Valand School of Fine Arts: Call for Applications

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Application deadline:
January 15, 2011
Valand School of Fine Arts founded in 1865 joined the University of Gothenburg in 1977.
visiting adress: Vasagatan 50 | mail adress: PO Box 132
SE 405 30 Göteborg, Sweden
tel +46 31 786 51 00 | fax +46 31 786 51 19
info@valand.gu.se | http://www.valand.gu.se
Valand School of Fine Arts
A progressive school with individual studio spaces and ample workshops, small student groups and an international teaching staff, Valand fosters a strong working relationship between individual students and staff whilst responding and contributing to developments in the international art world. A strong commitment to artistic research is present through artistic development projects of teaching staff; research fellows such as Terence Gower, Jesper Just and Maria Lind as well as the research program which is common to the Faculty of Fine, Applied and Performing Arts of the University of Gothenburg.
Application deadline: January 15, 2011
Masters in Fine Art 120 ECTS
The two-year program is process-based and individually flexible in the framework of the program. Students develop criticality in relation to their practices, choice of materials, method and interpretation; and a focus on the contexts of their art practice in contemporary, historical, political and cultural terms. A multi-disciplinary staff, together with courses and international projects gives the students the basis for careers in Sweden and abroad.
Education takes place both in Swedish and English.
INFO: http://www.valand.gu.se/english/education/master%27s_programmes/master_of_fine_arts/
C:Art Master´s Programme, 120 ECTS
C : Art is an international two-year masters program aimed at students committed to a contemporary, cross-disciplinary art practice challenging conventional assumptions of process and production.
Ideally situated within the University of Gothenburg our students study and practice across fields and disciplines, working directly with scientists and engineers, architects and designers, artists in performance and literature, and with the world-class industry located in Gothenburg.
Education takes place in English.
INFO: http://www.valand.gu.se/english/education/master%27s_programmes/c-art-master/
Independent Study Course, 60 ECTS
The Valand Independent Study Course (ISC) is geared towards recent graduates who want to develop their practise as well as gain experience through assistant teaching. As in other programs participants have the opportunity to join seminar and lectures on different levels from BA to Doctoral as well as
access to studios and workshops.
Education takes place both in Swedish and English.
INFO: http://www.valand.gu.se/english/education/Independent_courses/
Please join us Spring 2011 for research seminars!
PERFORMING THE CURATORIAL: A RESEARCH PROJECT OF MARIA LIND ON ”THE CURATORIAL” WITHIN AND BEYOND ART
Seminar II: Thursday 20 January, 2011, 13 -17.00 Showing showing: Archival practices and immaterial work. Lecture by Beatrice von Bismarck (Leipzig/Berlin), art historian, curator and director of the new Masters Programme, Cultures of the Curatorial, at the Academy of Visual Arts in Leipzig.
More info: http://www.valand.gu.se/english/current/calendar
Symposium: Saturday 5 March – Sunday 6 March, 2011. History, immateriality and mediation: How can we practice “the curatorial” today? Lecturers: Boris Buden (Zagreb/Berlin), philosopher and writer; Clementine Deliss (Frankfurt am Main), curator and director of the Weltkulturen Museum in Frankfurt; Helmut Draxler (Berlin), curator and Professor of Art Theory at the Merz-Akademie College of Design in Stuttgart; Eungie Joo (New York), Keith Haring Director and Curator of Education and Public Programs at the New Museum in New York; Marion von Osten (Berlin), artist, curator and writer.
More info: http://www.valand.gu.se/english/current/calendar
For reservations please contact johan.oberg@konst.gu.se http://www.science.gu.se/forskning/forskningsmiljoer/styrkeomraden/Kulturarv//
Photo: Göran Boardy
Valand Gallery Rotor I
Source:
http://www.valand.gu.se
http://artandeducation.net