The Michaelis School of Fine Art was founded in 1925, and is the Fine Arts department of the

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. The school's current director is Associate Professor Kurt Campbell. There are three research institutions associated with the school, namely The

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Archive, Research and Exhibition Centre (LLAREC), the

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(CCA) and the Katrine Harries Print Cabinet, which has been instrumental in promoting printmaking as well as conserving and exhibiting prints in the collection. The major graduate degree offered at the School is the Master of Fine Art where students work in both new and traditional fine art disciplines.

Program

Courses are offered in New Media,

Painting Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ...

Photography Photography is the art, application, and practice of creating durable images by recording light, either electronically by means of an image sensor, or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film. It is employed ...

Printmaking Printmaking is the process of creating artworks by printing, normally on paper, but also on fabric, wood, metal, and other surfaces. "Traditional printmaking" normally covers only the process of creating prints using a hand processed techniq ...

Sculpture Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...

and Curatorship.

References

External links

Official site of Michaelis School of Fine ArtARC: the Visual University and its ColumbariumLucy Lloyd Archive Resource and Exhibition Centre (LLAREC) now part of the CCA
{{DEFAULTSORT:Michaelis School of Fine Art Art schools in South Africa University of Cape Town 1925 establishments in South Africa