Foundation Years part-time

The DOGtime foundation period lasts two years. Students work on assignments individually or in class. You will then discuss these assignments with your classmates and lecturers, so that you can learn from one another. The two DOGtime foundation years have a progressive degree of difficulty. During this propaedeutic period you will encounter the various aspects of a discipline and discover the initial contours of your future as a professional artist or designer. The lesson programme is therefore aimed at giving you an intensive introduction to numerous views, concepts and methods of thinking, working and presenting, by means of theoretical or subject-specific assignments and subsequent class or individual discussions. This will create the foundation you need to be able to operate independently as an artist or designer. Each trimester is concluded with a DOGtime evaluation report and a public group exhibition.

Courses Offered

Drawing, Painting, Sculpture, Installation, Mixed Media

Study Structure

The first DOGtime foundation year

The first DOGtime foundation year consists of three lesson blocks, each focusing on a single aspect of a specialisation. The theory is integrated into this. The emphasis of the first year is on participation, collaboration, effort, research, experimentation, making choices and development. The subjects of the first year are: The Lab (Painting and Time-Based Arts) Sculpture, Unstable Media, Communication /Theory /Logbook and Drawing/Graphics. In the first DOGtime foundation year, lecturers work with a coordinating theme for each lesson block. The themes serve as a starting point for studying current interests and developments within art or cultural history and adopting new positions on them.

Second DOGtime foundation year

The emphasis of the second DOGtime foundation year is on reflection, deepening, development, independence and making choices. In DOGtime 2, the coordinating themes are replaced with two long-term projects. Art theory and theoretical reflection on art are taught in the second year.

After completing the DOGtime propaedeutic period, the student may choose to enrol in a full-time study programme in one of the departments, or the DOGtime programme Autonomous Fine Arts (FA) or Interaction Design – Unstable Media (ID-UM). Because the two propaedeutic years form a unit together, starting in the second year is only possible in exceptional cases.

Projects

In addition to visits to museums and galleries, an excursion abroad is organised during the second DOGtime foundation year. After each lesson block, a selection of your work will be made in consultation with your lecturers. This work will then be presented in one of the exhibition rooms of the Rietveld Academie. A public opening is part of such a presentation.

Theory

During the DOGtime foundation years, you will receive theoretical input from a number of lecturers, based on their own experience and insights. You will also attend formal lectures. The Studium Generale provides a general theoretical context concerning current themes in the contemporary international art world. The Studium Generale brings in prominent speakers from the Netherlands and abroad to give lectures. For more information, see Studium Generale