform for students to experiment, to discuss and to learn by making use of the autonomous space. The aim of the Pavilion is to keep the space active and alive, and to bring students together to exchange ideas and to support them in collaborative projects. On the website you can find documentation of some previous projects realized in the Pavilion.
For the second half of this academic year, we are searching for several student curators during five periods in 2026:
Period 1: 2 – 14 February
Period 2: 2 – 14 March
Period 3: 7 – 11 April (SHORT)
Period 4: 20 – 25 April (SHORT)
Period 5: 11 – 23 May
Practical information
- Who can apply: Rietveld and Sandberg students, alone or together
- Deadline Call for applications: Tuesday 16 December
- Send as one pdf to: projects@rietveldacademie.nl attn. Rabea Ridlhammer
What we can offer:
- Production budget: 200€ for long, 100€ for short periods
- Photographic documentation of your project
- Supervision by Public & Projects
- Pavilion availability: All days during your period during opening hours of the academy
We would like to receive a plan (max. 1,5 A4, one pdf) from you with:
- Information about the curator(s) (name, department, year)
- Project title
- Project description
- Project image(s) / sketch
- Participants/collaborators
- Preferred + possible period(s) and exact duration of your project
- Description of the public programme(s) (we ask you to organise at least 1 public programme and/or opening)
- An explanation about why you would like to organise this specific project
- What you would like to achieve
- The (specific) audience
- Indication of how you are planning to spend the production budget
Selection commission:
Two employees of Public & Projects and one student will select the projects.
✏️ We look forward to receiving your proposals till Tuesday 16 December, 14h, please send them as a single pdf, titled with your full name to projects@rietveldacademie.nl attn. Rabea Ridlhammer.
Image: Pavilion project "The Plaza as a Place" by Macarena Magaña Villar (Critical Studies, Sandberg Instituut) and Lucía del Valle Ramirez (Photography, Gerrit Rietveld Academie), March 2025, photo by Javier Mars