* MAK -- Austrian Museum of
Applied Arts -- Contemporary Art
This address, given at the Association of Colleges of
Applied Arts and Technology of Ontario (ACAATO) Conference in February 2002, focuses on the identity of the Ontario Community Colleges and if that identity has changed over time.
A recent donation, the Riboud gallery (set apart on the first floor in the rotunda and adjoining spaces) shows the extraordinary richness of
applied arts in India between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries, the beauty and diversity of antique textiles from the various Indian provinces: Gujarat, Rajasthan, Bengal and Coromandel.
President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva have attended the opening of ABAD Center of Ceramics and
Applied Arts as part of their visit to Shaki.
Also, students wishing to continue their studies on a higher level course will find clearing vacancies in photography, entertainment, fashion, graphic design and
applied arts.
James Beighton, mima's
applied arts curator, says the collection of nearly 500 pieces, makes it comparable with the national collection of the Crafts Council.
In 2002, the province created a new Ontario Colleges of
Applied Arts and Technology Act that opened up the opportunity for colleges to seek external accreditation.
The very best of Welsh contemporary
applied arts are being presented during the international art fair, Collect 2005, in London.
Chicago Gallery of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, College of Fine and
Applied Arts, 230 West Superior, Second Floor, Chicago, Illinois 60610
An exhibition of Swiss Design has opened at the Museum of
Applied Arts in Cologne.
Supported by the Council on State Support toNon-Governmental Organizations, the event was heldas part of the project "Organization of Courses on Decorative and
Applied Arts (carpet, ceramics, gurama, national dolls and souvenirs) for increasing employment".