The Gerrit Rietveld Academie started a preparatory course in Aruba.
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In consultation with the government of Aruba, the Gerrit Rietveld Academie has decided to open an Academy for Fine Arts and Design on Aruba in October 2012.

The curriculum will be aligned to the Bachelor programme as it is taught in the Netherlands. However, the Gerrit Rietveld Academie Aruba will have its own unique Caribbean character and is aiming to take up a prominent position in Aruban society.

The Gerrit Rietveld Academie expects this new institute will enable it to play an important role in the development of fine arts and design in the Caribbean region and the Americas.

The goal of the Gerrit Rietveld Academie Aruba is to train talented young people in the arts in such a way that they can work independently in the fields of Fine Arts and Design. It intends its graduates to be able to produce their own work and to be trend-setters in their chosen field.

The Gerrit Rietveld Academie Amsterdam offers two Bachelor programmes (Bachelor of Fine Arts and Bachelor of Design) and four Master programmes (Master of Fine Arts, Master of Applied Arts, Master of Graphic Design and Master of Interior Architecture). The institute on Aruba will initially offer one Bachelor programme, with the possibility of Master programmes being added at a later date.

Admission to the Gerrit Rietveld Academie Aruba

The admission procedure for students wishing to enter the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in October 2012 will take place in June 2012. Candidates will be expected to show a portfolio containing a range of their work. The Gerrit Rietveld Academie Aruba is offering a preparatory course to help interested candidates build up a portfolio.

More information: > Preparatory course Aruba

ONDER ANDEREN…

alumni Fashion Department

‘Onder Anderen…’ shows a handpicked selection of alumni of the Fashion Department of Gerrit Rietveld Academie. In doing so it represents the vision of the department over the last 20 years.

The works of former students of the Rietveld will be presented in an installation designed by X + L and vary from applied pieces to autonomous designs. ‘Onder Anderen…’ tells us that fashion at the Rietveld is all about an open minded and experimental approach, within a context suitable for the individual talent and interest.

Curator is Niels Klavers, head of the Fashion Department of the Gerrit Rietveld Academie.

Participating designers: Joff (Joffrey Moolhuizen), Dimitry Frenko Krul, And Beyond (Jolanda van den Broek & Brigitte Hendrix), Kevin Power, Pablo Londono Sarria, Brown Clothes (Melanie Brown), Felix & Mumford (Claire Fons), Corné Gabriëls, Klavers van Engelen (Niels Klavers & Astrid van Engelen), Ado Les Scents (Hyun Yeu), Franciscus van der Meer, Soepboer & Stooker (Berber Soepboer & Anne Stooker), Thera Hillenaar, Elisa Van Joolen (voorheen Elisa Marchesini 2006 - 2011), Emmeline de Mooij, Freudenthal/Verhagen (Carmen Freudenthal & Elle Verhagen), Victor de Bie, Wojciech Dziedzic.

Special thanks to Nicky den Breejen, all participating designers and all the people involved in this project.

&Foam (Vijzelstraat 78, 1017 HL Amsterdam)
Opening: Thursday 26 January 17.30
Period: 27 January - mid April

This exhibition takes place in the context of winterSALON/2012 in kind collaboration with &Foam.

&Foam

Mon. + Sun. 12.00-18.00 / Thuesday - Wednesday, Fri. - Sat. 10.00-18.00 / Thursday 10.00-21.00

&Foam, the latest initiative of Foam, is a unique store where photography magazines, books, prints and more are for sale. &Foam will be quarterly exciting new forms of cooperation with partners at the intersection of photography and other disciplines. Starting with Fashion &Foam, followed by Music &Foam, Design &Foam and Film &Foam.

The new concept store opens with a special combination of photography and fashion. The range will obviously show many photography books, such as fashion photographer Terry Richardson, Hedi Slimane and Richard Avedon.

winterSALON/2012

21 jan - 5 feb 2012, daily 12-5pm Passe-partout ticket a 15,- euro at the SALON/locations
SALON/ is an initiative that creates a crossover experience to inspire and instigate a discussion and dialogue between art, design and fashion. SALON/ initiates both an offline and an online platform to endorse artists and designers and to generate a reflection. Our events take place at various locations in Amsterdam, over a number of days whereby visitors can experience the creative works of both well-known and emerging artists/designers in different contexts, so creating a dynamic, interactive and social event.

Exposition of the departement Fashion in the Public Rietveld Project Space (Benthem Crouwel building, ground floor) till March 1

opening January 19th, 05.00 pm

Gerrit Rietveld Academie designs its own new building

Under the motto ‘Gerrit&Willem Do-It-Yourself’, the Gerrit Rietveld Academie and the (Willem) Sandberg Institute have started the process of designing of a new building, conceived by the academy itself. The Executive Board is convinced that the talent to be found in the academy's own community offers the best basis for creating a building that can meet the needs of professional art education in the future.

The decision to launch this progressive new building project was triggered by a lack of space and the desire to bring together all teaching activities in a single location. Students, lecturers and alumni were invited to form teams and submit a design proposal. On Thursday 26 January, an expert judging panel and the whole Rietveld community were unanimous in their selection of the winning design. The winning team FedLev consists of two lecturers (who are also alumni) and two students at the academy. The design of the third building in Amsterdam's Fred. Roeskestraat will be developed in the coming months. The new building is scheduled to open in September 2014.

Thanks to the project, Gerrit and Willem will literally be writing their own history.

Gerrit&Willem Do-It-Yourself

Gerrit & Willem Do It Yourself is an innovative project that involves the Gerrit Rietveld Academie and the Sandberg Institute turning to their own community in search of a design vision for a new building for teaching purposes. In doing so, the academy is remaining faithful to its own vision of education. The basic principles are to maximize the use of the qualities and skills present within the Rietveld and Sandberg community and offer space for experimentation on all fronts.

Students, alumni, lecturers and staff were invited to form teams and devise a design proposal. Around 20 teams entered the first round. Of these, six were shortlisted and these teams produced a sketch design in the past two months. In the process, the mostly inexperienced design teams were supported by independent architects who were asked to help develop the design teams' ideas. Consultations were also organised with advisers specialising in building technology, construction costs, regulations, sustainability and process management.

These were the six topics that were scrutinised on Thursday, 26 January 2012, by a judging panel made up of the Executive Board and management and assisted by external experts including Malcolm Smith (Zuidas supervisor). The academy community was also asked to indicate its preference. The winning team, which operates under the name Fedlev, consists of lecturer Paulien Bremmer (NL, 1968), lecturer Maze de Boer (NL, 1976), Graphic Design student Luca Carboni (It, 1986) and Architectural Design student Sandra Stanionyte (Lit, 1986).

The winning sketch design and the designs submitted by other entrants can be seen at www.rietveldacademie.nl/nl/Gerrit-Willem-Do-It-Yourself

The Do-It-Yourself principle was applied to all aspects of the process. For example, students and alumni from the graphic design and VAV departments created project newsletters, posters and video documentaries of the process. Available talent was also involved in development and realisation as far as possible.

In the coming months, the winning design will be developed into an Extended Preliminary Design. The plan is then set to be put out to tender as a Design & Build project with the aim of entering into a contractual partnership that ensures that the focus on and space for quality is maintained.

Click here to see the winning concept by team Fedlev and to read all about their plans and the plans of the other teams involved in the competition

With Surface Research, artist Henri Jacobs presents his visual and practice-based research into the properties of the surface. (Re)using and modifying the picture plane plays a vital part in the creation of an image.
Jacobs deploys two strategies in this process: the palimpsest and iconoclasm. In a continuous process of scratching out and overwriting the surface becomes a fine mesh of traces that can serve as material. Moreover, the material destruction of an image can also lead to the creation of a new one. Surface Research thus demonstrates that destruction can be a form of creation.

The Rietveld Research Residency is a joint initiative of the Gerrit Rietveld Academie and the Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture that offers artists and designers the opportunity to focus on a research project.

Surface Research - Henri Jacobs

Opening: 15 januari, 16 uur

15 januari – 19 februari 2011

Nieuw Dakota, Amsterdam

Curator: Alexandra Landré

With Surface Research, artist Henri Jacobs presents his visual and practice-based research into the properties of the surface. (Re)using and modifying the picture plane plays a vital part in the creation of an image.
Jacobs deploys two strategies in this process: the palimpsest and iconoclasm. In a continuous process of scratching out and overwriting the surface becomes a fine mesh of traces that can serve as material. Moreover, the material destruction of an image can also lead to the creation of a new one. Surface Research thus demonstrates that destruction can be a form of creation.

The Rietveld Research Residency is a joint initiative of the Gerrit Rietveld Academie and the Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture that offers artists and designers the opportunity to focus on a research project.

Surface Research - Henri Jacobs

Opening: 15 januari, 16 uur

15 januari – 19 februari 2011

Nieuw Dakota, Amsterdam

Curator: Alexandra Landré

The Sandberg Institute, Masters of the the Gerrit Rietveld Academy offers master programmes in Fine Arts, Applied Arts, Design, Interior Architecture and Vacant NL

Open Day, February 16 2012

more information: www.sandberg.nl

Coming up!

Saturday 4 February 2012

23.39 PM on Amsterdam Broadcasting Service AT5

The next Rietveld TV episode.

Starring:
Angelo van de Wiel
Fleur Boonman
&
"The most talented student in school"
Made by Dorel Gillerman

Gerrit Rietveld Academie and Oude Kerk Amsterdam present:

OMG

From Friday 20 January until Sunday 5 February 2012, students from the Gerrit Rietveld Academie will be presenting their work in the Old Church (Oude Kerk) in Amsterdam in an exhibition entitled ‘OMG’. In an ice-cold church in one of the city's hottest districts, ‘OMG’ will provide visitors with a unique glimpse into the world of the Gerrit Rietveld Academie. While the exhibition is running, the Old Church will continue to provide its usual religious services. In presenting this exhibition, the students of the Gerrit Rietveld Academie are demonstrating that, even in 2012, traditional and new ideas can go hand in hand in a 12th-century Protestant church.

As well as providing the public with an inside view of the Gerrit Rietveld Academie, ‘OMG’ is also offering a different perspective on Amsterdam's oldest church. Sculptures, performances, installations, videos and paintings will be presented in the most unexpected, curious and Christian locations. The students will be gaining one of their first experiences of creating an exhibition and everything that this involves.

‘OMG’ will be officially opened by NRC columnist Joyce Roodnat at 17.00 on Friday, 20 January 2012.

On Sunday, 23 January 2012, students will be providing special guided tours to churchgoers. The guided tours will begin immediately after the Sunday service.

The exhibition will run until 5 February 2012.

OMG

20 January until 5 February 2012

Opening times:

Monday to Saturday, 11.00 to 17.00

Sunday 13.00 to 17.00

Entrance: 5 euros, free to museum card holders

See also www.oudekerk.nl

Video/poster by Charlie Bakker

pictures/video's from former years: Rietveld in the Oude Kerk

The book Heartbeat Iran of Paul van den Berg can be ordered at the Rietveld Academie for € 29,--:
contact:
Rieneke van den Broek, secretariaatcvb@grac.nl, tel.: 020 57 11 671
or
Dorinde de Tempe, dorinde@hetnet.nl, tel.: 06 240 90 555

Hearbeat Iran can be bought also at the better bookshops in Amsterdam.
ISBN 978-90-9024508-9