Burg Giebichenstein University of Art in Halle

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Burg Giebichenstein University of Art in Halle
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founding 1915 (precursor 1879)
Sponsorship state
place Halle (Saale)
state Saxony-Anhalt
country Germany
Rector Dieter Hofmann
Students 1039 WS 2017/18
Website www.burg-halle.de

The Burg Giebichenstein Art College Halle (Burg Halle) is the art college founded in 1915 in Halle (Saale) . With over 1000 students, it is one of the largest art universities in Germany and offers 20 art and design courses in two departments. It is the only art college among the ten universities in Saxony-Anhalt .

It is located on the lower castle of Giebichenstein Castle above the right bank of the Saale on the northern outskirts of the city and on the Hermes site in the northeast area of ​​Halle with the art campus and on Neuwerk east of the Mühlgraben with the design campus.

History and present

Today's Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design in Halle goes back to the commercial drawing and craft school of the city of Halle . This school was created in 1879 from the merger of the Halle Provincial Trade School, which had existed since 1852, and the Trade Drawing School, which had existed since 1870 . The arrival of the architect Paul Thiersch as director on July 1, 1915, is considered the birth of today's art college. The school was now called the Halle School of Crafts and Applied Arts . Thiersch gave it new impulses and reformed it in line with the ideas of the Deutscher Werkbund and the Bauhütten ideal . Training and production workshops as well as artistic specialist classes emerged in which training was carried out without a fixed curriculum: In addition to a carpentry workshop, classes for painting, graphics, sculpture, architecture, textile design and photography were set up.

In 1922, the school moved to the lower castle of Giebichenstein Castle for the first time , where it was named workshops of the city of Halle, the State-Municipal School of Applied Arts Burg Giebichenstein . In the same year, a pottery training course was established after building ceramics had been included in the teaching program as early as 1920.

After the Bauhaus in Weimar was dissolved in 1925, numerous former Bauhaus students came to the "Burg" as teachers, including the sculptor Gerhard Marcks, who was director from 1928 to 1933. After the seizure of power by the Nazis in 1933 had Marguerite Friedlaender , Gerhard Marcks , Hans Wittwer , Charles Crodel and Erwin Hahs leave school. The school was curtailed by the National Socialist regime and continued as a crafts school. From 1934 it was called the State-City Crafts School Burg Giebichenstein - Werkstätten der Stadt Halle , in 1938 it was renamed again to the Master School of German Crafts at Burg Giebichenstein Halle-Saale, Werkstätten der Stadt Halle . In 1943 the name changed again, now the "Burg" traded as a master school for the creative craft .

In the post-war period, Giebichenstein Castle was rebuilt as an art school, since 1946 with the title Burg Giebichenstein - Art School and Workshops of the City of Halle-Saale . In 1950 it was affiliated to the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg as an institute for applied arts - workshops at Giebichenstein Castle , with which the training center achieved university status for the first time. In 1956 this connection was broken again and instead, Burg Giebichenstein was attached to the Berlin-Weißensee School of Art, as an institute for artistic work design at the Berlin-Halle / Saale-Burg Giebichenstein University of Applied Arts . In 1958, under the direction of Walter Funkat , the castle gained its autonomy as a college for industrial design Halle - Burg Giebichenstein of the Ministry of Culture, with which the original municipal craft school finally became a state college. Since then, the University of Industrial Design was one of the most influential training centers for designers and artists until 1989 and, with its training in the fields of applied arts, it was decisive for the special artistic quality of handicrafts in the GDR . From 1965 to 1975, the visual arts were pushed back as a subject in favor of design. Only after 1975 did the “castle” regain its old structure as in the 1920s and could expand with new subjects (glass, media art, communication design). In 1976 the rector Paul Jung installed the theory and methodology department (headed by Horst Oehlke, Rolf Frick). In this group, up to 25 scientists from different disciplines worked on design methodology, design theory and intensively on preparing the use of computer technology for design.

In 1989 the name was changed to Burg Giebichenstein - University of Art and Design Halle . The university faces social change, internationalization and complex tasks in art and design. The well-founded artistic-scientific basic theory remains a unique selling point to this day.

Comprehensive renovation work began on Campus Design in 2003, and the campus has been steadily expanded since then, with a new library built in 2015.

Bachelor courses were introduced in the design department in 2005, the master courses in 2008. Diploma courses are still offered in the art department.

In 2010 the name of the college was changed to Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule Halle in order to make the status of the art college and the associated university status clearer. In 2013 the art college was granted the right to award doctorates. In 2015 the "Burg" celebrated its 100th anniversary, during which an extensive program with numerous exhibitions, events and publications took place.

There are currently around 1040 students studying at the university. Around two thirds are studying design, the rest in the art department. Dieter Hofmann, Professor of Industrial Design / Product and System Design, has been Rector since the 2014/2015 winter semester and was re-elected for a further four years in June 2018. Of the currently 51 professorships (including visiting, substitute and honorary professorships), 25 are held by women. The art college is thus one of the few universities and art colleges in Germany that has equal professorships.

Education

Entrance gate between the manor house and the gatehouse
Art campus with a view of the Oberburg Giebichenstein
Villa am Neuwerk 7
Central administration on the design campus

The Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle has 20 diploma, bachelor and master degrees and 15 subject-specific fields of study in two departments. In addition, she has two postgraduate courses and since 2013 she has the right to award doctorates in the design sciences. 15 percent of the students come from abroad.

The bachelor's degree usually lasts four years, a master's degree one year and diploma courses five years. A special focus is on basic training in theory and practice, which is imparted across all courses in the first two years of study. Under expert guidance, students can use materials and tools for their projects in over 20 specialist workshops on the university campus. The proficiency tests take place every year in mid-March. 1480 applicants applied for around 200 places awarded in 2018.

Locations

The university is divided into three main locations: One center is the design campus at Neuwerk 7 with the administration office, the library, the media center, the study information center, the start-up center Designhaus Halle and the central workshops as well as the teaching buildings for the design department. The majority of the studios and rooms of the art department are located on the art campus at Seebener Straße 1. In the Hermes building at Hermesstraße 5, the courses for students of art education, art / teaching, textile arts and painting take place.

public events

Farewell to the graduates on the design campus
Awarding of certificates during the annual exhibition 2017

The annual annual exhibition in July is the highlight of the academic year: for the duration of a weekend, students from all courses on the Art Campus, Campus Design, the Hermes building and other exhibition locations show their semester and final papers.

At the end of the semester in July and February, the fashion students also present their collections at the fashion show. During the semester, changing exhibitions can be seen in the university's own Burg Galerie in the Volkspark . To mark the opening of the academic year, the GiebichenStein Design Prize has been awarded since 2012, accompanied by an exhibition in the Art Foundation of Saxony-Anhalt.

Prospective students receive an impression of the university during the student information day in January and can take part in portfolio advice and guided tours.

At the castle tasting in September, high school students have the opportunity to get to know the BURG's range of courses in exchange with students and in workshops.

Well-known professors, lecturers and graduates (selection)

Directors and Rectors

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Teachers, masters and well-known graduates before 1933

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Professors and teachers after 1945

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Graduates

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Regular awards from the university and its partners

  • Medal "Thanks to the Castle" (since 1948/1949)
  • Gustav Weidanz Prize for Plastic (since 1975)
  • Art Prize of the Saalesparkasse Foundation (since 2007)
  • GiebichenStein Design Award (since 2012)
  • Gerhard Marcks Scholarship (since 2020)

International partner universities

There are university partnerships in Europe with 53 universities in 20 countries. In addition, the art academy cooperates with 11 art academies worldwide, focussing on exchanges with Saint Petersburg (Russia), Havana (Cuba) and Tokyo (Japan). The Burg Giebichenstein Academy of Art is also a partner in the Cumulus network of European universities, a network of 165 art and design universities and a member of the European League of Institutes of the Arts (ELIA). The partner universities include:

literature

  • Wilhelm Nauhaus: The Giebichenstein Castle. History of a German art school 1915 - 1933. Leipzig: Seemann, 1981 / New edition Leipzig: Seemann, 1992, ISBN 3-363-00539-3 .
  • Burg Giebichenstein (Ed.): Burg Giebichenstein - Documents 1915 to 1933 . Publishing house of Burg Giebichenstein Halle / Saale 1990;
  • Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle (Ed.): 75 years of Burg Giebichenstein 1915 - 1990: Contributions to history. Selected and introduced by Renate Luckner-Bien. Halle / Saale 1990.
  • Design and art: Giebichenstein Castle 1945–1990. An example from the other Germany. Edited by Florian Hufnagl. The New Collection, State Museum for Applied Arts, Munich. Munich 1991.
  • Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle . Catalog for the exhibition in Mainau Castle in 1991. Published by the Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle. Halle / Saale 1991.
  • Katja Schneider : Burg Giebichenstein: The School of Applied Arts under the direction of Paul Thiersch and Gerhard Marcks 1915 - 1933. Weinheim: VCH, 1992, ISBN 3-527-17725-6 .
  • State Gallery Moritzburg Halle; Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe; Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle (ed.): The Halle art school from the beginning to the present . Halle / Saale and Karlsruhe, 1993
  • Ute Brüning, Angela Dolgner , Helmut Brade , Eva Natus-Salamoun, Jens Semrau: Walter Funkat. From the Bauhaus to Giebichenstein Castle. Dessau 2000, ISBN 3-910192-33-5 .
  • Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle. Catalog book with CD-ROM: The castle in detail. Published by Prof. Rudolf Schäfer for the Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle. Halle / Saale 2002, ISBN 3-86019-030-X .
  • Design. Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle / University of Art and Design Halle. Published by Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle, Design Department, Halle 2006, ISBN 3-86019-047-4 .
  • Giebichenstein Castle in Halle, in alphabetical order. A college encyclopedia. No. 26 of the series Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule Halle. Edited by Matthias Noell, Halle 2015, ISBN 978-3-935053-85-3
  • Design function and creative development process, 1st colloquium on questions of the theory and methodology of industrial design, October 1977, University of Industrial Design, (1977) Halle - Burg Giebichenstein.
  • Possibilities and limits of computer-aided design, 7th colloquium on questions of the theory and methodology of industrial design, October 1983, University of Industrial Design, (1983) Halle - Burg Giebichenstein.

Web links

Commons : Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule Halle  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle: Rectorate. Retrieved March 21, 2020 .
  2. ↑ More students at Saxony-Anhalt's universities In: Volksstimme Magdeburg, October 22, 2017, accessed on April 20, 2018.
  3. ^ State art colleges in Germany University database Studis-online.de. Retrieved December 4, 2018.
  4. ^ State Gallery Moritzburg Halle; Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe; Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle (ed.): The Halle art school from the beginning to the present. Halle / Saale and Karlsruhe, 1993, p. 21.
  5. ↑ The castle's new media library opens. In: Mitteldeutsche Zeitung Halle. November 16, 2015, accessed December 4, 2018 .
  6. ↑ Petra book: Visions, materials, experiments . In: Leipziger Volkszeitung , October 24, 2018, p. 10.
  7. ↑ people. Professors at Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle, accessed on December 4, 2018 .
  8. ↑ Equal opportunities at universities: Ms. professor remains in the minority. In: Spiegel Online. October 31, 2018, accessed December 4, 2018 .
  9. ↑ a b Over 200 new students are starting at the BURG Press release of the Burg Giebichenstein Art College Halle on October 15, 2018. Accessed on November 30, 2018.
  10. ↑ University locations Site plan of the Hermes building. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
  11. ↑ Ulrike Thielmann: Burg Giebichenstein Halle invites you to the annual exhibition 2018. In: MDR Kultur. July 13, 2018, accessed December 21, 2018 .
  12. ↑ GiebichenStein Design Prize 2018. In: Art Foundation of the State of Saxony-Anhalt. Retrieved December 21, 2018 .
  13. ↑ Arts in exile: People - Lili Schultz. In: kuenste-im-exil.de. German National Library, accessed on July 9, 2019 .
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Coordinates: 51 ° 30 ′ 9.7 "  N , 11 ° 57 ′ 17.6"  E