Art Academy of Latvia

Art school in Riga, Latvia

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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
Building on Krišjānis Valdemārs Street.

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

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### Faculties

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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

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The Academy has a branch in Latgale located in Rēzekne.

## Notable alumni

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* 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.

* 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

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* "Art Academy of Latvia site". Archived from the original on 2015-05-26. Retrieved 2017-11-17.

## References

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1. ^ "OUR STORY". Archived from the original on 2014-02-26. Retrieved 2017-11-17.
2. ^ Lana Kazlauskiene (27 August 2013). "Mākslas potenciāls Kuldīgā" (in Latvian). Diena (laikraksts). Retrieved 2015-04-16.
3. ^ "Māksla / Diena". www.diena.lv. Retrieved 2023-08-17.
4. ^ "Latvijas Mākslas akadēmija: Faculties". Archived from the original on 2015-05-26. Retrieved 2017-11-17.

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