This year the Piet Zwart Institute Masters courses will offer programming intended to provide year-2 students with practical knowledge for their current and future professional practices. Each month, we’ll offer workshops that provide resources for transitioning from school to the professional realm and insights into practical issues faced by artists and designers. The program includes range of info sessions, visits, and talks, each relating to research, funding bodies, artist and designer initiatives, residencies and post academic institutions, work and life in the Netherlands, and community. In these sessions you’ll gain insights and strategies to apply to funding applications, residency opportunities, finances, and other practicalities. Practical knowledge will be complemented by visits with practicing artists and designers engaging in discussions relevant to fields of research and practice and excursions will connect students with the broader creative fabric and network of Rotterdam and the Netherlands.
2025 Professional Practices sessions
– Wednesday April 23rd: DutchCulture I TransArtists workshop on artist residencies by Lotte Geeven – 16h-18h in the Big Project Space WH.04.316
– Tuesday 13 May: Writing for funding workshop by Salvador Miranda – 11h-13h in the MEiA classroom WH.4.141
– Thursday 15 May: Work and life in the Netherlands after graduation: visas & starting a business – information session by Angela Poot and Cora Santjer – 11h-12h in the Aquarium WH.4.115
– Friday 16 May: PhD doctoral study possibilities for PZI Masters graduates workshop by Florian Cramer and Aymeric Mansoux – 12h-14h in the Aquarium WH.4.115
Image by Paulina Sycha