AKI (Academy for Art and Industry)

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AKI (Academy for Art and Industry)
motto the freest academy in the Netherlands
activity 1949-2006
Sponsorship Independent state academy
place Enschede
director Sipke Huismans
Students about 600
Employee 110-135
Website www.aki.nl

The AKI (Academy for Art and Industry) in Enschede was a technical college (Hoger beroepsonderwijs / HBO) with around 600 students and 80-90 lecturers. The lecturers were employed part-time (one to two days a week). A bachelor's and master's degree was offered. With the loss of independence, the AKI was renamed ArtEZ Academie voor Art & Design Enschede and affiliated to ArtEZ , the university association of the eastern Netherlands founded in 2002 .

The main location was at Roessinghsbleekweg 155. There were ancillary buildings at Borneostraat 16-22, Twekkelerweg 124 and Daalweg 73 in Enschede. In 1998 AKI moved to the campus of the University of Twente in the former building of the Faculty of Chemistry on Hallenweg.

Foundation and history

AKI 1964, farewell to the Hengelosestraat location, photo: Rutger ten Broeke

The academy was founded in 1949 by several textile manufacturers (in a villa on Hengelosestraat in Enschede). During the tenure of the directors Dirk de Leeuw (1949–1955) and Abraham Middelhoek (1955–1968), higher professional training for cartridges / pattern makers and, in parallel, free training as an artist were offered. After the end of textile production in Enschede, the new director (1968–1981) Joop Hardy shifted the training focus to autonomous visual arts. Director Sipke Huismans continued this line from 1981 to 2002 until the AKI was dissolved as an independent institute.

Admission requirements

The school requirement for admission for students was the completion of one of the three types of school: Mbo / degree from a Realschule , Havo / Fachabitur or Vwo / Abitur (see education system in the Netherlands ). In addition, one of the admission requirements was the entrance exam to the academy.

duration of training

A bachelor's and master's degree was offered at the university of applied sciences. Up until 1991, the bachelor's degree took five years. Since 1991 the regular study period has been four years. The final examination had to be taken within a study period of six years (in the case of full-time study), otherwise the study was rated as failed. Part-time study for students, the Avondschool / Evening School, lasted six years (to graduate as a Bachelor).

Course of studies

After the end of the first academic year, which was divided into trimesters , the lecturers decided which students were suitable to continue studying in the subject groups. At least 15% of the students had to drop out of their studies after the propedeuse / the introductory year. In the second year the student chooses between design and fine art. From the second year, the course took place in semesters and the student joined a specialist group in which there were students from the 2nd to 4th year of study.

rating

Within four years, the student had to achieve a total of 168 points. Each point represented 40 hours of study time (not attendance). At the end of the semester, a retrospective took place where the student was expected to answer questions about his work from all lecturers in the field.

Fields of study

Financial

The tuition fee was around € 1350 per academic year. The payment of € 125 per academic year into the school fund (a community fund) was voluntary.

University policy

There was no AStA or a comparable interest group for students at the AKI. The dean was responsible for student matters.

internationality

Approx. 20% of the students were not from the Netherlands.

Well-known former lecturers

Well-known former students

literature

  1. AKI calendar printed by Kalamiteit in Dokkum, editors Sipke Huismans, Bas Könning, Regina Kroeders
  2. Information material for German-speaking students, Maarten Binnendijk, Sipke Huismans, Bas Könning. Translation: Language Unlimited, total production Kalamiteit, Dokkum

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ This is Enschede, Contact Photo Books, author Bert Schierbeek, Amsterdam 1962
  2. ↑ Joop Hardy, Cultuurbeschouwing, een anarchistic opvatting, Delft, 1987 ISBN 90-9001608-2

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