Workshops

The Estonian Academy of Arts organizes the Transform4Europe (T4EU) European Universities’ study week “Design & Sustainability” in June 13–17. Students and support staff from ten European universities are invited to the week full of the best lectures and workshops, and students’ works also presented at the TASE ’23 Grad Show exhibition and at the ERKI Fashion Show.

The theme of the study week is “design and sustainability”. Sustainability is one of EKA’s core values – in its development, it is based on the environmental friendliness of the art academy, which is the sustainable way of thinking. Design and the design process are an important part of the solution to the ecological crisis.  

As part of the week, creative research will be introduced, students can participate in a creative research writing workshop and workshops on clothing repair, documenting cultural heritage, etc. 

EKA students are also invited to take part in the T4EU week, which has three options:

1. The main program (June 13-17) includes mandatory general subjects and workshops and seminars with a limited number of participants. (Program link HERE)

2. Weekly seminar “Care, community and colonialism in the art museum” (June 12-15).

In addition, core program courses may also be taken if the schedule allows. (Introduction to the seminar is HERE)

3. Weekly workshop “Cultural heritage documentation solutions workshop” (June 12-16).

In addition, core program courses may also be taken if the schedule allows. (Introduction to the workshop is HERE)

Before the course, it is possible to watch pre-recorded video interviews with experts (20-30 minute interviews, 7 interviews in total) on different aspects of sustainability.

Those who complete the course receive 3 credit points, which can be transferred to a free subject.

NB! The courses are in English. 

The student can register HERE until June 4th or until the semester continues.

Detailed information about the study week in English can be found on the EKA website: 

T4EU Week in EKA “Design & Sustainability”

Are you interested in keeping up-to-date with the latest discussions and topics of Estonian urbanism?

Our group of students studying Urban Studies, Architecture, and Urban Planning warmly invites you to join us on this journey of collectively curated exhibition.

SAVE THE DATE! 16 OF MAY at 15:00 in front of the main entrance of EKA. The final grading of Urban Studies Urban Models course is tutored by Kristi Grišakov & Keiti Kljavin.

The sun is rising from Eastern Estonia, as the title suggests, the hope for better and more just futures is on the horizon. The displayed experiments and projects aim to reflect the development prospects of the county, situated on the edge of Estonian land. We explore urban districts and towns of Ahtme, Järve and the Kiviõli where mono-functionality of extractivistic production has challenged to respond to the surplus of housing caused by the outmigration. By exploring various topics related to (in)tangible aspects of habitation in Ida-Virumaa county our projects are based on on-site analysis, local exploring, reinventing and rethinking approaches towards shrinkage, adaptation and re-use.

Some of us try to approach the typologies and forms of architecture in new modalities, and integrate facilities according to the actual needs of current habitats. Others attempt to restart the time in the city or see the new ways of residing for transnational communities. Together with 6 projects we paint a multilayered picture to have a glimpse into the future of Ida-Virumaa, challenging the condition of shrinkage in Eastern Estonia.

Students: 

Aleyna Canpolat, Alp Eren Özap, Axelle Boireau, Diana Drobot, Ishrat Shaheen, Jim Wolff, Kalina Trajanovska, Larisa Illetterati, Maria Laura Bendezu Ulloa, Martin Sepp, Noa Ruijten, Simon Baguette

On May 3rd from 6 pm to 7 pm on the first floor you can participate in the Game Experience created by the students of the Design for Play course.

During this event, you can play games made during the course and get a break from the stressful assessment period.

Everyone from EKA is welcome!

On February 9 at 15:00 EKA, the Latvian Academy of Arts and the University of Lapland joint curriculum Service Design Strategies and Innovations (SDSI) online information session.

Event on Facebook

You’ll meet representatives from Latvia, Estonia and Finland who will be answering your questions.

Admission is open until February 28.

Online applications are submitted through Dreamapply: https://apply.sdsi.ma/

More information on the program and admission is on our webpage: https://www.sdsi.ma/

For any urgent matters, you are welcome to contact us via email at info@sdsi.ma or messenger chat.

Berit Kaschan will lead a thematic writing course for three times at Maret Sarapu’s exhibition ‘Free and Held’.

The workshop is available for preregistration and will take place on three consecutive Tuesdays – 14.02, 21.02. ja 28.02. kell 18.00–20.00.

Please register for the course by filling the form on the previous Sunday prior to the course at the latest. The participation fee is 10 euros. The group size is limited to 10 participants. The workshop is held in Estonian.

Berit Kaschan will lead a thematic writing course for three times at Maret Sarapu’s exhibition ‘Free and Held’.

The workshop is available for preregistration and will take place on three consecutive Tuesdays – 14.02, 21.02. ja 28.02. kell 18.00–20.00.

Please register for the course by filling the form on the previous Sunday prior to the course at the latest. The participation fee is 10 euros. The group size is limited to 10 participants. The workshop is held in Estonian.

Berit Kaschan will lead a thematic writing course for three times at Maret Sarapu’s exhibition ‘Free and Held’.

The workshop is available for preregistration and will take place on three consecutive Tuesdays – 14.02, 21.02. ja 28.02. kell 18.00–20.00.

Please register for the course by filling the form on the previous Sunday prior to the course at the latest. The participation fee is 10 euros. The group size is limited to 10 participants. The workshop is held in Estonian.

Dear curriculum leaders, lecturers, students and study specialists!

Teaching and study programs at EKA have received a very good evaluation from our graduates, but – keeping the curriculum at a very good level is a constant challenge. The curriculum in higher arts education is a comprehensive network of activities during which students shape their approach to creative practice. Designing learning paths and creating an inspiring learning environment in higher arts education is an art in itself. Questions like: what are the new approaches to the curriculum? How to create, find new and effective approaches to the formation of a creative practitioner? How to create a whole? Are waiting a response.

At EKA, we have conducted two curriculum analyses, from which we see the challenges at our curricula. Several curriculum teams have carried out systematic development in cooperation with the Department of Art Education, and based on this experience and in order to meet the challenges of curriculum quality, we have put together EKA curriculum development workshop program “The Art of Curriculum Planning”.

Therefore, we invite curriculum leaders, lecturers, students and curriculum support staff to participate in it.

The workshop will be supervised by Maria Jürimäe, lecturer in curriculum theory at the University of Tartu, and Anneli Porri, lecturer in art education at EKA.

The program will take place in two parts, it is important to join both of them:

1. introductory seminar – where we map the possibilities, educate the horizons;
2. practical curriculum workshops in faculties.

Participating in workshops provides practical help for curriculum management, curriculum development and analysis writing.

Let’s start with the introductory seminar “The Art of Designing a Curriculum” on Thursday, 19 January 2023 at 13.00-15.30, room A-501 (3 academic hours).

The aim of the seminar is to create a common understanding and find an agreement on the most important strategic learning goals of the ESA.

ENG will be provided if there is a need.

Please register to first seminar by January 10.

Dear lecturers, students, academics – you are invited to participate in labs that ponder these questions through creating “future-archives”!

Both labs have the same structure so you can choose which date suits you better!

So, how are teaching practices changed by 2045? What kind of new methods and approaches have been embedded? What is the “good old” that has remained? What are teaching philosophies and values? How are things organized in higher art institutes and how does it feel like being a lecturer in those institutes, what brings joy and what frustrates?

Those questions are analysed in the lab through a future studies method called “the future archive”. Each lab has first shorts lectures and discussion parts, in order to kick off future thinking chakras. Then participants start working (alone or in groups) with artefacts that will belong to that future archive, so these artefacts will be created as if in 2045. NB! Although we tend to think about the future in rather optimistic terms, dystopian versions are also very welcomed!

Artefacts that end up in this future archive can be manifestos, found objects, recordings of the performances, GIFs, collages, “someone” notebooks, a smell, a sound, an edible thing – but they all have to tell a story about some aspect in future teaching practices. Every artefact will be accompanied by a label, explaining main features. Each lab ends with a small exhibition and discussion. Participants should be willing to let their artefacts be documented and accept that those documentations will be used further during the FAST45 project.

Why such labs?

These labs are taking place in the context of Erasmus+ Project “Future Art School Trends 2045”. FAST45 has 11 partners in Europe, higher art universities and creative companies. Its goal is to discuss future perspectives for art school – what kind of preparation future artists, musicians, dancers etc would need? Project duration is from 2021 until end of 2023 and from EKA’s side Project is run by Maarin Ektermann. There have been some workshops in EKA and the possibility to listen to online lectures and webinars of other partners. All information about FAST45 can be found here.

Facilitating the lab

Lab will be organized in cooperation with Project partners from Uniarts (Finland) and LUCA (Belgium). We are inspired by Jaak Tomberg, literary scholar focussed on sci-fi and utopias.

Frederik Klanberg (De Structura). De Structura is a multidimensional pan-European initiative that strives to create more opportunities for young people in the art sector.

Lab is organised by Maarin Ektermann, Eva Liisa Kubinyi, Kristiina Krabi-Klanberg (EKA) and colleagues from LUCA (Belgium) and Uniarts (Finland).

Working languages will be Estonian and English – it is possible to have group discussions among participants in both languages, but presentations etc should be in English.

If future teaching practices speak to you, then please register by October 21:

for the 28.10 lab HERE

For more information please connect with Maarin Ektermann, e-mail maarin.ektermann@artun.ee