Bergen National Academy of the Arts
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Visual arts
The visual arts are art forms that create works which are primarily visual in nature, such as ceramics, drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, design, crafts, and often modern visual arts and architecture...
and design
Design
Design as a noun informally refers to a plan or convention for the construction of an object or a system while “to design” refers to making this plan...
in Norway
Norway
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. It is located in Bergen
Bergen
Bergen is the second largest city in Norway with a population of as of , . Bergen is the administrative centre of Hordaland county. Greater Bergen or Bergen Metropolitan Area as defined by Statistics Norway, has a population of as of , ....
, Norway.
History
Art education has long traditions in Bergen, as the first school of art was established here in 1772, modelled on the Academy of Art in Copenhagen. The present college, Kunsthøgskolen in Bergen, is a fairly new institution which in 1996 merged two former institutions; Vestlandets kunstakademi which had been founded in 1972 and Statens høgskole for kunsthåndverk og design which dated to 1909.The institution is currently spread across several buildings at two different campuses. Authorities have promised a new collage building for this purpose, and the architectural group Snøhetta have been assigned to develop the project. Originally planned for 2009, the concept has been redrawn to meet budget demands from the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research
Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research
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. The planned date for completion is 2013 (proposed).
Library
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search system used by higher education institutions in Norway. One of the libraries is located in Marken 34, next to the main building. The other library is in C. Sundtssgate 53 with the Dept of Fine Arts.
Location
Bergen National Academy of the Arts is currently located in five different buildings in the center of Bergen. The main building and reception area is in Strømgaten 1, just across from the Bergen Railway Station. In the vicinity of the main building (around the pedestrian street Marken) are two buildings shared by the Department of Design and the Department of Specialised Art; Marken 37 and Marken 34. There are also workshops and classrooms in Kong Oscarsgate 62. The Department of Fine Art is located in C. Sundtsgate 53 at Nordnes.Departments
KHiB has three departments: Department of Fine Art, Department of Design and Department of Specialized Art. There are 300 students and around 100 staff members. A range of continuing education courses are available. Students can take a three-year Bachelor degree and a two-year Master degree in the following areas:- Visual Art
- Interior Architecture
- Furniture Design
- Room Design
- Visual Communications
- Photography
- Printmaking
- Ceramics
- Textiles
Department of Design
Department of Design offers students BA and MA degrees in Visual Communication, and Furniture- and Spatial Design/Interior Architecture.- Visual communication is written communication (typography), visual communication (illustration in a wider sense) and interactive communication (from web design to various forms of interactive design), for print and digital media, both static and dynamic.
- Furniture- and Spatial Design/Interior Architecture is about creating spatial solutions and constructions for open and enclosed public and private spaces. Students design furniture and other items for industrial manufacture as well as various fixed/movable items related to rooms and their functions. Another part of the program concerns exhibition and museum design.
Department of Specialized Art
Studies at the Department of Specialized Art address the wide field of what traditionally is called visual and applied art. In the view of the department it is essential – and a challenge – to operate in this highly charged area where distinguishing boundaries are neither settled nor sealed. Specialization refers to the approach within a discipline or subject area, not to the particular means of artistic expression, the art object or work.What sets the department apart then is specialization in a given area along with the emphasis on practical work, approaches and techniques.
The Department contains four Subject Areas:
- Photography
- Printmaking
- Ceramics
- Textiles
The strength these subject areas comes from drawing on theory and traditional and modern techniques to inform students’ individual assignments, providing a pathway to higher artistic proficiency.
Department of Fine Art
Art is a dynamic and innovative field of activity and study, also in terms of the media, materials and critical debate. Dept of Fine Art offers programs in two-dimensional and three-dimensional visual art, electronic media and performance art. We encourage fearless discussion of tendencies and changes in the contemporary art scene, culture and wider society.