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With the support of RECONOMY and the Ria Keburia Foundation in the direction of “Fashion Design”, an educational and creative project will be organized at the “Kachreti Ambassador” exhibition space from November 24 to December 1, 2024: “Design Lab – Intertextual Synergy in Design”.
Project Leader:
Nino Mgaloblishvili, Professor, Doctor of Cultural Studies
Within the framework of the project, a program was specially created for students of the Fashion Design Program (MA) at the Tbilisi State University of Fine Arts (TSSA) and Ukrainian guests. The program included a practical course titled “Natural Plant Dyeing Technologies and Experimental Design (T&M)” and a presentation of the results.
Purpose of the Course:
• To deepen knowledge about design sustainability and eco-stability for the development of participants’ creative careers.
• Study of eco-technologies based on natural materials.
• Fabric decoration with natural dyes using an experimental method.
• Methods of painting and processing fabric surfaces with living plants.
• Development of experimental design skills, group, and individual activities of participants.
Experts of Practical Sessions:
• Eka Chkhutishvili, Associate Professor
• Maryam Beridze, Associate Professor
• Lela Kirtadze, GTG – Georgian Textile Group member
Participating Audience:
TSSA Fashion Design MA Program students:
• Eva Gogotidze
• Elene Betlemishvili
• Elene Turashvili
• Tamar Zaloshvili
• Mariam Kvavadze
• Mariam Djibuti
• Nao Aslamazashvili
• Salome Tsivtsivadze
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Project Results:
• Fabrics painted with natural plants – unique works of art based on sustainability principles.
• Design objects created using experimental methods and lossless pattern techniques, employing non-traditional sewing technologies as per the practical methods of world-renowned experts in sustainable fashion and textiles.
Featured Experts:
• Shingo Sato – Founder of TR Cutting School, Professor
• Julian Roberts – Founder of Subtraction Cutting, Professor at the University of Portsmouth, Trustee of the Graduate Fashion Foundation (GFF/GFW) in the UK
• Elena Releeva / Elena EWEST – Founder of the international organization “EWST fashionlab”
Tutor:
Leila Enukidze, TSSA Visiting Teacher
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Dates:
September 24 to September 28, 2024
Location:
Kachreti, Ria Keburia Foundation Exhibition Space
Project Supporters:
• RECONOMY
• TSSA/Fashion Design Portal
• Initiative NK
• Ria Keburia Foundation/Art Residence/Ambassador “Kachreti”
16. Educational-Creative Project “Design Lab – Intertextual Synergy in Design”
With the support of RECONOMY, the educational-creative project “Design Lab – Intertextual Synergy in Design” has been organized in the direction of “Fashion Design”.
Project Leader:
Nino Mgaloblishvili, Professor, Doctor of Cultural Studies
Within the framework of the project, Shadi Mohamed Hassan, the leader of the Global Pleating team at the world-famous pleated fabric and cardboard manufacturing company Al Alamia Plisse, was specially invited.
Al Alamia Plisse was founded in 1981 in Alexandria, Egypt. The company’s trademark “Global Pleating” is a family-owned business and is considered one of the world’s leading companies in the production of personalized designs for pleated fabrics and cardboard. Global Pleating provides services in more than 25 countries around the world.
Main Topics of the Practice (implemented for the first time in Georgia – taking into account the requirements of the global T&A (Textile & Apparel) industry):
1. Fabric design with folding and origami techniques – innovation in clothing design
2. Pleated fabric technologies and creation of personalized cardboard designs
3. Molds and folded fabric models (work on samples)
4. Fabric cutting methods, identification of material types, and processing technologies
5. Experimentation in the direction of placing fabric in various forms and thermal treatment (simulation of industrial folding)
6. Design combinations and practical applications inspired by the art of origami
7. Practical training in mold making
Dates:
From January 22 to January 27, 2025
Location:
22 Griboedov St., Floor VI, Room 606
Project Supporters:
• RECONOMY
• TSSA/Fashion Design Portal
• Initiative NK
• LEPL Tbilisi Apollon Kutateladze State Academy of Arts
TSSA Erasmus partner, FH Joanneum University of Applied Sciences in Graz, Austria, announces a competition for TSSA professors and visiting lecturers to participate in the International Design Week from May 9-16.
The week is held as part of Design Month Graz, a UNESCO City of Design.
Theme of the Week: unCOMMON underground
Priority areas/projects for the week: Communication, Media, Sound, Interaction, and Exhibition Design
Deadline for submitting an idea application for the 4-day workshop: February 5
See the International Design Week website: International Design Week
See the competition application: Application Form+
The Media School of the Faculty of Media Arts at Artevelde University of Applied Sciences, Ghent, Belgium, invites four students from the Faculty of Media Arts to participate in a one-week BIP program. Please see the program details in the appendix.
To participate, students are required to submit:
• A portfolio
• A CV
• A letter of motivation
• Pass an online interview
The student will be responsible for covering the participation fee for the program.
Contact Person:
Nicky Malfliet
Email: nicky.malfliet@arteveldehs.be
The Tbilisi Apollon Kutateladze State Academy of Arts, in accordance with Article 78 of the Constitution of Georgia, remains a staunch supporter of the European integration path and disassociates itself from violence.
The Academy of Arts respects and considers the opinions and positions of each student. Therefore, the educational process at the Academy will continue without interruption. Students who are unable to attend lectures will be given the opportunity, in consultation with their lecturers, to make up the missed hours by the end of the semester, following an individual schedule.
PREZIOSA – Florence Jewellery Week
For more details, visit: www.preziosa.org
PREZIOSA YouTube Playlist
Le Arti Orafe Jewellery School YouTube Channel
Austria – Salzburg University of Applied Sciences
Short-term mobility program for professors and students – TSSA’s annual participation in International Design Week, led by:
• Professor Jumber Bechvaia, Head of the Industrial Design Department
• Professor Svetlana Mkhchiani
Industrial Design students:
• Giorgi Geladze
• Beka Samadbegishvili
• Nino Gegelashvili
• Tamar Sivsivadze
Furniture Design students:
• Ana Garsevanishvili
• Ana Kavtaradze
• Ana Kerdikashvili
• Nino Sharia
Textile Design student:
• Ana Kalandarishvili
Jewelry Design student:
• Barbara Zurabishvili
Ceramics Department students:
• Ana Goguadze
• Tamar Kvantaliani
France – University of Montpellier
• Nanuka Gogolashvili – Painting student
Slovakia – Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Bratislava
Short-term intensive study course – Exchange group mobility of professors and students
Under the guidance of Professor Salome Skhirtladze, Head of the Film Painting Department:
• Megi Kvernadze
• Nino Jaliashvili
Under the guidance of Professor Davit Aleksidze, Painting Department:
• Sopho Simonishvili
• Tekla Kobakhidze
Doctoral Student Mobility:
• Five doctoral students from the Faculty of Visual Arts will participate in an exchange program with the Faculty of Fine Arts at the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts, under the guidance of:
Italy – Politecnico di Milano
Austria – University of Applied Sciences Graz
Germany – University of Osnabrück
Textile Design Department students:
Czech Republic – The Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts, Prague
Turkey – Kastamonu University
Estonia – Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn
Bulgaria – National Academy of Arts, Sofia
Spain – Castello High School of Art
Spain – University of Granada
Students of the Faculty of Fashion Design:
Students of the Faculty of Fine Arts at the Apollon Kutateladze Tbilisi State Academy of Arts have the opportunity to submit their works (posters) for an exhibition that will take place in Berlin, Germany, at Volkssolidarität, in May 2025.
The project, titled “Work Show. Window Project” – “Art in the Window,” aims to showcase student artwork in an innovative format.
The primary goal of the exhibition is to promote the works of Academy students beyond Georgia. Berlin was chosen as the exhibition venue because it is one of the most significant centers of contemporary art, attracting numerous renowned artists, curators, and art historians who will have the opportunity to see the students’ works.
The project is curated by Lili Furstenow-Khositashvili, who conducted research on Anselm Kiefer at Humboldt University in Berlin with the support of a DAAD scholarship. Under her leadership, this project has been running for three years, presenting contemporary art in an experimental format—not in a traditional gallery, but in public spaces, accessible to everyone.
To participate in the exhibition, students must submit a photo of one or more posters via email, along with a detailed description (concept and all relevant details). A special jury will select up to 40 of the best posters from the submissions. These selected works will be printed in Germany and exhibited. Additionally, the chosen posters will be featured on the project’s website: www.e-mergingartists.art.
Submission guidelines:
The poster(s) must be submitted as a JPG file.
The accompanying information (work description: title, technique, dimensions, year; as well as the author’s biography and/or CV) must be submitted in DOC format in Georgian, English, or German.
The biography should include details about scholarships, awards, art residencies, publications, and exhibitions (if applicable).
Participants are free to choose the topic, materials, and dimensions of their work.
Each participant may submit either a single work or multiple works (as a series).
Submission deadline: January 23
Please send your artwork (JPG format) and accompanying information (DOC format) to the following email:
liliartresearch@yahoo.com
Contact person: Ana Mikeladze
Phone: 599 222 012
We wish you success!
“RECONOMY” is an inclusive and green economic development program of the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), implemented by Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation in cooperation with its partners.
The RECONOMY program, funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), supports the Fashion Design department at the Art Academy in the development of sustainable and inclusive education and includes the study, deepening, and development of knowledge and skills.
Within the framework of the “RECONOMY” program, a new educational and creative program – “Design Lab: Intertextual Synergy in Design” was created in the direction of TSA Fashion Design.
The program is based on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and provides practice-based learning forms – creativity, theoretical-practical workshops, implementation of design-technologies, and others. The main components of the program include:
1. Development of sustainable design education;
2. Expansion of educational modules;
3. Raising the qualifications of teachers;
4. Integration of traditional and innovative technologies in the educational process.
Within the framework of the “DesignLab: Intertextual Synergy in Design” program, international and local experts conducted practical sessions on the direction of fashion design (5). Also, a training course (13, BA/MA) was prepared and launched.
At this stage, the cycle of master classes “Non-traditional design methods” was completed for the students and teachers of “Mermis” College;
• Tutor: Leila Enukidze, Fashion Design teacher of TSSA, Chief Designer of LYIA;
• The master class course “Non-traditional pattern design methods” was developed according to the author’s methods of international experts invited to TSSA Fashion Design direction. In particular:
• Julian Roberts (UK fashion designer and academic, “Method Subtraction Cutting”): body language, “typographic letters”, “tunnel technique”;
• Shingo Sato (Shingo Sato, Japanese designer and instructor, Method “Transformational Reconstruction”/3D): “origami” technique, “spiral”;
• Elena Ryleeva (Elena Ryleeva, EWST Fashionlab Founder, Lossless pattern method): “Tissue topography”;
• Duration: 24 hours
• Teaching environment: innovative and practical (location: “Mermis” College, sewing laboratory);
• The program “DesignLab: Intertextual Synergy in Design” is led by Doctor of Cultural Studies, Professor, Head of Fashion Design Department of TSSA – Nino Mgaloblishvili.
• The program continues to work.
November 7, ERASMUS Information Meeting with First-Year Students of Apollon Kutateladze Tbilisi State Art Academy, International Service, about ERASMUS+ and Exchange Programs.
At the meeting, students heard information about semester and short-term exchange programs and international projects. The first-year students met with faculty coordinators, there was a discussion about the ERASMUS+ guide, student selection regulations, requirements of partner universities, details of studying and living abroad, and more.
The meeting was also attended by a representative of TSSA career services, who informed the students about vacancies, internships, university, state, and international scholarships, master classes, conferences, and seminars.