OPEN DAY 27 January 2017
10AM - 6PM
During the annual OPEN DAY on Friday 27 January 2017 all departments and workshops open their doors from 10AM to 6 PM to show all aspects of studying at the Rietveld.
We welcome you to walk around, ask the teachers and students questions and experience the atmosphere of the academy. During this day, you can find out what is next after successfully completing the Basicyear. It is also possible to have a second look at the Basicyear, the Preparatory year and the Orientation year.
Our part-time department DOGtime runs special opening hours: 2PM - 7.30PM.
You don't need to register to visit.
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How to get here?
Address
Gerrit Rietveld Academie,
Frederik Roeskestraat 96
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By public transport from central station in Amsterdam:
Tram 16, stop IJsbaanpad Bus 170, 172 stop IJsbaanpad Subway nr. 50, stop Amstelveenseweg see also www.9292ov.nl
By car
We advise you to come by public transport, due to construction, there are no parking spots.
Via A10, exit S 108 (Amstelveen). Turn right at the traffic light; the Frederik Roeskestraat 96 will be the first street on the right. See also www.routenet.nl.
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#meetthestudents: Emile Weisz, Basicyear
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"When I started I was 17 and it was just too young. I noticed it when I was stuck in the beginning of every assignment. I worked on ideas only because I thought it would impress the teachers, but only in size, not in concept. As if only hard work would be enough. I quit after half a year and went to America for 5 months. I was fed up with Rietveld but I was mainly angry with myself because it felt like giving up. I didn't want to have to do something anymore.
But after five months of almost doing nothing it started to itch again. I wanted to have a goal, I wanted to learn new things. It's important to have a goal for yourself.
When I came back home I applied again, but with a completely different mentality. I had confidence that something would come out of every assignment and told myself: ''trust that you can do something with whatever comes out of this.'' In the process of working you'll always find something you can be passionate about. The biggest difference in my mentality was to have faith in that process and start small. I found joy in researching and experimenting with materials and techniques instead of working towards an end result.
You have to let something happen and arise. You don't have to know what will happen eventually and where it will lead to." - Emile Weisz, 19, The Netherlands
Open day: Friday 27 January 2017
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OPEN DAY: Friday 27 January 2017
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10AM - 6PM
extra opening hours dogtime: 2PM - 7.30PM
During the annual OPEN DAY all departments and workshops open their doors to show all aspects of studying at the Rietveld.
More information
Facebook event
#meetthestudents: Ilona West, Basicyear
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"It’s almost impossible to finish something in the Basicyear, and when is something finished anyway? Is it finished when you decide it’s finished? In general you focus more on starting something. To start something, to get something out of your hands and then the process comes.
Sometimes I’m not even able to start, I guess that’s my biggest struggle right now. And then, well, the hardest part about studying anyway is to not discourage yourself by all the opinions of everyone, to not float away. You always have to stay honest to yourself." - Ilona West, 24, The Netherlands.
Open day: Friday 27 January 2017
More info
OPEN DAY: Friday 27 January 2017
Read more
10AM - 6PM
extra opening hours dogtime: 2PM - 7.30PM
During the annual OPEN DAY all departments and workshops open their doors to show all aspects of studying at the Rietveld.