Interrelational Art Practices (iRAP)

Projects with impact

During your master’s, you will be involved with projects that combine working in research, education and industry. Through applied research you come up with innovative solutions for genuine societal issues. Below, you can find some examples of projects our master’s students engage in.

About this programme

In the iRAP programme, you will develop your own interrelational artistic practices and strategies in order to connect, to create involvement, and to find new possibilities for collaboration or participation. Interrelational art practices arise from different sources such as trauma-work, dance practices, political engagement, processing grief, cooking as comfort and resistance, fascination for materials and anger about climate change. Whether you are trained as a fashion designer, scenographer, film- or theater maker, painter or product designer, your practices are embedded in specific local contexts. 

Our students

In earlier years, our students have worked in a variety of environments: as an artist in the countryside of Friesland, as a scenographer in a church in Haarlem, as a photographer and filmmaker in an LGBTQI+ community in Groningen, or in a Maori village in New Zealand, as a painter in a community center in a deprived area, as a graphic designer in a home for elderly people, as a performer in night life bars in Rome and Berlin, as a painter in a refugee center, as an activist-teacher addressing climate change, as a performer-activist in a newly created nature reserve, and as an artist in joint cooking sessions with members of the Syrian diaspora in different places in Europe.  

These projects have addressed social or political inequality, the implosion of ecological systems, loneliness, the colonising and patriarchal powers of consumer society amusement, the disastrous effects of the fashion industry, and many more contemporary challenges that dominate the public spaces of Europe and beyond.  

Their works are fueled by the small fires of hope - in the words of Paolo Pasolini, they care for the “survival of the fireflies”. 

Application deadlines

For EU & non-EU applicants:
Round 1: Upload documents before 4 February 2024
Round 2: Upload documents before 1 April 2024

Only for EU applicants
Round 3: Upload documents before 16 June 2024 
Round 4: Upload documents before 18 August 2024 

Entry requirements

To be admitted you need in principle:

• A bachelor's degree/level: preferably in art (visual arts or design) or an equivalent previous education) for example, a university degree or diploma in a related area);
• Portfolio: documentation characterising your work well and giving a clear picture of your qualities as an artist;
• Language requirements for admission to programmes taught in English.
  The English language proficiency must be proved by submitting a test core from IELTS, TOEFL or Cambridge. 
  
  The minimum requirements are:
  International IELTS-test: overall score of at least 6.0 (maximum 2 sub scores of 5.5, average score of at least 6.0)
  International TOEFL-test:
  - Internet-based TOEFL: score of 80
  - Paper-based TOEFL: score of 550
  Cambridge:  FCE level C (169-172)

There are exemptions from submitting a language proficiency test:

• Prospective students who have obtained a diploma at an English-taught institution within the EER and who can prove that their prior education for which they obtained a diploma was full time English-taught. (A statement, signed and stamped, from the school, confirming that the medium of instruction and examination of the prior education was entirely in English).
• Prospective students whose prior education was English-taught and who obtained a diploma in the following countries: Australia, Canada (English speaking part), Ireland, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America.

Admission evaluation

When evaluating your suitability, the admissions committee will assess your theoretical skills and ability to use knowledge to deepen and enrich yourself as an artist. In the interview, you will discuss your work, motivation, bachelor's thesis and the importance of the theoretical component of the programme. The admissions committee is made up of theory experts and art professionals, including a practical lecturer, a theory lecturer, a student and the head of the Frank Mohr Institute.