30 Jan

Sandberg Instituut Open Day 2026

We are pleased to invite you to the Rietveld Academie and Sandberg Instituut Open Day taking place on Friday, January 30 2026. The open day is your chance to visit the entire campus, meet staff and current students, join a guided tour, and check out the workshops, facilities, and department spaces of both the BA and MA programmes.

“Open Day” is handwritten in pencil against a bright green background. It advertises the open day of the Sandberg Instituut on 30 January 2026. Written by Benito (Brazil, Fine Arts)

About

Visitors interested in master's programmes are welcome to visit the studios of the main departments: Critical Studies, Design, Dirty Art Department, Fine Arts, and Studio for Immediate Spaces; current temporary programmes Lumbung Practice and Monstrous Futurities; and learn about our new temporary programme, Phantom Scores.

There will be guided tours and plenty of activations throughout the day, including a shop, with current students selling their works, as well as live presentations and talks about the different courses and things happening in the school.

For those joining remotely, these presentations will be live-streamed and recorded. The live-stream will be broadcast from this platform (open.sandberg.nl), and the online Q&As can be joined by clicking the links in the timetable below. Scroll down to view the full programme.


Please note that opening hours differ:

  • Rietveld Academie : 10:00–16:00
  • Sandberg Instituut: 14:00–19:00
  • DOGtime (part-time BA): 14:00–19:00

To stay up to date with the Rietveld Academie day programme (bachelor's students only) visit rietveldacademie.nl

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Welcome with Director Ruby Hoette

Watch livestream

Talk by Eva Posas (director)

Watch livestream

Phantom Scores

Talk by Judith Leysner (director) & Yaima Carrazana (coordinator). Performance by Vishaka Bianca & Alicja Mackiewicz

Watch livestream

Fine Arts

Talk by Ludwig Engel (co-director)

Watch livestream

Studio for Immediate Spaces

Presentation by Unsettling

Watch livestream

Unsettling

Break

Marc Redele and Gervaise Alexis Savvias

Watch livestream

Rietveld Sandberg Research

Readings by students

Watch livestream

Critical Studies

Talk by Anja Groten (director)

Watch livestream

Design

Talk by Jerszy Seymour (co-director)

Watch livestream

Dirty Art Department

Online Q&A with students

Join

Fine Arts

Online Q&A Session with Judith Leysner (director)

Join

Fine Arts

Online Q&A Session

Join

Studio for Immediate Spaces

Online Q&A Session

Join

Unsettling

Admissions Q&A (online)

Join

Online Q&A Session

Join

Critical Studies

Online Q&A Session

Join

Design

Online Q&A Session

Join

Dirty Art Department

Online Q&A with students

Join

Fine Arts

Online Q&A Session with Ruby Hoette

Join

Online Q&A Session

Join

Phantom Scores

Online Q&A with students

Join

Fine Arts

Online Q&A with students

Join

Fine Arts

Online Q&A with students

Join

Fine Arts

Instagram Live Tour of Sandberg

Shop: Rietveld & Sandberg

Design Open Studio: vibes + ping pong + drinks

Design

Live Activation

Monstrous Futurities

Guided Tour

Guided Tour

Guided Tour

Guided Tour

Guided Tour

Exhibition by SIS

Studio for Immediate Spaces

Register your attendance

Are you planning to attend the open day, either in-person or remotely? Please sign up here.

Apply Now

Applications for the forthcoming academic year at Sandberg Instituut are now being accepted for five main departments–Critical Studies, Design, Dirty Art Department, Fine Arts, and Studio for Immediate Spaces–and one new Temporary Programme, Phantom Scores

The deadline to apply is 1 April 2026. For more information about applications, visit sandberg.nl/apply-now

Accessibility Notes

  • Real-time speech-to-text captions will be provided during the live presentations.
  • The majority of our spaces are wheelchair accessible with ramps and lifts.
  • There are disabled parking spots available on Fred. Roeskestraat.
  • Read about the accessibility of our buildings at rietveldacademie.nl/accessibility
  • Should you need additional assistance on the day, please contact us at facilities@rietveldacademie.nl

About Sandberg Instituut

As the postgraduate programme of the Gerrit Rietveld Academie, the Sandberg Instituut offers master's degrees in Fine Arts & Design and Interior Architecture through the main (permanent) departments of Critical Studies, Design, Dirty Art Department, Fine Arts, and Studio for Immediate Spaces. In addition, each year a new Temporary Programme is launched reflecting on a specific urgency or theme in society and the arts.

Through all its departments, Sandberg Instituut aims to expand and deepen the practices of artists and designers while also welcoming students with backgrounds in other fields and disciplines. It offers a uniquely small-scale, open and interdisciplinary environment which nurtures critical inquiry and reflection intertwined with diverse and experimental approaches to practice.

Address: Fred. Roeskestraat 98, 1076 ED, Amsterdam.

www.sandberg.nl

Credits

Open Day campaign concept & design by Anja Aurand, Ivo Blackwood, Manu Linder, and Velko Kalchev - BA, Graphic Design

Website design by Correspondence (Lukas Engelhardt & Justus Gelberg)

Web development by Robin van de Griend

Image ID: “Open Day” is handwritten in pencil against a bright green background. It advertises the open day of the Sandberg Instituut on 30 January 2026. Written by Benito (Brazil, Fine Arts)