Iceland University of the Arts
Listaháskóli Íslands | |
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| Type | Private |
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| Established | 1998 |
| Students | 452 (2009)[1] |
| Location | , Iceland |
| Website | www |
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Iceland University of the Arts (Icelandic: Listaháskóli Íslands) is an Icelandic institution of higher education, located in Reykjavík, which offers the only university-level degrees in the arts in Iceland.[2] The institution was founded on 21 September 1998[3] by consolidating the Iceland Drama School and the Reykjavík Arts School,[2][4] and classes began in autumn 1999.[5] It has five departments: Art education, Design and Architecture, Fine Arts, Music, and Theatre and Dance.
Notable alumni
- Hildur Guðnadóttir, composer and musician
- Ólöf Arnalds, singer/songwriter and indie musician
- Ragnar Kjartansson, performance artist
- Sigurður Guðjónsson, contemporary artist
- Hugleikur Dagsson, artist
- Sigurlaugur Elíasson, artist and poet
- Guðmundur Steinn Gunnarsson, composer and musician
- Þórhallur Gunnarsson, actor and television personality
- Karl Kvaran, painter and draughtsman
- Stefán Karl Stefánsson, film and stage actor
- Guðmundur Jörundsson, fashion designer
- Alex Somers, visual artist and musician
- Matthías Haraldsson, vocalist of Hatari
- Arngunnur Árnadóttir, clarinettist, poet and novelist
See also
- Skemman.is (digital library)
References
- ^ Statistics 2009 Archived 13 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Lisa Z. Valdimarsdottir, Iceland Academy of the Arts, Department of Design and Architecture - Library[permanent dead link] (pdf)
- ^ Institutional Charter, Iceland Academy of the Arts.
- ^ Accreditation Report - Arts - Iceland Academy of the Arts Archived 9 April 2010 at the National and University Library of Iceland (pdf), 3 July 2007, pp. 7, 28.
- ^ Jóhannes Þórðarson, MA proposal for Applied Arts at the Iceland Academy of the Arts - dept. of design and architecture(pdf), 22 January 2010: "IAA started in 1999".
External links
- Official homepage, English version
- Listing at Cumulus, International Association of Universities and Colleges of Art, Design and Media
- Listing and ranking at 4 International Colleges and Universities
- Listing at www.University.Directory.eu
- Arts Schools in Iceland, list at Center for Icelandic Art
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