Belarusian State Academy of Arts
The Belarusian State Academy of Arts is a state-owned institution of higher education in Minsk, Belarus. The Belarusian State Academy of Arts has status as a leading institution of the national system of art and cultural education alongside the Belarusian State Academy of Music and the Belarusian State University of Culture and Arts.
It was established in 1945 as the Belarus Theatrical institute. Art faculty was established in 1953, and renamed into the "Belarusian State Academy of Arts" in 2001. With an enrolment of over 1,300 students, the academy is the largest art and design institution in the Republic of Belarus.Rectors
- :be:Рычард Баляслававіч Смольскі|Richard Smolsky
- :be:Міхаіл Рыгоравіч Баразна|Mikhail Borozna
Faculty and Curriculum
- Theatrical
- Design
- Easel painting
- Monumental and Decorative painting
- Graphics and printmaking
- Sculpture
- Cinema and TV direction
Notable alumni
- Palina, Belarusian singer.
- Zianon Pazniak, Belarusan nationalist politician, art critic, historian.
- Boris Zaborov, Contemporary painter, living in France.
- Valery Shkaruba, Landscape painter, represented Belarus at Venice biennale 2005.
- Alexandr Rodin, Contemporary painter, living in Germany.
- Viktar Kopach, Contemporary sculptor, living in Belarus.
- Kirill Dytsevich, Actor, living in Belarus.
- Viktar Dashkevich, Actor.
Notable faculty and staff
- Victor V. Nemtsov, teacher, master draughtsman
- Vitaliy A. Gerasimov, teacher, art theoretician
- Vladimir I. Stel'mashenok, teacher, National artist of USSR, member of the Parliament of USSR
- Mai Dantsig, National artist of USSR / Dean, Art faculty
