Address:

210038, Republic of Belarus,

Vitebsk, Moskovsky prospect, 33/2

office 212

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Telephone:

(8-0212) 37 58 70,

+375 33 317 95 07

The Faculty of Art and Graphics : 42 lecturers work at 4 departments, including 4 Doctors of sciences, 5 Professors, 19 PhD, 19 Associate Professors, 7 members of the Belarusian Union of Artists, 4 members of the Belarusian Union of Designers, 2 members of the Belarusian Union of Folk Artists

Dean of the Faculty - Elena Sokolova, PhD in Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor

History:

The Faculty of Art and Graphics was organized on September 1, 1959 on the basis of the Vitebsk Art and Graphic Pedagogical School and became a true keeper and continuer of the traditions of the Vitebsk Art School. Many of the alumni, who were left to work at the faculty, defended doctoral and PhD dissertations, became heads of the faculty and departments.

The teaching process at the faculty is based not only on the traditions of the national art school, but also on the advanced international experience, the world practice of the development of the fine arts.

Over the years of its existence, the faculty has graduated specialists who successfully work in almost all branches of education, economy and production both in the Republic of Belarus and in various foreign countries.

Currently, the main task of the faculty is to train teachers, teachers-artists for educational and cultural establishments, artists of decorative and applied arts and designers.

Departments of the faculty:

• Department of Fine Arts;
• Department of Decorative and Applied Arts and Technical Graphics;
• Department of Design;
• Department of Pedagogy.

Specialties:

The faculty prepares students for the 1st stage of higher education in the following specialties:

1. Fine Arts and Computer Graphics. Qualification: Teacher-artist.
2. Fine Arts, Drawing and Folk Crafts. Qualification: Educator. Artist. Teacher
3. Design (Object and Space Design). Qualification: Designer.
4. Decorative and Applied Arts (Wood). Qualification: Artist of Decorative and Applied Arts. Teacher.  
5. Decorative and Applied Arts (Ceramics). Qualification: Artist of Decorative and Applied Arts. Teacher.

The specialties of the 2nd stage of higher education with the assignment of the academic degree “Master”:

1. Theory and Methods of Education and Upbringing (by Fields and Levels of Education). Methods of Teaching Fine Arts.
2. Theory and Methods of Education and Upbringing (by Fields and Levels of Education). Methods of Teaching Labour Training.
3. Theory and Methods of Education and Upbringing (by Fields and Levels of Education). Methods of Teaching Drawing.
4. Theory and Methods of Education and Upbringing (by Fields and Levels of Education). Educational Management.
5. Educational Research.
6. Design Studies.
7. Art Management.
8. Art History 

PhD course in the following specialties:

13.00.02 – Theory and methods of teaching and upbringing(Fine Arts).

13.00.02 – Theory and methods of teaching and upbringing (Labour Training).

13.00.02 – Theory and methods of teaching and upbringing (Drawing).

13.00.01 – General pedagogy, history of pedagogy and education.

17.00.09 – Theory and history of art.

Alumni today is a creative person who understands the importance of the tasks before him. This is necessarily a person who is competent in various areas of the development of modern culture and arts, who knows how to integrate his knowledge into the practice of art education. An alumnus of the Faculty of Arts and Graphics is a demanded specialist in modern society who can work in many sectors of the economy, in the fields of art, culture and education.

 

Laboratories / centers / branches, etc .:

Branches and centers of the Faculty:

- Vitebsk State College of Culture and Arts;

- Secondary school № 25 in Vitebsk;

- Children's Art School No. 3 "Maladik" in Vitebsk;

- Children's Art School No. 1 in Vitebsk;

- Center for Folk Arts and Crafts in the urban-type settlement of Kopys of Orsha district;

- Educational center "ART-Academy KVADRAT".

Scientific and educational base:

- office of art history (TV + laptop);

- office of teaching methods of fine arts (TV + laptop);

- office of technical graphics (projector + interactive whiteboard + computer);

- workshop of easel graphics (printing presses);

- computer classes;

- material processing workshops (textiles, natural materials, wood, clay);

- workshop of artistic design and modeling (projector + screen).

International cooperation:

1. People's Republic of China:

- Hohhot Professional Institute.

2. Republic of Latvia:

- Liepaja University;

- Daugavpils University;

- Latvian Academy of Arts;

- University of Latvia (Riga).

3. Republic of Moldova:

- Ion Creangă State Pedagogical University

4. Russia:

- Gzhel State University;

- Yaroslav the Wise Novgorod State University;

- Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia (Saint Petersburg);

- Smolensk State University.

Research areas:

• Current trends in the development of art education and creative practice in the field of art and design.
• Methodological and art history problems of visual arts research.
• Design and modeling of the subject-spatial environment by means of design.
• History, theory and practice of visual arts.

Alumni:

1. Prokoptsov Vladimir Ivanovich - General Director of the National Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus, PhD in Art History, Associate Professor, Honorary Professor of Vitebsk State University named after P.M. Masherov, Member of the Union of Artists of the Republic of Belarus.
2. Lebedko Valery Konstantinovich - Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs of the Moscow Pedagogical State University (2001-2002), Head of the Department of Drawing of the Moscow Pedagogical State University (1996-2016), Academician of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor, Member of the Union of Artists of the Republic Belarus, Member of the Creative Union of Artists of Russia and the International Federation of Artists.
3. Malashenkov Sergey Ivanovich - First Vice-Rector of Vitebsk State Technological University, PhD in Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor.
4. Kozlov Valery Ivanovich - Head of the Department of Methods of Teaching Fine Arts of the Moscow State Pedagogical University, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor.
5. Kovalev Alexander Anatolyevich - Head of the Department of Decorative and Applied Arts of the Moscow Pedagogical State University, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor.
6. Sakhuto Evgeny Mikhailovich - Doctor of Art History, Professor of the Institute of Art History, Ethnography and Folklore of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Belarus.
7. Shauro Grigory Fedorovich - Head of the Department of Folk Arts and Crafts of the Belarusian State University of Culture and Arts, Doctor of Arts, Professor, laureate of the prize "For Spiritual Revival", Member of the Union of Artists of the Republic of Belarus.
8. Zhukova Elena Tikhonovna – PhD in Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor, Professor of the Department of Descriptive Geometry and Technical Graphics of Vitebsk State University named after P.М. Masherov.
9. Romanenko Lyubov Evdokimenko – PhD in Pedagogical Sciences, Professor of the Department of the Belarusian State University of Culture and Arts.
10. Bezhenar Yulia Petrovna - Vice-rector for educational work of Vitebsk State University named after P.М. Masherova, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor.
11. Rotmirova Elena Aleksandrovna - Head of the Department of Humanities of the Minsk Regional Institute for the Development of Education, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor.
12. Rynkevich Vladimir Ivanovich - Head of the department of folk arts and crafts of the Belarusian State University of Culture and Arts, PhD in art history, Professor.
13. Leshchinsky Anton Antonovich - Head of the Department of Design, Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno, Associate Professor, Member of the Belarusian Union of Artists.
14. Lazuko Boris Andreevich - Head of the Department of the Institute of Art History, Ethnography and Folklore named after Kondrat Krapiva, PhD in Art History, Associate Professor.
15. Burchik Anatoly Ivanovich - Head of the Department of Fine Arts at Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno, Associate Professor.
16. Dukhovnikov Andrey Erikhovich - Director of the Cultural Institution “Museum“ Vitebsk Center for Contemporary Art ”, Member of the Union of Artists of the Republic of Belarus.
17. Sivtsova Olga Georgievna - Director of the Children's Art School No. 3 in Vitebsk "Madik".
18. Selitskaya Elena Miroslavovna - Deputy Director for educational and production work of the Vitebsk State Technological College.
19. Adamchik Andrey Vladimirovich - Director of the Children's Art School of Arts No. 1 named after V.K. Tsvirko, Minsk.
20. Yaskin Mikhail Yurievich - Director of secondary school No. 3 in Vitebsk.