The Department of Fine and Applied Arts of the University of Western Macedonia is organizing the conference “For a School of Visual Arts in the 21st century” because of its ten-year operation since its foundation. The conference will be held in Florina, Greece, from 12th to 14th May 2017.

The international conference “For a School of Visual Arts in the 21st century” aims to explore the triple function of a contemporary Fine Arts Institution and its innovative educational approaches through which modern tertiary education can become a creative place of artistic and social reality.

Main Themes

• School of Visual Arts: the relation with society and the broader cultural framework.
• The history of curricula and methods of artistic teaching (Traditional teaching methods: the contemporary framework. Hybrid expressions of art in artistic teaching. Relational/group practices used as a model of developing artistic educational processes).
• School of Visual Arts and Art World.
• School of Visual Arts and economy: relations with the small and large industrial production, cultural tourism etc. Relations with the art market.
• Graduate students of Fine Arts Faculties and professional career.

Keynote Speakers

Luca Buvoli, Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in Baltimore

Steven Henry Madoff,  School of Visual Arts, New York

Jo Volley, Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, London

The Scientific Committee of the conference is inviting the teaching staff of Visual lArts and relevant faculties, artists and scientists to submit proposals for individual papers (15-20 minutes long) by the 10th of March 2017 that should be pertinent to the above themes. For each paper presentation an abstract of approximately 300 words is required.

Official languages of the conference are Greek and English.

The abstract and the form attached will be submitted online sinedrioteet@uowm.gr (fill in the fields of the form that refer to the personal information, the presentation title, the main theme, and the short curriculum vitae).

Important dates:

10 March 2017: Abstract submission

30 March 2017: Author Notification

12-14 May 2017: Conference

The Scientific Committee

Areti Adamopoulou, Associate Professor, School of Fine Arts, Department of Fine Arts and Sciences of Art, University of Ioannina

Zoe Godosi, Assistant Professor, School of Fine Arts, Department of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Western Macedonia

Yannis Ziogas, President, Assistant Professor, School of Fine Arts, Department of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Western Macedonia

Thanasis Moutsopoulos, Associate Professor, School of Architecture, Technical University of Crete

Xenis Sahinis, Professor, Dean of the School of Fine and Applied Arts, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Marios Spiliopoulos, Professor, Department of Fine Arts, Athens School of Fine Arts

Location: Cultural Center, Αuditorium: “Theodoros Angelopoulos”, Florina, Greece

for more information visit:  http://10yearsteet.eetf.uowm.gr/