Course General Description

The Faculty of Media Art is characterised by its unique profile. Its goal is to educate artists and professionals in the field of dissemination of the new media culture, who after graduation would – in addition to purely artistic activities – take up creative and independent work on production of films, television shows, theatrical productions; in advertising and the media. The faculty trains comprehensively qualified professionals in visual communication, able to undertake oftentimes difficult artistic decisions related to form and content of projects they are involved in. In the curriculum a strong emphasis is put not only on courses related to technical side of the profession, but also on broadening general knowledge in humanities – art, culture, philosophy and contemporary information society. One can graduate from the Faculty of Media Art with a diploma in audiovisual space and painting space, as well as multimedia, activities in space, art of the public domain, inter-media, film production, directing, production, animation and photography.

School General Description

Traditions of art education in Warsaw date back to the reign of king Stanisław August Poniatowski and the Painting Studio at the Royal Castle, run by Marcello Bacciarelli. He became an honorary dean of the Department of Fine Arts created at Warsaw University in 1816 – the first academic art school in the Polish capital. Following the closing down of the University, the Department was replaced by a School of Fine Arts in 1844. And towards the end of the 19th century, Warsaw art education was continued by Wojciech Gerson’s Drawing Studio, which educated the most distinguished Polish artists of the turn of the centuries. Today the Academy of Fine Arts consists of 9 faculties: Painting, Graphic Arts, Sculpture, Media Art, Conservation and Restoration of Works of Art, Design, Interior design, Stage Design and Management of Visual Culture. It is the largest academic art school in Poland. Besides its educational functions it plays an important part in the cultural life of the city and the nation. Its international standing has been consistently improving as a direct result of the developing co-operation with academic centres abroad.