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 plenty of activations and happenings throughout the day, including a shop, with current students selling their works; a full-day programme by Unsettling Rietveld/Sandberg with music and talks about DEI and community life with student groups such as Queer Nights and Black Joy Club; and a chance to check out the equipment and softwares available at the Medialab and other workshop and studio spaces.

At the Theory Stairs (FedLev Building), we are hosting 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

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

• 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

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

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

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