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HISK - Higher Institute for Fine Arts Flanders - Ghent Advanced Studies &
Practice-based Research in Visual Arts
The Higher Institute of Fine Arts
(HISK) organizes postgraduate education in Flanders in the field of the
audiovisual and visual arts. It provides approximately twenty-five young artists
from Belgium and abroad with a studio of their own for the duration of two years
along with specific, tailor-made guidance.
At the HISK, emphasis lies
mainly on individual practice with an international focus. The visiting
lecturers are crucial.
Artists, curators, critics and theoreticians pay
individual studio visits at regular intervals. There are also frequent visits to
significant art events and lectures, seminars and workshops are provided. The
HISK also offers technical facilities and production opportunities.
Thanks to
the unique HISK concept, the participants are given every opportunity to invest
in critical research of their work in order to situate it within a broader
artistic, cultural and societal context.
At the end of the two-year
working period, the participant receives a certificate of Laureate of the
HISK . The HISK is officially recognized as Higher Institute and is financed by
the Flemish Community - Ministry of Education and supported by the City of
Ghent.
Since 1997, 148 laureates have graduated from the HISK. The
largest part of them are currently building up a successful professional career
in the Belgian and international art world. |
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