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The CIRRUS network leaders meeting in 2024 brought together leaders in the field of design education from the Nordic and Baltic countries

The leadership of CIRRUS, led by the Dean of the EKA Faculty of Design Ruth Melioranski and the Head of International Office Sandra Mell, in cooperation with the Rector of the Vilnius Academy of Arts Ieva Skauronė and the Head of the Design ...

14 April 2024

Faculty of Design International Office

New Media Visited by Ava Grayson

As a part of the EKA Sound Art Studies programme at the New Media department, we had the pleasure of hosting Ava Grayson, a visiting sound artist, researcher, and pedagogue from Helsinki. Ava gave us an ...

12 April 2024

New Media

Joint Narva architecture workshop with students of EKA and Innsbruck University

In the first week of April, students from the University of Innsbruck visited the Faculty of Architecture of EKA, who got an overview of EKA’s everyday life and also got to know Narva. Possible architectural visions for Narva were ...

12 April 2024

Architecture and Urban Design Faculty of Architecture

EKA Made a Big Jump in the List of the World’s Top Universities

The Estonian Academy of Arts is among the ...

10 April 2024

Communications Office Doctoral School Faculty of Architecture

Liveability – Designing public services for resilient neighbourhoods

The aim of the Liveability Partnership is to equip local authorities with design principles and tools that help address the complex and interconnected problems of the 21st century. The goal is to initiate dialogues with ...

5 April 2024

Faculty of Design Fashion Styling Previous Research Projects

RISD Animation Students Explore Stasis, Motion and the Illusion of Movement

“Despite the ever-changing forms of photographic and imaging technology, animation has always been about using static images to create the illusion of life,” says Film/Animation/Video faculty member Bryan Parcival. The ...

4 April 2024

Animation International Office

OPEN LECTURE: GWEN VAN DEN EIJNDE (RISD)

The Estonian Academy of Arts is inviting: an open lecture by Gwen van den Eijnde, an Associate Professor from the Rhode Island School of Design (USA). The lecture will be held on March 28th, in room A-501 from 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM. All ...

25 March 2024

Faculty of Design

Lecture: Nineteenth-century Historicism and Historic Preservation: An Exceptional Case

On 25 March at 16.00, Associate Professor Richard Wittman (University of California, Santa Barbara) will give a public lecture “Nineteenth-century Historicism and Historic Preservation: An Exceptional Case” in room A403. Normative ...

25 March 2024

Institute of Art History and Visual Culture

2024 year’s J. Holt scholarship for Diana Drobot

This year’s Jaan Holt Scholarship will be awarded to Diana Drobot, a student of architecture and urban planning, for her outstanding and active professional activities. Architecture students are encouraged already ...

20 March 2024

Architecture and Urban Design Faculty of Architecture

How to Reframe Monuments (Estonian Ministry of Culture grant, 2024–2026)

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has triggered debates about the Russian and Soviet heritage both globally and in Estonia. This has been accompanied by the toppling of monuments, as well as social conflicts and polarisation. The aim of ...

19 March 2024

Cultural Heritage and Conservation Institute of Art History and Visual Culture Ongoing Research Projects