International Workshop on Cultural Heritage Conservation – Application Deadline: 10/09/2024
We are pleased to announce the implementation of another international workshop, aimed at advancing the field of cultural heritage conservation in Georgia.
Contact Information:
Project Leader: Mariam Sagaradze: sagaradzemariam@gmail.com
Project Co-organizer: Nino Koberidze: +995 551 107 001
Project Co-organizer: Asmat Tkeshelashvili: +995 598 585 598
The Fashion Design Department of the Faculty of Design at Apollon Kutateladze Tbilisi State Academy of Art continues its seminar series as part of the international educational project “Design Lab – Intertextual Synergy in Design”!
Introducing Elena Releyeva/Elena EWEST, founder of the international organization “EWST Fashionlab” and an international expert in fashion design (globally known as a master of zero-waste pattern making and draping):
• Research topic: Sustainable fashion
• Conclusions: “FABRICS-CAPE” – innovative fabric cutting techniques
For more detailed information, check the link.
If interested, please register.
The Fashion Design Department of TSAA, as part of the international educational project “Design Lab – Intertextual Synergy in Design,” continues its seminar series!
By special invitation – Julian Roberts (a world-renowned British master of non-traditional patterns, an expert in the field of design), is currently a professor of fashion and textile design at the University of Portsmouth and a trustee of the Graduate Fashion Foundation (GFF/GFW) in Great Britain.
Check the link for detailed information
• If you are interested, please register (required)
The international educational project “Design Lab – Intertextual Synergy in Design” is organized by the Faculty of Design – Fashion Design. Its purpose includes:
• Strengthening sustainability and green practices in the Textile & Apparel (T&A) industry, expanding new educational formats and scope, and incorporating international copyright programs as training courses, specifically:
1. Development of new green/sustainable curricula: Implementing joint curricula/courses in study programs (MA, BA) with the contribution of internationally recognized experts’ copyright programs.
2. Sharing real-world experience in green and sustainable practices to support graduates (via specially organized workshops, training sessions, internships, and seminars).
3. Providing international and local knowledge, skills, and experience to individuals seeking employment or private business development.
As part of the project, internationally renowned experts will be invited, and master classes from local field representatives and regional practices will be organized.
▫️Participants will have the opportunity to study and share both local and international best practices, focusing on sustainable design goals and strategies. They will collaborate with international experts and TSAA instructors (experts), specifically:
Learning innovative sewing technologies and textile production methods;
Developing a targeted product (from idea to finished product);
Executing creative and applied design forms (textile and rational clothing design).
A special guest, Shingo Sato—a Japanese master of draping techniques and renowned expert in non-traditional pattern-making—was invited to the “Design Lab – Intertextual Synergy in Design.”
Sato’s unconventional approach to clothing design and pattern manipulation is gaining significant attention in the global fashion and design education industry.
▫️The wide audience explored:
How to create clothing blocks based on body shapes using draping techniques;
How to overcome creative limitations;
How to design a series of garments through draping;
How to create wavy design lines and break down dress forms into separate panels;
How combining seams from different materials results in unique, multi-panel models.
Supported by:
• TSAA/Fashion Design Portal – TSAA/Fashion Design Portal
• FashionHolics Online – FashionHolics Online
• Alternative Discourse – Alternative Discourse
• Initiative NK
• Faculty of Design
• Apollon Kutateladze Tbilisi State Academy of Art
ERASMUS
April 29 – May 3, 2024
At the Bratislava Academy of Fine Arts and Design (AFAD), Tamaz Varvaridze, head of the graphics department of the Tbilisi Apollon Kutateladze State Academy of Arts—Faculty of Fine Arts, and the students of the same department were on mobility.
As part of the mobility, lectures and a workshop were held with the head of the painting department of the Bratislava Academy, Professor Rasto Sedlacik, in which Slovak and Georgian students were involved. The lecture was devoted to modern Georgian painting, and the seminar was dedicated to typography. The Academy of Arts graphic arts department students participated in the one-week exchange program: Baka Alavidze, Yulia Sharashenidze, Margarita Okujava, and Nino Fitskhelauri.
ERASMUS
On May 13-17, Giorgi Pachkoria, associate professor of the design faculty and direction of artistic ceramics, was a guest at Kastamonu University of Turkey within the framework of Erasmus cooperation. The professor conducted a 5-day workshop for his colleagues and university students.
On May 13-17, the Erasmus partner of the Apollon Kutateladze Tbilisi State Academy of Arts, at the invitation of the Sofia National Academy, was on mobility in Bulgaria, the vice-dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts of the Art Academy, Professor Otar Chakvetadze. He conducted a workshop for students, met with representatives of the Faculty of Fine Arts of the Sofia Academy, and held talks on future cooperation, joint projects, and exchange of students and academic staff
May 7-10, 2024
Hubert Bujak, professor of the master’s degree program of the painting department of the Academy of Wroclaw, Poland, of the ERASMUS partner institute of TSSA, visited the Faculty of Fine Arts of the Apollon Kutateladze State Art Academy of Tbilisi. Within the framework of the visit, the guest met the rector of TSSA, the dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts, and TSSA representatives, got acquainted with TSSA training programs, and conducted a presentation and workshop for painting and graphics students. Negotiations were held on future cooperation.
