talent programme
For over ten years, the Amsterdam Fund for the Arts (AFK) has supported young international artists through the 3Package Deal, providing a development budget, affordable housing and/or workspace, and access to a professional network. In collaboration with Bureau Broedplaatsen, AFK brings together coalitions of Amsterdam-based institutions across disciplines; these partner institutions select an artists and mentor them over the course of a year. The programme concludes with a final presentation during the International Art Talent Festival, which will take place in November this year.
The Rijksakademie has been a partner since 2023, and, in 2026, collaborates with W139 and the Stedelijk Museum on the selection and mentoring process for this programme. The selected artist is Rijksakademie alum Reyhan Lál.
Previous participants include artists and Rijksakademie alumni Ola Hassanain, Tewa Barnosa and Simnikiwe Buhlungu.
Within the context of AFK’s 3Package Deal, fifteen coalitions, consisting of leading Amsterdam institutions, select one participant per discipline. The coalitions choose artists based on surprising, compelling work as well as innovative research and production processes. They then provide guidance to the artists for an entire year and open up their networks, expertise and stages to them. Thanks to the 3Package Deal, the participants can fully focus in 2026 on the next step in their practice: creating new work or conducting research. In November, the participants will present their work during the International Art Talent Festival, the programme’s final event.
Film: Mei Liu, Fashion: Noukhey Forster, Self-taught: Priscilla ter Voert, Dance: Elisa Zuppini, Theatre: Femi van Elshuis, Visual Art I: Sterre Pomper, Visual Art II: Reyhan Lál, Engaged Art: Tumelo Mtimkhulu, Bio Art & Design: Luca Conte, Inter Historicity: Munganyende Hélène Christelle, Social Design: Savva Dudin, Urban Realm: Juan Felipe Amaya González, Publishing / Performance: Noor de Vries, Cabaret: Martijn van Arkel, Music: Dimitra Sofroniou
The Rijksakademie initiates projects and collaborates with other institutions in the Netherlands as well as globally.