School of Visual Art, Architecture and Design
Bachelor's Program in Visual Art - Description
Bachelor's Program in Visual Art aims to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of visual art and the ability to critically engage with contemporary trends in the field. It seeks to cultivate educated, competitive, and skilled professionals for both the job market and the artistic sphere.
In line with the program's concept, it is crucial for students to have the opportunity to organize regular exhibitions. These exhibitions serve as a platform for students to learn how to formally present their works in a gallery space, showcasing their installations. Additionally, students gain the ability to articulate the theoretical aspects of their works, allowing them to speak confidently about their creations in front of their lecturers and fellow students.
Within the program, significant emphasis is placed on guiding students to present their work within the context of contemporary art and to cultivate their own unique artistic vision.
Within the Visual Art Bachelor’s Program, practical studies are based on action-oriented learning (learning by doing). To this end, each student is provided with an individual workspace in well-equipped studios. It's worth noting that students in practice-intensive courses organize more than 20 public exhibitions, further enhancing their practical skills.
During their studies, the Free University of Tbilisi encourages students to participate in international exhibitions, which echoes another important goal of the school - to fostering international engagement for its students.
Upon successful completion of the 4-year program, the graduate is awarded the qualification - Bachelor of Fine Arts.
Curriculum
The curriculum for the Bachelor's Program in Visual Art consists of 240 credits, allocated across the following modules:
- University General Education - each student enrolled in the university's bachelor's programs, in addition to specialized subjects, also takes general subjects, contributing to the elevation of general education and the expansion of their field of interests.
- Foundational Education in the Field of Study - the module consists of the following courses: History of World Visual Art (Before Renaissance), History of World Visual Art (from Renaissance up to 1789), History of Modern Visual Art (1789-1945), History of Contemporary Visual Art (1945-Today), Contemporary Art Institutions and Infrastructure, Foundations of Anatomy and Quantitative and Spatial Mode of Thinking. The art history courses are taught chronologically, enabling students to acquire knowledge of art history and foster their creative development within the context of artistic traditions. In the course Contemporary Art Institutions and Infrastructure, students gain knowledge about the structure and dynamics of contemporary local and international art institutions. This understanding equips them with the necessary skills to plan and develop their own careers in the creative sphere. The Foundations of Anatomy course focuses on the systematic and regional study of human anatomy, considering its relevance to art. It explores anatomical structures in relation to artistic representation. As for Quantitative and Spatial Mode of Thinking, in this course, fundamental principles and regularities underlying intuitive representations used in drawing are discussed. It covers general concepts related to quantitative and spatial reasoning skills.
- Core Education in the Field of Study - this module combines the fundamental theoretical and practical courses needed to study the field of fine arts and encompasses the following subjects: Introduction to Contemporary Art, Critical Thinking in Visual Art, Design Programs 1 and 2, Drawing Studio 1, 2, 3, and 4, Photography Studio, Introduction to Video Arts, Visual Art Studio I, II, III, IV, and V, Object and Installation, Diploma Project Preparation and Diploma Project.
Elective Courses - students have the flexibility to choose additional courses based on their interests. They also have the option to pursue an additional 15 credits of courses at no extra cost.
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About the School of Visual Art, Architecture and Design
The School of Visual Art and Design (VADS) at Free University of Tbilisi was established in 2014 upon the initiative of Kakha Bendukidze. The purpose of founding this school was to provide an educational program in visual art and design in Georgia that would offer students an education comparable to leading European and American arts schools.
The establishment of such an educational program required the input of artists and designers who, in addition to having received higher education in Europe and America, also engaged in active exhibition and design activities outside the university. Accordingly, the school was founded by an academic staff who received education and practical experience at European and US universities (such as: Georgia State University, Emory University, Düsseldorf Art Academy, Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Brussels, University of Iowa, University of Milan, Academy of Fine Arts Munich, Trier University of Applied Sciences, etc.).
In 2018, the School of Visual Art and Design (VADS) expanded its offerings by introducing a Bachelor's Program in Architecture. As a result, the school's name was changed to the School of Visual Art, Architecture and Design (VA[A]DS). Today the school offers the following accredited programs:
• Bachelor's Program in Visual Art
• Bachelor's Program in Visual Communication
• Bachelor's Program in Interior Design
• Bachelor's Program in Architecture
In addition to the academic goals mentioned above, the boarder mission of establishing the school was to create a space where students could experience exhibiting their own works, could learn how to argue about arts and design issues, would learn to respect each other and each other’s critical views and develop free visual thinking; at the same time, would be introduced to the history of Georgian and international art and taught the appreciation of Georgian contemporary art and creative freedom.
Given the school's concept, it is vital to provide students with the opportunity to organize regular exhibitions. Consequently, various courses in all programs incorporate organizing student exhibitions, allowing students to learn how to formally and conceptually present their work and articulate the theoretical aspects of their works in front lecturers and fellow students.
In line with this objective, at the outset of 2023, the Free University of Tbilisi made a substantial investment to establish a dedicated exhibition gallery on the Kakha Bendukidze Campus premises. The Campus Gallery was developed for educational purposes and serves as a venue where students from the School of Visual Arts, Architecture and Design showcase their work as an integral part of the learning process.
The majority of the School's faculty comprises professionals with international education and experience, who are accomplished, practicing artists and architects.
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