Art Academy of Latvia
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Latvijas Mākslas akadēmija | |
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| Established | 1921 |
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| Rector | Kristaps Zariņš |
| Address | O.Kalpaka bulvāris 13 LV - 1050 , , |
| Website | http://www.lma.lv |
The Art Academy of Latvia (Latvian: Latvijas Mākslas akadēmija) is an institution of higher education and scientific research in art, located in Riga, Latvia. The neo-Gothic brick building is located on Krišjānis Valdemārs Street, next to the National Museum of Art.[1][2]
In autumn 2021, the LMA together with the University of Lapland in Finland plan to enrol students in the two-year international Master's programme "Service Design Strategies and Innovation". The study process will take place internationally both in Kuldīga and Rovaniemi, Finland.[3]
Organization
[edit]Faculties
[edit]The Academy has 5 faculties:[4]
- Faculty of Visual Arts (2D)
- Department of Painting
- Department of Graphic Art
- Department of Textile Art
- Department of Drawing
- Faculty of Visual Plastic Arts (3D)
- Department of Sculpture
- Department of Ceramics
- Department of Glass Art
- Faculty of Design
- Department of Functional Design
- Department of Environmental Art
- Department of Metal Design
- Department of Fashion Design
- Faculty of Audio-Visual Media Art
- Department of Visual Communication
- Department "Motion. Image. Sound"
- Department of Stage Design
- Faculty of Art History
- Department of Art History and Theory
- Department of Restoration
- Department of Humanities
Latgale Branch
[edit]The Academy has a branch in Latgale located in Rēzekne.
Notable alumni
[edit]- Arturs Akopjans - figurative and abstract artist
- Lidija Auza - assemblage and abstract artist
- Biruta Baumane - 2002 winner of the Baltic Assembly Prize for Literature, the Arts and Science
- Anšlavs Eglītis - novelist and author of short stories
- Sandra Kalniete - Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Commissioner and Member of the European Parliament
- Gunārs Lūsis - graphic designer responsible with Jānis Strupulis for the design of coinage of the post-Soviet edition of the lat
- Kārlis Padegs - expressionist painter
- Ināra Tetereva - philanthropist behind the Boris and Ināra Teterev fund, a Latvian patron of the arts
- Ēvī Upeniece - sculptor
Gallery
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Graduation photo of the Landscape Workshop in 1942. Seated in the middle of the front row is Professor Vilhelms Purvītis. To the left of him is Mārtiņš Krūmiņš. -
1995 stamp. -
Sculpture art outside the Academy. -
Dainas Skadmane's art installation "Vēja egle" next to the Art Academy of Latvia, Riga 2015.
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External links
[edit]- "Art Academy of Latvia site". Archived from the original on 2015-05-26. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
References
[edit]- ^ "OUR STORY". Archived from the original on 2014-02-26. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
- ^ Lana Kazlauskiene (27 August 2013). "Mākslas potenciāls Kuldīgā" (in Latvian). Diena (laikraksts). Retrieved 2015-04-16.
- ^ "Māksla / Diena". www.diena.lv. Retrieved 2023-08-17.
- ^ "Latvijas Mākslas akadēmija: Faculties". Archived from the original on 2015-05-26. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
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