It has been ten years since the leading arts schools in Austria have been awarded university status. This has resulted in a sort of Sonderstellung for higher arts education in the Austrian higher education system, and also in Europe: nowhere else are all major art schools independent universities.
Last month, the Austrian Science Council published its report on the challenges and potentials for higher arts education: Empfehlung zur Entwicklung der Kunstuniversitäten in Österreich. Importantly for ELIA, the report commends that further clarification and discussion is required in the field of Quality Assurance, because unpremeditated use of QA models can be positively harmful in the “creative domain” (art as well as science). Here (pp. 34-35) the report specifically recommends the work that has already been done by ELIA — which is less surprising if you see the list of experts consulted by the Wissenschaftsrat on p. 11. Read the rest of this entry »
Artists moving and learning
9 July 2009
ENCATC launches new project website
“Artists moving & learning” analyses the impact of mobility of artists in Europe from an educational and Life Long Learning perspective. What are the effects of their cross-border movements – through festivals, national or international mobility schemes, membership in professional organizations; as bursaries in artists’ residencies; or as guest artists in museums or galleries? And can these learning effects possibly be integrated into artistic education?
The result of the “Artists moving & learning” project will be a comparative study targeting policy-makers and educators in the cultural and artistic area. The study will be presented at an international conference in June 2010.
