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 Art Academy of Latvia Invites to its 75th Carnival "Good Evening, Ladies and Gentlemen!" (0 comments)
Jazz, blues & some sexy shoes… The Art Academy of Latvia is pleased to invite you to the 75th carnival, which will take place on 22 February 2013 at 8pm! It’s a legendary event that every year attracts several thousand visitors and features lots and lots of exciting performances. This year the theme is roaring twenties – young rebels, surrealists, wild spirits, joyous revellers, silent movie stars, cabaret dancers and wild-eyed American boys. Mark the date and join in!
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 Exhibition "Kaunas - Riga": Young Art From Lithuania (0 comments)
11 January 2013 - 2 February 2013, Great Hall of the Art Academy of Latvia
The Art Academy of Latvia is pleased to begin the new year with an exhibition from Lithuania. "Kaunas - Riga" is a group show, which features artworks by the students of the Kaunas Faculty of the Vilnius Academy of Arts. If sometimes it feels that we learn a lot about far-away lands and actually know very little about or closest neighbours, then this is the opportunity to fill the gap and discover what the young Lithuanian artists have been doing over the past few years and what is their chosen path in art and design.
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 Exhibition "Brederlo – von Sengbusch Art Award 2012" (0 comments)
12 October 2012 – 1 November 2012, Hall of the Art Academy of Latvia
As announced during the opening event of exhibition “Brederlo – von Sengbusch Art Award 2012” on 11 October 2012, the award this year goes to four students of the Art Academy of Latvia – Klāvs Loris (Department of Painting), Kristīne Rozenberga (Department of Graphic Art), Andris Maračkovskis and Elīna Vojevoda (both from the Department of Sculpture). Works by the award winners and their fellow students, who contended for the prize, are all on show in the “Brederlo – von Sengbusch Art Award 2012” exhibition at the Hall of the Art Academy of Latvia until 1 November 2012. The objective of the award is to recognize and support the most talented young artists studying at the Art Academy of Latvia.
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 Reconstruction of the Household Building of the Art Academy of Latvia Is Soon to be Completed (0 comments)
Art Academy of Latvia is pleased to inform that the reconstruction of its Household Building – a project co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund – is approaching the final stages.
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 Tomi Ungerer Exhibition at the Art Academy of Latvia (0 comments)
The Art Academy of Latvia is pleased to announce that from 8 until 29 March 2012 it hosts 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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 Erasmus 25th anniversary Facebook competition (0 comments)
Ever been on an Erasmus exchange? Did it change your life? Tell us about it – and you could win a tablet pc. We're looking for funny, exciting or moving stories (preferably in English), in any format, whether text, photo or video. The competition's our way of celebrating the 25th birthday of the Erasmus programme this year. The Youth on the Move team will shortlist the top 10 entries, then Facebook users will vote to choose the three prize-winners, which will also be published on the Youth on the Move website.
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 Logotype Competition Successfully Concluded (0 comments)
The Embassy of Israel in cooperation with the Art Academy of Latvia and with kind support of the company “airBaltic” earlier this year announced a competition among the students of the Academy on creation of logos dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the diplomatic relations between Israel – Latvia and Israel – Lithuania. Upon the decision of the Jury Aija Baumane, 2nd year Master degree student of the Department of Visual Communication, was announced as the winner.
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 Young Masters Art Prize 2012. Apply Now! (0 comments)
The Young Masters Art Prize 2012 has officially opened for submissions. Deadline: 30 April 2012.
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 Nida Art Colony Accepts Residency Applications and Proposals for Inter-Format Symposium (0 comments)
Nida Art Colony invites artists, designers, architects, curators, and art researchers to meet the coming summer and autumn on the Baltic Sea coast in the Curonian Spit National Park. The Colony was opened in March 2011 as a new branch of the Vilnius Academy of Arts (Lithuania). Deadline for residency applications is 15 February 2012 and for inter-format symposium - 31 March 2012.
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 Leica Oskar Barnack Newcomer Award 2012 (0 comments)
The “Leica Oskar Barnack Newcomer Award” competition is open to any (prospective) professional photographer aged 25 or under at the time of entering. To take part, participants must send in a series of photographs taken in 2011 or 2012 or long-term projects containing at least one photo from 2011 or 2012. Only one entry per photographer is accepted.
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 15th International Mediterranean Youth Festival (0 comments)
Akdeniz University, being one of the foremost universities in Turkey, every spring welcomes young people of the world to participate in a display of art, culture and youth. This year being no exception, the University is looking forward to an even more spectacular celebration of the sights, sounds and flavours of their homelands brought to Antalya by the Festival’s talented guests.
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 BKV-Prize 2012 for Young Applied Arts (0 comments)
Bavarian Crafts Council (Bayerischer Kunstgewerbe-Verein e.V.) invites everyone interested to participate in the competition “BKV-Prize 2012 for Young Applied Arts”. The competition is aimed specifically at young artisans who have completed their professional training and are beginning their careers.
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 Tallinn 6th Applied Art Triennial. Open Call for Artists (0 comments)
Tallinn 6th Applied Art Triennial, which will take place in 2012, announces open call for artists. This year the theme and concept of the triennial is “The Art of Collecting”, curated by Swedish art critic and curator Love Jönsson.
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The triennial is international with no geographical restrictions. It is open to both professionals and university students. The artist must hold the copyright to his or her own work, and the work may not have been created under an academic supervisor. The exhibition will take place from 23 November 2012 through 3 February 2012 at the Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design, Tallinn, Estonia.
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 1st International Scientific and Practical Conference “Art and Music in Cultural Discourse” to Take Place in Rēzekne (0 comments)
The 1st International Scientific and Practical Conference “Art and Music in Cultural Discourse” has been announced. The conference will take place in Rēzekne from 28 until 30 September 2012. Registration is open until 6 February 2012.
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 Call to Participate in an International Young Researchers’ and Students’ Conference (0 comments)
From 17 until 19 May 2012 Riga and Rezekne will host II International Young Researcher‘s and Students‘ Scientific and Practical Conference "Time Challenges and Possibilities: Problems, Development and Perspectives". Registration of the conference participants till 22 February 2012.
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 Annual Awards of the Student Union of Latvia Have Been Presented! (0 comments)
On Saturday, 7 January 2012, the Student Union of Latvia held its annual awards ceremony to recognize the most remarkable and distinguished people and events that made the year 2011 memorable. Art Academy of Latvia along its colleagues was nominated in three categories and received the award in two of them.
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 Annual Charity Fair "Jarmarka" 2011 (0 comments)
The annual exhibition-fair-charity event "Jarmarka", which in December 2011 took place at the Art Academy of Latvia already for the ninth time, has been successfully concluded. It is a large-scale event that every December assembles together several hundred students of the Art Academy of Latvia who are exhibiting and offering for sale their study works. The historic venue is bustling with energy, the scent of oil paint pleasantly lingers in the air and the Great Hall of the Academy is filled with thousands of artworks. Both local and foreign visitors are invited to come by to discover new talents, purchase their works or simply browse through and get acquainted with the styles and approaches of the young artists. This year the event featured more than 14'500 study works by 302 Academy's students. Almost 5600 of the works were sold and have found new home either in Latvia or abroad. We're looking forward to December 2012 when "Jarmarka" will be celebrating its 10th anniversary!
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 “SEB Contest in Painting 2011” Won by Elza Sīle (0 comments)
The annual "SEB Contest in Painting - TALENT PAYS OFF" which is organized by SEB Bank and the Art Academy of Latvia this year was won by Ms Elza Sīle, student at the Department of Painting. The winner was announced on 7 December 2011 during the closing ceremony of the exhibition which featured works of all the contestants and was on show at the Art Academy of Latvia from 15 November until 7 December 2011. Ms Elza Sīle, who was awarded the prize for her work "S_p34", receives a stipend of 1200.00 LVL and a chance to participate in an art workshop in one of the member states of the European Union.
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