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National M. K. Čiurlionis School Of Art
T.Kosciuškos g. 11, LT-01100 Vilnius, Lithuania

Principal of Fine Arts Department Romualdas Karpavičius
Lead teacher Danutė Plechavičienė

Link to school websites  www.cmm.lt

 

ABOUT THE SCHOOL 

National M. K. Čiurlionis School Of Art was founded in 1945 in Vilnius, Lithuania. It is named after the famous Lithuanian painter and composer Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis. It is the only such school in Lithuania, spanning the entire 12 year learning cycle. After the twelfth grade, having successfully passed final examinations in general and art subjects, pupils receive a school certificate. Learning is free of charge for Lithuanian pupils, but not for foreigners. Gifted children above 6-7 years old are allowed to join the school if their qualities match certain criteria of the correspondent speciality. The school also organizes training courses and seminars for students abroad.

There are three main departments in the school: Music, Fine Arts and Ballet. As of 2009, the staff consists of 46 general education, 25 art, 88 music and 25 ballet teachers.

 

FINE ARTS

The Arts program at the Fine Art department develops a young artist’s technical abilities and personal vision through the study of a variety of traditional subjects. Creative problem solving, critical thinking and a broad range of experiences build the foundation for deeper understanding, advanced learning, and innovation within the various techniques and technologies.


What most distinguishes the School Fine Arts department from other art schools is the breadth and depth of its curriculum and the freedom our students have to navigate among choices of study.

There are no majors to the range of courses students from grade 1 to 10 are to take. Our students are encouraged to move among forms. Implementing what we need to say as artists and scholars and teaching students to represent what they want to represent, we create the environment where our students must cross between systems of thought and practice. At grade 11 and 12 students take a course in principal field from painting, graphics, sculpture or design with a complex of supplementary subjects.

The Fine Art department students have many opportunities to show their work throughout the year. Student works are displayed in the art gallery “Mūza”, which houses regular exhibitions every 2 weeks, in the department premise and around the School. Along with various projects and exhibitions nationwide young artists have had their works exhibited in Japan, Holland, Austria, Sweden, Finland and the USA.

Nearly 30 teachers with the professional artistic and pedagogic background work with more than 240 students.

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