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Art Academy of Latvia

Latvijas Mākslas akadēmija
Established	1921
Rector	Kristaps Zariņš
Address	O.Kalpaka bulvāris 13 LV - 1867 , Riga , Latvia
Website	http://www.lma.lv

Building on Krišjānis Valdemārs Street.

The Art Academy of Latvia (Latvian: Latvijas Mākslas akadēmija) is an institution of higher education and scientific research in art, located in Riga, Latvia. The neo-Gothic brick building is located on Krišjānis Valdemārs Street, next to the National Museum of Art.^[1][2]

Organization

Faculties

The Academy has 5 faculties:^[3]

• Faculty of Visual Arts (2D)

• Department of Painting


• Department of Graphic Art


• Department of Textile Art


• Department of Drawing

• Faculty of Visual Plastic Arts (3D)

• Department of Sculpture


• Department of Ceramics


• Department of Glass Art

• Faculty of Design

• Department of Functional Design


• Department of Environmental Art


• Department of Metal Design


• Department of Fashion Design

• Faculty of Audio-Visual Media Art

• Department of Visual Communication


• Department "Motion. Image. Sound"


• Department of Stage Design

• Faculty of Art History

• Department of Art History and Theory


• Department of Restoration


• Department of Humanities

Latgale Branch

The Academy has a branch in Latgale located in Rēzekne.

Notable alumni

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  Sandra Kalniete - Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Commissioner and Member of the European Parliament
  


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  Lidija Auza - Assemblage and Abstract artist


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  Biruta Baumane - 2002 winner of the Baltic Assembly Prize for Literature, the Arts and Science
  


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  Gunārs Lūsis - Graphic designer responsible with Jānis Strupulis for the design of coinage of the post-Soviet edition of the lat
  


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  Anšlavs Eglītis - Novelist and author of short stories


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  Kārlis Padegs - Expressionist painter


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  Ināra Tetereva - Philanthropist behind the Boris and Ināra Teterev fund, a Latvian patron of the arts.


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  Daina Skadmane - (2011-2013), she left more than 342 art works in her young life, her name is associated with the artwork "Vēja egle" (Fir of Wind) in Riga^[4][5][6] and her internationally famous collection devoted to the events of the Holocaust in Latvia.^[7]

Gallery

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  Graduation photo of the Landscape Workshop in 1942. Seated in the middle of the front row is Professor Vilhelms Purvītis. To the left of him is Mārtiņš Krūmiņš.
  

  
  

  
  


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  Sculpture art outside the Academy.
  

  
  

  
  


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  Dainas Skadmane's art installation "Vēja egle" next to the Art Academy of Latvia, Riga 2015.
  

  
  

  
  

External links

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References

Coordinates: 56°57′17″N 24°06′39″E / 56.9547106°N 24.1109562°E / 56.9547106; 24.1109562

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