Cracow School of Art and Fashion Design
| Krakowskie Szkoły Artystyczne | |
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| Type | Private college |
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| Established | 1989 |
| Rector | Joanna and Jerzy Gaweł s.c. |
| Address | Kraków, Kraków, Poland |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | http://www.ksa.edu.pl |
The Kraków Schools of Art and Fashion Design group (Polish: Krakowskie Szkoły Artystyczne, KSA) is an umbrella group of postsecondary art and fashion design schools in Kraków, Poland. It was established in 1989 and comprise five schools: Fashion Design, Photography, Interior Design, Visual Merchandising, and Drama.
The Schools of Art college group of Kraków is approved by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland, and is listed in the Ministry's Art School Directory.
Teachers who work at school are active artists and designers who combine teaching with their professional careers. This system ensures that the students are taught by a variety of arts professionals who share with them their experience and knowledge.
School graduates are qualified to work in all areas of fashion, from fashion designer stylists, fashion photographers, illustrators to merchandisers.
SAPU department was open within the Kraków School of Art and Fashion design in 1989. The department offers two-and-half-year full-time programme. The programme is individually designed by professional artist – teachers who focus on students needs and market requirements. Most of the courses are workshops, which give students a possibility to develop necessary skills and release their full potential. The programme covers topics such as design, textiles, fashion illustration, garment construction and garment styling. There are separate workshops for life drawing, colour study, painting, jewellery design, textile technology, accessories including millinery and shoe design, fashion photography and history of fashion. At the end of the fifth semester, each student gets a possibility to design and present his own author collection on a runway show during Kraków Fashion Awards.
The Photography department was open within Kraków School of Art and Fashion Design in 1992. SKF offers 2 year full-time program. The programme focus on developing practical skills, most of the classes are workshop that introduce students to all photography techniques like liquid light photography, advertising photography, experimental photography, portrait. Next to computer classes, students also master the old school techniques like gumprint. Professional photo studio, as well as a dark room are available for students. At the end of the final semester, each student is preparing his diploma collection of photographs on a chosen theme. Student’s works are presented on individual exhibitions in Kraków galleries, and a main diploma exhibition presenting best works is organized in school hall each year in November.
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