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Art Academy of Latvia
Latvijas Mākslas akadēmija

Established	1919
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.^[1]^[2]

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.^[3]

Organization

Faculties

The Academy has 5 faculties:^[4]

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

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.
1995 stamp.
Sculpture art outside the Academy.
Dainas Skadmane's art installation "Vēja egle" next to the Art Academy of Latvia, Riga 2015.

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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