Gerrit Rietveld Academie
The Gerrit Rietveld Academie is a renowned Dutch art academy in Amsterdam. It is named after the Dutch architect and designer Gerrit Rietveld.
When subjects are offered, among others, Architectural Design, Fine Art, Design, Graphic Design, Layout, fashion, fabric design, photography, glass, ceramics, jewelry design, image and speech processing.
The Academy is very internationally oriented and more than 40 % of students come from outside the Netherlands.
Personalities
A well-known lecturer at the school is Martin Majoor.
Well-known graduates are Ben van Berkel, Robbert Dijkgraaf, Rineke Dijkstra, Ger van Elk, Peter Klashorst, Willem de Rooij, Wim T. Schippers, Alex van Warmerdam and Nicole Weegmann.