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| Latvijas Mākslas akadēmija | |
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| Established | 1919 |
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| Rector | Kristaps Zariņš |
| Address | O.Kalpaka bulvāris 13 LV - 1050, Riga, Latvia |
| Website | http://www.lma.lv |
The Art Academy of Latvia (Latvian: Latvijas Mākslas akadēmija) is an institution of higher education and scientific research in art, located in Riga, Latvia. The neo-Gothic brick building is located on Krišjānis Valdemārs Street, next to the National Museum of Art.
In autumn 2021, the LMA together with the University of Lapland in Finland plan to enrol students in the two-year international Master's programme "Service Design Strategies and Innovation". The study process will take place internationally both in Kuldīga and Rovaniemi, Finland.
Organization
Faculties
The Academy has 5 faculties:
- Faculty of Visual Arts (2D)
- Department of Painting
- Department of Graphic Art
- Department of Textile Art
- Department of Drawing
- Faculty of Visual Plastic Arts (3D)
- Department of Sculpture
- Department of Ceramics
- Department of Glass Art
- Faculty of Design
- Department of Functional Design
- Department of Environmental Art
- Department of Metal Design
- Department of Fashion Design
- Faculty of Audio-Visual Media Art
- Department of Visual Communication
- Department "Motion. Image. Sound"
- Department of Stage Design
- Faculty of Art History
- Department of Art History and Theory
- Department of Restoration
- Department of Humanities
Latgale Branch
The Academy has a branch in Latgale located in Rēzekne.
Notable alumni
- Arturs Akopjans – figurative and abstract artist
- Ansis Artums – landscape painter
- Lidija Auza – assemblage and abstract artist
- Biruta Baumane – 2002 winner of the Baltic Assembly Prize for Literature, the Arts and Science
- Anšlavs Eglītis – novelist and author of short stories
- Sandra Kalniete – Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Commissioner and Member of the European Parliament
- Gunārs Lūsis – graphic designer responsible with Jānis Strupulis for the design of coinage of the post-Soviet edition of the lat
- Kārlis Padegs – expressionist painter
- Ināra Tetereva – philanthropist behind the Boris and Ināra Teterev fund, a Latvian patron of the arts
- Ēvī Upeniece – sculptor
Gallery
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Graduation photo of the Landscape Workshop in 1942. Seated in the middle of the front row is Professor Vilhelms Purvītis. To the left of him is Mārtiņš Krūmiņš.
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1995 stamp.
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Sculpture art outside the Academy.
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Dainas Skadmane's art installation "Vēja egle" next to the Art Academy of Latvia, Riga 2015.
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External links
- "Art Academy of Latvia site". Archived from the original on 2015-05-26. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
References
- "OUR STORY". Archived from the original on 2014-02-26. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
- Lana Kazlauskiene (27 August 2013). "Mākslas potenciāls Kuldīgā" (in Latvian). Diena (laikraksts). Retrieved 2015-04-16.
- "Māksla / Diena". www.diena.lv. Retrieved 2023-08-17.
- "Latvijas Mākslas akadēmija: Faculties". Archived from the original on 2015-05-26. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
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