Museum – scientific – methodical and creative basis for the development of creative thinking and the formation of artistic individuality of students. Along with keeping the traditions, the best works created in the Academy of Fine Arts, becoming an incentive to exploration and innovation. Essentially, a serious approach to the basics of classical academic education guarantees to students of the Academy of Fine Arts erudition, aesthetic taste and technique mastery of the material as a basis for experimentation in the process formation of own style. Senior students are given wide opportunities for innovation. And both of these trends, without contradicting exhibit at the Academy of Arts of the impressive results of professionalism and creative freedom.
The Museum annually held public defense of diploma and master's works, personal, group and thematic exhibitions of teachers and students from the Academy of Fine Arts. This school of excellence for creative young people have become the leading figures of contemporary exhibition of Azerbaijani and world art. So in December 2008, here in a solemn ceremony was celebrated the anniversary of the outstanding painter and graphic artist of our time, folk artist, academician Tahir Salahov. In an effort to expand the range of professional students, Academy of Art is actively developing relations with foreign academies and institutes of art and architecture, by organizing foreign exhibitions and trips abroad for workshops and training of their teachers and students, as well as the now traditional exhibitions and master – classes of well-known foreign artists at the Academy of Arts of Azerbaijan. Thanks to the initiative of the Department of Foreign Affairs and the support of foreign missions in Azerbaijan in the halls of the Museum of the Academy of Arts passed 40 foreign exhibitions. Including, as significant as the opening days of modern British drawings from the collection British Council, Group Exhibitions Company Berlin artists and well-known German charts Büscher, Prass Jurgen and Ian Perkoterina, Turkish avant-garde artists of the new wave. With enthusiastic professionals and the general public were met solo exhibitions one of the apostles of contemporary Western art Gunther Uecker, the famous graphic Austrian Dieter Yezefa, professor of Berlin and Azerbaijan Academy of Arts Inga Schmidt. Also in the museum of the Academy of Fine Arts held repeatedly contests organized by the German Embassy, the United States, Turkey, Israel, followed by exposure of the best student work and internship students in Germany and Turkey.
In 2012, the Museum of the Academy of Fine Arts has been transformed into a museum – exhibition complex, which has raised his status and significantly expanded the scope of activities. Besides work with regularly updated (when new great courses and diploma works) a permanent exhibition of works by professors – teachers and educational staff of the Academy of Fine Arts Museum – exhibition center, holds an extensive exhibition activities, participating in the organization of outreach Academy of Arts and receiving in his halls of thematic group, individual exhibitions of foreign artists and masters of art in Azerbaijan. (List of past exhibitions included).
The plans of expansion Museum – Exhibition Center – create a virtual guide, lectures, internet – club, craft workshops and opening of the Summer School of Art and Architecture. At the Museum – exhibition center already operates the project – production laboratory of modern technologies (long-term plan of the laboratory attached). Opening Day, presented at the moment in the Museum has more than 1,000 exhibits virtually all types of traditional and contemporary fine art and architecture. Exposure has moved beyond the exhibition halls, turning it into a museum of all the interiors of the complex of the Academy of Fine Arts.
Focusing attention to the work with children and youth Museum – Exhibition Center of the Academy of Arts of Azerbaijan as a priority considering the charity. Donated by children – invalids his exhibition space for holding exhibitions, master – classes and other shares Museum – Exhibition Centre is also planning to hold charity shows – sales to the target area of the received funds to support organizations of children – disabled people involved in creative activities. This 2013 from May 24 to June 30, passed the International Festival of children's fine art "Saf Rengler." At the end of March 2013 Museum – Exhibition Complex AH initiated the festival of children's fine art, disseminate this information through the internet and facebook and applied directly to a number of commercial and public galleries of children's art schools. By the initiative of the Museum – the fairgrounds right now active private studio "Esmeralda" and the Egyptian Cultural Center in Baku, who has taken over a large part of the work on public awareness and participation of foreign children's groups.
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