For universities today it becomes necessary from the point of competition to open its doors at least once a year for all interested stakeholders to show their works and its ambience. The three trainees of the European Retail Academy Erkka Juhaninmäki, Hannes Kovanen, Kunto Raivisto together with their teacher Hanna Soder took the chance of the open days of Alanus University of Art and Social Science in Bonn/Germany to visit its campus and art-studios.
Guided by Prof. Hallier’s daughter Marie-Christin Hallier who is on her way to become an art-therapist the group made a YouTube about their impressions at the campus. Among visitors being interviewed was an art-sponsor from the city of Dueren and Dr. Sascha Lehmann who's speciality is to combine words - for ears and for eyes (more at his Homepage).
16.03.2012 Artists’ Intertwine
In many Western European Cities there can be proved a long-standing relationship between merchants, sponsors, art. The German city of Cologne is such on example where from the medieval times uptill today there is a big impact of such a relationship.
One of the stars of modern art (Fluxus Movement) in the 60ies/70ies was Mary Bauermeister. Together with her partner, the composer Karlheinz Stockhausen she travelled to Africa, America, Asia and through all of Europe in search for new ideas and joint cross-cultural exhibitions. Living today in Roesrath-Forsbach in a suburb next to Prof.Dr.Hallier from the European Retail Academy her house and her garden is a museum open free of charge for everybody. She intends to handover house, garden and all the exhibition-items as a gift to the city. (More impression)
27.02.2012 Krakow Academy of Fine Arts
The Krakow Academy of Fine Arts - also known as Jan Matejko Academy is the oldest Polish fine-arts academy, being established in 1818. The first President of the Academy was the painter Jan Matejko. The main building based on neoclassical design was erected in 1879 .
Prof. Ulrika Eller-Rueter from the Alanus University of Art and Social Science used together with their students Judith Bidlingmaier, Leonie Florian, Marie-Christin Hallier, Nina Knob, Carolin Nagel, Yao Yao, Anette Schumann, Mo Feng and Tsan Yu Hsieh an invitation to stay in Krakow at the Academy, to work together and to exhibit their results and to explore the rich history of the former Royal Capital of Poland.
24.01.2012 Professionals and Amateurs
Wolfgang Zurborn and Tina Schellhorn started 25 years ago to run a photo-gallery in Cologne/Germany under the name “Lichtblick”. They arranged in that time more than 180 exhibitions. Among the counries/partners had been New Zealand (2004) with Harvey Benge, Lithuania (2005) and Mongolia (2010) with Elanie Ling.
But Zurborn is also teaching photography – his Homepage www.lichtblick-school.com reveals the school-character. Just lately he started internationally also an exchange with a school in Florence/Italy and in 2012 he supports a big festival in Georgia. In autumn 2012 he is organising a Photo-study-tour to Portugal.
20.12.2011 Art for Leadership
The IEDC-Bled School of Management/Slovenia is a world leader in arts-based methods for leadership and management development. The integration of art and art experiences has been a foundational aspect of the school from the beginning. This begins with the school's design. As a beautiful architectural space it incorporates views to the alpine surroundings of lake Bled with an art gallery approach. When people enter the school they truly enter an art gallery where each room incorporates prominent art from internationally acclaimed local artists. This enlivens the learning and working space of IEDC creating an aesthetically inspiring environment for students, staff and faculty. At the same time the art collection supports and promotes the arts communities in this region of Europe.
As important as this is, IEDC's art-based philosophy goes well beyond an aesthetically pleasing place to study and work. Students in the programmes are directly engaged by expert arts faculty. Within the programmes, from MBA to many in-company programmes, participants learn about creativity and innovation, leadership and communication skills, and social, moral and ethical issues through the arts by the motto "hear more, see more and feel more".
