Best Educational Programs: APPLIED DECORATIVE ART AND FOLK CRAFTS

CHUVARGINA, Nina Pavlovna

Director of the Institute

 

Programme presentation. Within the framework of the specialty “Applied Decorative Art and Folk Crafts” the Ural State Academy of Architecture and Arts trains bachelors in “Metal Art”, “Ceramic Art”, and “Weaving Art”. The duration of training is 4 years. The programme includes lecture courses, seminars, course projects, which include interactive projects, active practical classes, and master-classes of the leading specialists of the industry.

The Institute trains specialists in the sphere of applied decorative art and folk crafts with creative thinking and practical skills, who are ready to work in the competitive environment of the labour market for achieving financial stability and effective performance.

Students study work of arts of different application: items and products of cultural and general purpose, decorative plastic arts, decorative interior design.

Major departments are equipped with special-purpose classrooms and workshops.

Teaching staff. Training is performed by highly qualified specialists: honoured painters of the Russian Federation, members of the Architects’ Union of the Russian Federation, the Painters’ Union of the Russian Federation, the Designers’ Union of the Russian Federation, laureates and award winners of international and national competitions, festivals and expos, practicing painters, designers and architects.

Competitiveness of students. The highest quality of training is proved by numerous awards of prestigious national and international festivals and competitions: international review competition of the best theses works of graduates 2013 in architecture and de-sign, international review competition of applied decorative and monumental art, inter-national jewellery economic forum and others.

Interaction with employers. Students and graduates of the Department actively co-operate with specialized companies: LLC “Sherp”, LLC “Tavolga Ceramics”, JSC “Skopin Art Pottery”.