Department of Art
Department of Art
The Department of Art educates and prepares professionals in the fields of art education, visual culture, curating, and contemporary art. The department is recognized internationally for high-quality artistic and art pedagogical activities, scholarship, and research.
Photo: Railtrack Songmaps, 2018, Lucy Davis
About us
The department has three study programs that are taught by leading scholars and practioncers in their field. The programs focus on the combinaton of theory and practice—praxis— and transdisciplinary artistic and arts-based research.
Study options
The Department offers degrees in Art Education, Nordic Visual Studies, and Visual Cultures, Curating and Contemporary Art. Find out the dates and application procedure for each programme from the study option specific page.
Research and artistic activities at the Department of Art
The research and artistic activities of Department of Art takes place in the fields of contemporary art, art education, visual culture, and curating. The department has a long tradition with artistic and philosophical production and many researchers’ work emphasises contemporary, critical, political and societal entanglements of art, curating, and pedagogy.
Doctoral studies at the Department of Art
Doctoral studies through the Department of Art focus on research through contemporary art practices, visual culture phenomena and research in art education and curating.
Past conferences
Department of Art has hosted many conferences such as The European regional InSEA Congress. Read more on our conferences listing page.
News
News from the Department of Art and the School of Arts, Design and Architecture.
Brain recordings show that background noise strongly impairs children’s ability to concentrate on a single speaker
A new brain-imaging study compared the cocktail party effect between adults and children. The purpose was to understand how children can cope the often noisy surroundings in which they grow and learn.
Ceremonial Conferment of Degrees in Arts, Design and Architecture 2019
The next ceremonial conferment of Doctoral and Master's degrees in Arts, Design and Architecture at Aalto University
School of Arts, Design and Architecture awarded promoters of creative skills
In the Annual Review of the school altogether eleven prizes were awarded.
Introducing Bassam El Baroni, Assistant Professor in Curating and Mediating Art
Bassam came to Aalto in May 2018 from the Dutch Art Institute MA program at ArtEZ University of the Arts in Arnhem, the Netherlands.
Events
Events from the Department of Art and the School of Arts, Design and Architecture.
Department of Art Research Assemblage March
The Department of Art Research Assemblage in March will be held on the 28th of March in Väre building Q201. Presentations by Elina Heikkilä and Katri Lassila.Department of Art Research Assemblage April
The Department of Art Research Assemblage in April will be held on the 25th of April in Väre building Q202. Presentations by Pia Euro and Sasha Huber.Department of Art Research Assemblage May
The Department of Art Research Assemblage in May will be held on the 23rd of May in Väre building Q101. Presentation by Lucy Davis.School of Arts, Design and Architecture
The School of Arts, Design and Architecture is one of the most prestigious universities in its fields. We educate students to create imaginative, collaborative, compassionate and unconventional approaches to the most pressing challenges of today.
