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HDK-Valand - Academy of Art and Design

HDK-Valand - Academy of Art and Design

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  2. HDK-Valand – Academy of Art and Design

HDK-Valand at the University of Gothenburg, conducts education and research in Design, Film, Photography, Fine Art, Crafts and Literary Composition – as well as teacher education in Visual Arts and Sloyd. We provide highly specialised degree programmes in an outgoing, international environment.

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News and events

Inauguration
launch of Sweden’s first center of excellence in artistic research – CAPIm
Lecture
Artist talk: Ingrid Pollard in conversation with artist Salad Hilowle
Dissertation
Licentiate seminar: Lova Palmér
Lova Palmér is defending her licentiate thesis with the title: Expanderande klassrum - en didaktisk studie om killars…
News – 23 September 2024
Students decorating the boarded fence by Konstnärliga
News – 25 June 2024
Kerstin Bergendal creates new public art for Götaplatsen
Kerstin Bergendal, senior lecturer at the Master's programme in Fine Art at HDK-Valand, has been commissioned to create a…
News – 3 May 2024
PARSE Celebrates 10 Years
Open house
Open house at HDK-Valand
Welcome to our premises on Vasagatan and Kristinelundsgatan in Gothenburg and find out what it's like to study here.

Events

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News – 18 April 2024
From Toronto to Gothenburg for art at HDK-Valand
News – 14 February 2024
Kerstin Hamilton – New Postdoc at HDK-Valand
Introducing Museum of the Commons (MOC)
L’Internationale Online is transitioning into a new four-year-project
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Our environment

HDK-Valand is situated on two different addresses in Gothenburg, but also in Steneby, 170 kilometers north of Gothenburg.

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HDK-Valand in Gothenburg
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Campus Steneby, Dals långed
Research at HDK-Valand
Spanning from design, visual art, film and photography to craft, literary composition, curatorial practices, art education.

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