Course General Description

The Department of Ceramics and Glass Design is one of the first departments at Bezalel, and the first that gained academic accreditation. Little wonder then that the Department has a long tradition of developing processes of creation and practice in the fields of ceramics and glass design, rooted in the vast accumulation of knowledge. Its experienced lecturers, prominent figures in their fields, engage in constant updating of the disciplines, while continually challenging the familiar and encouraging groundbreaking innovativeness. The Department stands out in the landscape of design departments in Israel, and is one of the largest of its kind in the world, both in scope and in the fields of knowledge it encompasses.

School General Description

Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design is an academic college of design and art located in Jerusalem, Israel. Established in 1906 by Jewish painter and sculptor Boris Schatz, Bezalel is Israel's oldest institution of higher education. It is named for the Biblical figure Bezalel, son of Uri (Hebrew: בְּצַלְאֵל בֶּן־אוּרִי), who was appointed by Moses to oversee the design and construction of the Tabernacle (Exodus 35:30). The art created by Bezalel's students and professors in the early 1900s is considered the springboard for Israeli visual arts in the 20th century. Bezalel is currently located at the Mount Scopus campus of Hebrew University of Jerusalem, with the exception of the Architecture department, which is housed in the historic Bezalel building in downtown Jerusalem. In 2009 it was announced that Bezalel will be relocated to a new campus in the Russian Compound, as part of a municipal plan to revive Jerusalem's downtown. The new Bezalel campus is planned by the Tokyo-based award-winning architectural firm SANAA.