75th anniversary of the AFAD

In 2024, the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava is commemorating the 75th anniversary of its foundation!

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Although we live in these difficult times for democracy and culture, we should remember the important milestones of our institutions - what they have achieved, where they have reached, but also how we envision their future direction.

In the winter semester of the academic year 2024/2025, various (not only academic) activities await us, as well as reminders of the history or vision for the future of our school, the largest and oldest institution of art education in Slovakia.

The students and staff of the AFAD, as well as the general public, can look forward to films, podcasts, lectures and a new publication that will present the functioning of our school from the inside, as well as how we perceive the school and how we imagine it in the future.

 


Academic ceremony and awarding of Doctor Honoris Causa honorary degrees

Part of the anniversary celebrations is also the awarding of Doctor Honoris Causa honorary titles to prominent experts in the fields of art and art history. This year, we will award an honorary title to the art historian and critic Edit András and the theoretician and philosopher of visual arts Miroslav Petříček.

Public lectures of both awardees will be held for the public on October 14, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. (Edit András – Close Encounter of the Third Kind) and at 5:00 p.m. (Miroslav Petříček – Art as Research) in the AFAD building at Hviezdoslavovo námestie 18 (room no. 135).

 


Movies

During October and November, every second Friday we will publish and gradually present to you six episodes dedicated to our school, which we prepared in cooperation with the director Soňa Maletz. Through this film series, we want to show you not only the inner workings of the AFAD, but also the topics that interest us in terms of student assignments, in artistic and scientific research, as well as the values ​​that we try to uphold at the school.

 


Women of AFAD Podcast - Women about work, creativity and things that matter

Every Tuesday throughout October and November, we will also gradually publish individual parts of the series of podcasts that we prepared on the occasion of the 75th anniversary in cooperation with Zuzana Golianová. You can look forward to interviews with former and current teachers of our school, which reflect the history and development of the AFAD through the eyes of women.