This page collects useful information intended for our alumni. The aim is to provide support to the Rijksakademie community extending past the two year residency programme.
Feedback and suggestions?
alumni@rijksakademie.nl
Apart from Open Studios, we organise a number of public events during the residency year for which you are very welcome. And if you have an idea for an event, whether it's a lecture, a screening or a book presentation, let us know. via alumni@rijksakademie.nl Your ideas and input are very valuable and we would like to make things possible.
We are also organising alumni-events in different locations throughout the year, for instance at an opening of a biennale when many Rijksakademie artists are participating and visiting.
As an alum, you are a member of the library forever. No card, no membership fee, you can always drop in during opening hours (currently Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday from 10.00–17.00) to read or borrow books. If you want to use the book scanner in the reading room, please contact Marietta via library@rijksakademie.nl.
Do you need a letter of recommendation or a recent certificate of your working period at the Rijksakademie, please let us know via alumni@rijksakademie.nl
The technical workshops are accessible for alumni. If you would like to make use of the expertise of the specialists and/or the equipment, this is possible after consultation with the technical specialists. You pay a reduced fee for making use of the facilities and the advice of the specialists. Please contact alumni@rijksakademie.nl if you want to make use of one of the workshops.
In case you are teaching at an art school, we are happy to welcome you with your students for a tour (during the year and/or during Open Studios). Please let us know via alumni@rijksakademie.nl if you would like to plan a visit.
Your artist page on the website will of course continue to exist. If you want to add new images or text to the page, we would love that! You can do it yourself, or mail everything to alumni@rijksakademie.nl. We would also like to stay informed about your activities, so that we can add those to the list of exhibitions on the website.
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That’s why the Amsterdamse Bos invites creators to explore and reveal the unseen through the lens of art and research. Are you an artist, architect, designer, scientist, landscape designer, philosopher, or activist engaged with nature, ecology, climate, and the future of our planet? Then we would love to welcome you to this open call.
We welcome diverse approaches and perspectives, as long as the project, through research, establishes a meaningful connection with the Amsterdamse Bos and unveils a hidden aspect of its ecosystem.
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Amidst both optimistic expectations and dystopian concerns, discourse surrounding the intelligence age continues to unfold. Building upon the 2024 exploration of the relationships among artificial intelligence, humans, and non-humans, the ACC CREATORS 2025 Residency aims to critically examine the multifaceted social, cultural, and creative shifts emerging within the data-driven world and the imminent intelligence era.
Through the convergence of art, science, and technology, this year’s residency invites creators to imagine the future of the intelligence age and to explore the possibilities of a new epoch—one that envisions coexistence with a third form of intelligence.
Artist pairs or collectives (of up to three artists) working across different disciplines are invited to apply and spend two to three months living and working at Glenkeen Garden (West Cork, Ireland)
Kim? Contemporary Art Centre is excited to invite international artists, curators and writers to apply for its first ever short-term summer residency in Riga.
The residency will host two art professionals (artists, curators, writers, producers, etc.) simultaneously for a six-week period (1 June – 13 July / 17 July – 31 August), welcoming four residents in total over the course the summer.
The residency is designed to support ongoing artistic conversations and collaborations between the Latvian and international art communities. By offering a space for research, conversations, and shared experimentation, it hopes to facilitate connections that may evolve into significant, fully realised projects.
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The Embassy of the Netherlands in France is launching the open calls aimed at Dutch artists or artists based in The Netherlands for an art residency in France:A three-months art residency entirely subsidised by the Embassy at Villa Arson in Nice or CEAAC - Centre européen d'actions artistiques contemporaines in Strasbourg.
The Amarte Foundation was founded by a number of individuals and their families who share a deep love for the arts. They wish to support the development of creatives and talent in arts and culture by providing financial means and where possible coaching, knowledge and experience. Artists and cultural institutions can apply at Amarte for the support of projects in the field of theatre, film, music, visual arts and literature, as well as interdisciplinary projects.
Fonds Kwadraat offers talented artists and designers the opportunity to take out an interest-free loan of up to €8,000 to develop, create and present new work.
If you are an artist, curator or art observer interested in deepening your professional practice with a residency in the Netherlands or abroad, you may be eligible for one of the residencies offered by the Mondriaan Fund through the Residency grant.
The Niemeijer Fund supports the development of exceptionally talented artists mostly living and/or working in the Netherlands. The Niemeijer Fund wants to offer a stepping stone for talent. Examples include a scholarship to promote a master's degree, an artist-in-residency, a special art publication or the (co-)facilitation of a solo project that takes the artist further in his/her/their professional career. The applicant is expected to make his/her/their own financial contribution.
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Het Salon rents out studios, recording and rehearsal studios and big workspaces.