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Tomi Ungerer Exhibition at the Art Academy of Latvia
The Art Academy of Latvia is pleased to announce that from 8 until 29 March it will host an exhibition of the renowned and award-winning French artist Tomi Ungerer. The exhibit will feature sixty artworks introducing the audience to the artist’s multifaceted works revealing his great talent as a graphic artist, the endless creativity and technical mastery. The items on display have travelled to Riga from the Tomi Ungerer Museum – International Centre for Illustration (Musée Tomi Ungerer-Centre international de l’Illustration) in Strasbourg.
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 Young Designer Exhibition "React!" (0 comments)
From 12 March until 12 April 2012 The Nordic Council of Ministers’ Office in Riga hosts young designer exhibition "React!" that in February was on show at the “Greenhouse” section of the “Stockholm Furniture Fair”. Stockholm Furniture Fair is the largest furniture show in the Nordic region, and the Faculty of Design of the Art Academy of Latvia had the honour to take part in it already for the seventh time. The exhibit “React!” set up by the Academy's students reveal how the young Latvian designers experience belonging to the traditional craftsmanship, how they perceive ethnography and national identity in a contemporary context.
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 Unique Paper Fashion Exhibition at “Galerija Centrs” (0 comments)
Shopping mall “Galerija Centrs” in the Old Town of Riga hosts a unique fashion design exhibition which features garments made of paper by the young fashion designers, students of the Art Academy of Latvia. The exhibition is on show from 8 until 25 March 2012.
The exhibition is the result of a competition that was announced among the Academy’s students in February 2012. The young designers were invited to submit their fashion design ideas to be executed in paper. The eleven best applicants who received a chance to create their designs and participate in the exhibition are: Sabīne Skarule, Andra Andžāne, Anete Krišjānova, Ludmila Kruglika, Simona Veilande, Sanita Simtniece, Evija Berga, Elīna Siliņa, Kristiāna Kalniņa, Zane Prokofjefa and Iveta Vilne.
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 Kalnciema District Hosts the Annual “Art Hunt” (0 comments)
With the spring approaching, the busy Kalnciema District in Riga hosts the annual “Art Hunt” – exhibit and sale of artworks by students of the Art Academy of Latvia. The exhibition will last from 3 until 31 March 2012. Everyone is kindly invited to attend it during the regular Saturday markets, as well as everyday opening hours.
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 Collection “Personality in the Processes of Art” (0 comments)
The Institute of Art History of the Art Academy of Latvia and „Neputns Publishers“ have issued a new collection “Personality in the Processes of Art” (edited by Kristiāna Ābele, initiated by Ruta Čaupova) within the series “Materials for Latvian Art History”. The collection has been published thanks to the support of State Culture Capital Foundation.
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 Young Artists are Sketching Life at the Parliament (0 comments)
The Art Academy of Latvia has embarked on a collaborative project with the Latvian Parliament – Saeima. Each Thursday the students of the Academy’s Department of Graphic Art will be attending Saeima’s sittings and sketching scenes of the Parliament’s daily life and portraits of the Members of Parliament.
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 Rector of the Art Academy of Latvia Prof. Aleksejs Naumovs – Erasmus Ambassador (0 comments)
Erasmus, the world's most successful student exchange programme, celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. To celebrate this significant anniversary, for a few days at the end of January and beginning of February representatives of the 33 participating countries will visit Brussels to mark the occasion and share experiences. Among the country representatives – Erasmus Ambassadors – is also Rector of the Art Academy of Latvia Prof. Aleksejs Naumovs.
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 Art Academy of Latvia Takes Part in the “Education Excellence Programme of the Boris and Ināra Teterev Foundation” (0 comments)
At the end of 2011 the Art Academy of Latvia and the Boris and Ināra Teterev Foundation signed a memorandum of co-operation that foresees the participation of the Acadmy in the "Education Excellence Programme of the Boris and Ināra Teterev Foundation".
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 Art Academy of Latvia Obtains Additional European Social Fund Support for its Doctoral Programme (0 comments)
Art Academy of Latvia is among the eleven higher education institutions which, having applied for the second round grants, obtained additional European Social Fund support for its doctoral programme.
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 Reconstruction of the Household Building Underway (0 comments)
On 19 May 2010 the Art Academy of Latvia signed an agreement with the State Education Development Agency regarding a project co-funded by the European Regional Development Foundation within the framework of the Development programme “Infrastructure and Services” 2007-2013.
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