KUNO is a lively and ambitious Nordplus network comprising 16 Nordic-Baltic fine art academies, aiming to become an art university without walls. By cooperating on a wide range of project activities, the member institutions commit themselves to the continued development of higher fine art education in the region. A major KUNO event in 2010 is the admission of new students to Nordic Sound Art, an MA programme offered jointly by academies in Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Norway. The Royal Danish Academy of Arts, Schools of Visual Arts, is the coordinating institution, with composer and sound artist Rune Søchting as the driving force. Priority is given to students from the five organizing institutions, and interested students from other KUNO academies may also be admitted.
ABOUT KUNO represents a system of co-operation, exchange and professional debate within higher art education in the Nordic-Baltic region. KUNO s objectives are to: Promote contact and co-operation in higher art education Intensify knowledge about higher art education Support a debate about higher art education on a high professional level Give students a high level of flexibility in making use of curricular offers at all Fine Art academies in the network Accentuate ideas for contemporary Art education as they are developed at the Nordic-Baltic institutions for higher art education in an international / European context. The main elements of KUNO activities are express mobility, regular student mobility, teacher mobility and symposia for professors and teachers. At present KUNO comprises 16 fine art academies. Download the KUNO collaboration agreement 2009
02.04.2012 KUNO Secretariat to Estonian Academy of Arts Estonian Academy of Arts (EAA) will host the KUNO secretariat for the coming five yar period. From 1 January 2011 Maria Jürisson, head of the EAA international office, is the KUNO coordinator. 23.02.2012 KUNO Network Meeting and Teachers Seminar 2011 - Kunsthogskolen i Oslo, October 21-23, 2011 The annual KUNO network meeting and Teachers Seminar takes place in Oslo, 21-23 October. The annual meeting includes the network meeting for rectors/deans and coordinators Friday 21 October, and a separate coordinators seminar Saturday 22 October. 02.04.2012 KUNO Secretariat to Estonian Academy of Arts Estonian Academy of Arts (EAA) will host the KUNO secretariat for the coming five yar period. From 1 January 2011 Maria Jürisson, head of the EAA international office, is the KUNO coordinator. 23.02.2012 KUNO Network Meeting and Teachers Seminar 2011 - Kunsthogskolen i Oslo, October 21-23, 2011 The annual KUNO network meeting and Teachers Seminar takes place in Oslo, 21-23 October. The annual meeting includes the network meeting for rectors/deans and coordinators Friday 21 October, and a separate coordinators seminar Saturday 22 October. 02.04.2012 KUNO Secretariat to Estonian Academy of Arts Estonian Academy of Arts (EAA) will host the KUNO secretariat for the coming five yar period. From 1 January 2011 Maria Jürisson, head of
EXCHANGE EXPRESS COURSES STUDENT EXCHANGE Students from the KUNO Academies can apply for regular student mobility one or two semesters at another Academie within KUNO. Please contact the international co-ordinator at your Institution for more information and application form. Download application form
EXCHANGE EXPRESS COURSES EXPRESS COURSES The co-operation within KUNO network makes it possible for students registered at KUNO partner universities to participate in selected courses at an Academy other than his/her own. These courses are called KUNO express and can be found under the heading search KUNO express on this homepage. Download application form 02.04.2012-20.05.2012 Nordic Sound Art Intensive Course; Sound Installation Workshop/seminar by Alejandra Salinas and Aeron Bergman 02.04.2012-20.05.2012 Nordic Sound Art Intensive Course; Sound Installation Workshop/seminar by Alejandra Salinas and Aeron Bergman 02.04.2012-20.05.2012 Nordic Sound Art Intensive Course; Sound Installation Workshop/seminar by Alejandra Salinas and Aeron Bergman 02.04.2012-20.05.2012 Nordic Sound Art Intensive Course; Sound Installation Workshop/seminar by Alejandra Salinas and Aeron Bergman 02.04.2012-20.05.2012 Nordic Sound Art Intensive Course; Sound Installation Workshop/seminar by Alejandra Salinas and Aeron Bergman
EXCHANGE EXPRESS COURSES SOUND INSTALLATION EXPRESS COURSES Nordic Sound Art Intensive Course; Sound Installation 02.04.2012-20.05.2012 Workshop/seminar by Alejandra Salinas and Aeron Bergman Installation, site specificity, gardens and expanded architecture Students will choose and occupy a space. Produce an intervention in the space that alters its function, calls attention to its characteristics or transports it. Keeping in mind the differences and similarities of theater and architecture, the space could be inside or outside the teaching facilities. You can use digital tech if necessary, but we encourage analogue interventions. Since there is always a sound element in an installation, the intervention need not be exclusively and strictly a sound work. Series of lectures. We will do close readings in groups of assigned texts. Project: students will choose and occupy a space. Group critiques with Rebecca Mazzei, director of MOCA Detroit. Group critiques with Trine Friis Sørensen, curator currently pursuing a PhD at Department of Arts and Cultural Studies at University of Copenhagen. Category: Project School: Konsthögskolan i Malmö Teacher: Aaron Bergman, Alejandra Salinas, Trine Friis Sørensen, Rebecca Mazzai, Joel Cohen Credit Points: 3 KUNO Students: 4 Name of Coordinator: Jonas Olesen Email to Coordinator: totem_tm@yahoo.dk Start: 05/12/2011 End: 16/12/2011 Category: Project
Teachers from the KUNO Academies can apply for teacher exchange at another Academy within KUNO according to the following: The grant is intended for exchange with another partner academy within KUNO network. The exchange shall be integrated in the education of the guest institution. The exchange is intended for instruction, tuition, development of pedagogical material etc. The teacher shall have full salary from the home institution during the exchange. KUNO contributes with a weekly grant and a travel grant. Period of exchange is minimum 1 day = 8 working hours. Please contact the international co-ordinator at your institution for more information and application form.
NETWORK ACTIVITIES INTENSIVE COURSES NETWORK MEETING TEACHERS SEMINAR NETWORK MEETINGS The decision making body of KUNO is the network meeting, which is arranged annually. All member academies are represented by their heads. Even though the individual academy has one vote, it is also considered important that the KUNO coordinators take part. Between the network meetings the KUNO steering group is in charge of the network.the secretariat is responsible for the daily administration of the network. NETWORK MEETING 2010 Annual KUNO network meeting and teacher s seminar took place in Helsinki, Kuvataideakademia on October 22-24, 2010. Download KUNO Network meeting - minutes 2010 pdf NETWORK MEETING 2009 The 2009 KUNO network meeting took place at Academy of Fine Arts, Umeå, on 23 October. Download KUNO NETWORK MEETING 2009 - minutes pdf NETWORK MEETING 2008 Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn, hosted the 2008 KUNO network meeting on 10th October. Download KUNO Network meeting - minutes 2008 pdf NETWORK MEETING 2007 The annual KUNO network meeting was held at Bergen National Academy of the Arts on 19th October Download KUNO NETWORK MEETING 2007 - minutes pdf NETWORK MEETING 2006 The 2006 network meeting was hosted by the Royal University College of Fine Arts, Stockholm, on 6th October. Download KUNO NETWORK MEETING 2006 - minutes pdf
NETWORK ACTIVITIES INTENSIVE COURSES NETWORK MEETING TEACHERS SEMINAR TEACHERS SEMINAR KUNO Teachers Seminar 10 - programme TWO OR THREE THINGS WE KNOW ABOUT TEACHING ART What do artists (need to) know and by which pedagogic methods do we convey and produce such knowledge? The 2009 KUNO Teachers Seminar in Umeå, 23-25 October, aimed to provide some answers to these fundamental questions. Download pdf KUNO Teachers Seminar 09 - programme ACADEMIC ART LIFE VERSUS REAL ART LIFE The relationship between art institutions and art education seem quite an essential topic these days, when borders between studying art and being an artist seems more and more hard to draw. The statement was made by Marko Mäetamm, artist and dean of Fine Arts at the Estonian Academy of Arts. The 2008 KUNO Teachers Seminar took place at EAA in Tallinn. Download pdf Academic Art Life versus Real Art Life TOOLS FOR TEACHING On Fidelity: Art, Politics, Passion and Event was the title of Mary Kelly s lecture at theˇ 2007 Teachers Seminar in Bergen. The professor of Art and Critical Theory at the UCLA Department of Art is well known for her pioneering educational work. Together with another pioneer, Reem Fadda, Academic Director at International Academy of Art Palestine, Kelly introduced profound perspectives on contemporary fine art education. Their lectures triggered enthusiasm and intense discussions among the 40 participants from all the KUNO partner institutions. Download pdf Tools for Teaching - programme CH-CH-CH-CH-CHANGES (Turn and face the strain) The 2006 KUNO Teachers Seminar was held at the Royal University
NETWORK ACTIVITIES NORDIC SOUNDART homepage Nordic Sound Art joint study programme (MFA) has entered into its second phase and started with 12 new students. Five academies are pooling their sound resources and facilitate the programme together. The NSA partners are: the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Art, Schools of Visual Art (coordinating institution), Malmö Art Academy, the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Trondheim Academy of Fine Art and Bergen National Academy of the Arts. New programme coordinator is a musician and installation artist Jonas Olesen. Homepage Download application form
NETWORK ACTIVITIES NORDIC SOUNDART homepage Nordic Sound Art joint study programme (MFA) has entered into its second phase and started with 12 new students. Five academies are pooling their sound resources and facilitate the programme together. The NSA partners are: the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Art, Schools of Visual Art (coordinating institution), Malmö Art Academy, the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Trondheim Academy of Fine Art and Bergen National Academy of the Arts. New programme coordinator is a musician and installation artist Jonas Olesen. Homepage Download application form
NETWORK ACTIVITIES KUNO SECRETARIAT Maria Jürisson KUNO Network Co-ordinator KUNO Steering group Mikkel Bogh (KUNO Chair) Rector Riikka Stewen Vice Rector Cecilia Gelin Dean maria.jurisson@artun.ee Estonian Academy of Arts Tartu mnt 110145 Tallinn Estonia mikkel.bogh@kunstakademiet.dk Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi Billedkunstskolerne Kongens Nytorv 1 1050 København K Denmark riikka.stewen@kuva.fi Finnish Academy of Fine Arts Kaikukatu 4 00530 Helsinki Finland cecilia.gelin@khib.no Bergen National Academy of the Arts Strømgaten 1 5015 Bergen Norway Andres Tali Dean, Faculty of Fine Arts andres.tali@artun.ee Estonian Academy of Arts Tartu mnt 1 10145 Tallinn Estonia Guidelines for the KUNO secretariat
NETWORK ACTIVITIES The National Academy of Fine Art Oslo Homepage The National Academy of Fine Art Oslo offers a 3 year BA- course for visual artists in Norway. A 2- year MA- programme will be starting in autumn 2005. Our students do not enrol in particular departments, but have access to all workshops. There is a balance between mandatory courses and open choices. A successful study contains 20% theory, 30% workshop and 50% studio practice. Specialized Areas: Painting, Sculpture, Installation, Performance, Photography, Video, Digital Art. Deadline for application: 31.03.2012 Required documents: Portfolio, letter of motivation Semester Dates: 01.09.2011-14.12.2011 Coordinator Email: berit.andresen@khio.no Coordinator Address: Berit Andresen Statens Kunstakademi St. Olavs gate 32 0166 Oslo, Norge More information for applicants Homepage