Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig

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The College of Fine Arts in Braunschweig ( Braunschweig University ) is an art school founded in 1963 in Braunschweig.

History

The history of the College of Fine Arts in Braunschweig began in 1790: Johann Carl Kahnt founded on behalf of Duke Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand an architectural and technical drawing institute. After the closure of the lesson was taken from Braunschweig's trade association, which under the leadership of John Selenka called the "Drawing Institute " into being in 1841. For this character Institute has developed later through various stations, the state-recognized urban artisans arts and crafts school, and shortly thereafter the Master School of Craftsmen.

The actual precursor of HBK was the Academy of Fine Arts ( SHFBK ), which emerged in 1963 from the municipal art school in Brunswick. In 1978, from the SHBFK the Academy of Fine Arts ( HBK ). Even the SHFBK was assimilated to scientific universities in the country since 1972 and was incorporated a few years later as an artistic and scientific university in the Lower Saxony Higher Education Act; it has since the doctoral and postdoctoral law. Connected with this recognition was a human and spatial extension of the university. 1984, the award-winning new building in Braunschweig architect Kraemer, Sieverts & Partner was inaugurated a few years later a multi-storey former factory building was purchased, where many of the artistic classes and studios are housed generous. As for the time being final addition of the college campus, the extension of the library parts of the degraded Mexican Pavilion at the EXPO 2000 is coming to a design by architect Ricardo Legorreta it.

At the HBK are currently around 1,200 students in the courses of study Media Studies (BA, MA), Liberal Arts (diploma, master student ), Communication Design (BA ), Communication Arts (MA), Industrial Design (BA ), Industrial Design / Transportation Design (MA ), Art Education ( discontinued), KUNST.Lehramt (BA, M.Ed. ), art history (BA, MA ) and Role Play (BA, M.Ed. ) enrolled.

Organization

The university is an institution of the country at the same time a public corporation. She has a presidential constitution. The HBK Braunschweig is not organized in the traditional sense in faculties. The special feature of HBK is that the duties of a Faculty Council are perceived by the Senate, the Dean's Office function by the Bureau. To the ability to work well - to ensure forces within the teaching and faculty body the HBK Braunschweig, were on a plane within the Senate and Presidency all programs represented at the HBK by university teachers assigned via the corresponding preparations of the Senate and Presidency Decisions total of three groups of subjects. Corresponding functional commissions of the degree programs that integrate into three groups of subjects were formed. Decisions are consolidated and coordinated by Senate elections within the meetings with the representatives of the respective commissions. These commissions are assigned tasks in accordance with the regulations for faculties or deaneries:

  • Commission ( FK ) I Free Art
  • Commission (FC ) II design
  • Commission (FC ) III art history, media studies

Exist at the Academy of Fine Arts currently following scientific institutions (institutes ):

  • Institute of Media Research ( IMF) with the departments of media art, media design and media studies
  • Institute for Art Research ( WBB )
  • Institute for Transportation Design (ITD )
  • Institute for Performative Arts and Education ( IPKB )

Staff

  • List of faculty and alumni of the College of Fine Arts in Braunschweig

Partner universities

The College of Fine Arts in Braunschweig maintains official partnerships with higher education:

  • EGA Wroclaw, Poland
  • University of Arts in Belgrade, Serbia
  • Faculty of Art and Design of Institute Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia
  • Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado " La Esmeralda", Mexico
  • Universidade Federal de São João del Rei, Brazil
  • Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Chongqing, China
  • Korea National University of Arts, Seoul, Korea
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