Mr. Hideo Takahashi, President of Hokkaido College of Art and Design, received an award from the Emperor of Japan, which was “The Order of the Sacred Treasure, Silver Rays.”
He was given this as praise for his endeavors to education in art and design over a long time.
Mr. Hideo Takahashi was given an audience with the Emperor, along with the others who received awards in Tokyo on May 13th, 2014.
THE VALUE OF OUR NETWORK
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RE-INVENTING THE AIAS
Globalisation and the media have changed the need for and use of international networks and meetings. Nowadays a network as the AIAS needs to have a clear goal and additional value to its participants to survive and stay appreciated.
One of these goals for the AIAS could be the development and enhancement of the quality and level of the curriculum.
This would basically mean a shift of the emphasis of the AIAS cooperation from more practice lead workshops for advanced students and professors into the development of education and curriculum.
The provisional outcome of recent interviews about the future of the AIAS showed the need to investigate the possibility to exchange art and design education in a more effective and economical way.
The AIAS network should focus on partnership based on schools that are willing to aim for a strong curriculum that can be tested on an international level. This would result in a joint development where participants can learn from each other to establish a strong international curriculum, which is highly important while training our students to actively participate in open sources like newspapers, magazines and internet.
Eventually this should also result in an exchange of staff and professors who will take care of leading workshops at one of the member schools and have a more positive and durable effect on the exchange of education within our Association.
This could also mean that – motivated by the interaction with these professors – the students will understand better why they have chosen for a specific school in regard to their international ambitions.
In the end this will lead to professional skilled artists/designers, who can flourish on an international recognized professional level and more sophisticated platforms like art en design manifestations worldwide.
As one of the AIAS founding Academies, the recently appointed new director of AKI ArtEZ – Enschede, The Netherlands, Ronald Kox and professor Wouter Hooijmans – active partner in several AIAS activities in the past – are willing to take the lead to start up the debate between the members of the AIAS. This debate should have a mutual benefit for all participants, both smaller independent Art Schools and Schools that are part of a larger organisation.
In our opinion this emphasis on an international curriculum is an urgent new direction in the development and survival of the AIAS.
At first, the concept of this new AIAS formula can be developed by a small group of concerned participants from the association followed up by a successive phase in which we will call for the know-how and experience of all our members.
The outcome will have to lead to a concrete proposition for the future of the AIAS during a conference with the members in 2014.
We hereby invite you to give us your highly appreciated thoughts about this new goal for the future of the AIAS network.
Please send your comment to :
elsnieuwenhuis@aias-artdesign.org .
We are looking forward to a fruitful and vivid discussion. Therefore, please also indicate if you would like to participate in the small group to take the first step to develop this new formula.
Amsterdam, November 2013.
Els Nieuwenhuis, Secretary General.
Please indicate if you would like to participate in the pilot group to take the first step to develop the new AIAS formula
Globalisation and the media have changed the need for and use of international networks and meetings. Nowadays a network as the AIAS needs to have a clear goal and additional value to its participants to survive and stay appreciated.
One of these goals for the AIAS could be the development and enhancement of the quality and level of the curriculum.
This would basically mean a shift of the emphasis of the AIAS cooperation from more practice lead workshops for advanced students and professors into the development of education and curriculum.
The provisional outcome of recent interviews about the future of the AIAS showed the need to investigate the possibility to exchange art and design education in a more effective and economical way.
The AIAS network should focus on partnership based on schools that are willing to aim for a strong curriculum that can be tested on an international level. This would result in a joint development where participants can learn from each other to establish a strong international curriculum, which is highly important while training our students to actively participate in open sources like newspapers, magazines and internet.
Eventually this should also result in an exchange of staff and professors who will take care of leading workshops at one of the member schools and have a more positive and durable effect on the exchange of education within our Association.
This could also mean that – motivated by the interaction with these professors – the students will understand better why they have chosen for a specific school in regard to their international ambitions.
In the end this will lead to professional skilled artists/designers, who can flourish on an international recognized professional level and more sophisticated platforms like art en design manifestations worldwide.
As one of the AIAS founding Academies, the recently appointed new director of AKI ArtEZ – Enschede, The Netherlands, Ronald Kox and professor Wouter Hooijmans – active partner in several AIAS activities in the past – are willing to take the lead to start up the debate between the members of the AIAS. This debate should have a mutual benefit for all participants, both smaller independent Art Schools and Schools that are part of a larger organisation.
In our opinion this emphasis on an international curriculum is an urgent new direction in the development and survival of the AIAS.
At first, the concept of this new AIAS formula can be developed by a small group of concerned participants from the association followed up by a successive phase in which we will call for the know-how and experience of all our members.
The outcome will have to lead to a concrete proposition for the future of the AIAS during a conference with the members in 2014.
We hereby invite you to give us your highly appreciated thoughts about this new goal for the future of the AIAS network.
Please send your comment to :
elsnieuwenhuis@aias-artdesign.org .
Els Nieuwenhuis, Secretary General.
Ronald Kox has been appointed as the new director of ArtEZ Academy of Art and Design in Enschede NL
The E.Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wroclaw organized AIAS in between workshops for the teachers of the AIAS member schools. The AIAS Board and the organizing school have the pleasure to invite them for this workshops called “Biofeedback” that will take place at The E.Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wroclaw from 9th to 15th of May 2013. Please kindly spread away the attached Call for Participants information among the teachers who are interested in taking part in the event. The attached registration form should be returned to the E.Geppert Academy of Art and Design until 5th of April 2013.
BIO-feedback call for participants AIAS-in between workshop for teachers
Piotr Kielan is appointed as the new Rector of the E.Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wroclaw, Poland
The Jury of this years awards (Anita Taylor (Head) William Wright and Leila Sujir) decided to split this years prize in two. The winners Ridvan Hacifazlioglu, allumnus of the Art Faculty of the Marmara University Istanbul and Melissa Thompson, allumnus of the National Art School Sydney, received 1000 euro each for winning the AIAS Prix d’Honeur 2012. The work of Ridvan Hacifazlioglu is added.
The juryreport will be added to the site asap
AIAS member school Geneva University of Art and Design is asking for applications for the post of: Professor and Head of the Institute for Research in Art and Design (IRAD) Part- or full-time: 80-100 %. Clck here to find to find the job description: Profil_Resp_Ra&D_HEAD_en_120227
After the successful completion of the Deanery by Nazan Erkman, Prof.Dr. Inci Deniz Ilgin (Denizilgin@marmara.edu.tr) is recently appointed as her successor at the Marmara University Faculty of Fine Arts. We welcome her and have all confidence in the continuation of the fruitful cooperation with her school.
