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  • ABOUT THE SUPŠ BECHYNĚ SCHOOL

    The Secondary Art school of Bechyně was established in 1884 as the first Czech ceramic school. The former study fields were stove-making, pottery and ceramic painting. In 2009 the school was renamed as Secondary School of Arts and Crafts – Bechyně (SUPŠ Bechyně). Nowadays, more than 200 students are studying in four main art specialisations (ceramic, industrial, graphic and multimedia design), in a three-year vocational study field (producer and decorator of ceramics). The studies are designed for students from 15 to 19 years. Next school year a two-year distance post-high study field, called Technology of ceramics, is going to be open for future students.

    Since the beginning of its existence the school has brought up more than 3900 graduates – many successful artists, craftsmen, technicians and renowned art teachers among them. The school was especially significant in the development of the ceramic industry in Bohemia, Moravia and in Slovakia. Moreover, the school hosts biennial international ceramic symposia, taking place since 1966 with the cooperation of our school, organize public summer ceramic courses, days of open workshops and art exhibitions where works of both students and teachers are displayed.

    The school is equally open for international cooperation. There are various successful international projects running on (exchanges with art school in Trento, Landshut, Porto), the school supports internships in international companies (Laufen s.r.o). Our effort is to readjust the education to changing demands of the time, to modernize teaching and to raise creative graduates who would be able to succeed in the domestic and international competition.

     

    ABOUT THE SOARES DOS REIS SCHOOL OF ARTS
    The current Soares dos Reis School of Arts was officially established in January 1884, and designated at that time as Industrial Design School Faria Guimarães do Bonfim. Its activity began a year later in poor facilities of a small housing building. In 1887, a new building was meant to hold the school, that changed its name to Industrial School Faria Guimarães. But the constructed building was delivered to the Asylum of Abandoned Girls, keeping the school in the old facilities.

    In the year of 2008 the School as moved to new facilities located in Major David Magno Street. A school campus composed of several new buildings, comprising classrooms, workshops and support facilities, features excellent conditions and high availability for a modern, twenty-first century school.

    As Specialized Artistic Teaching School, Soares dos Reis – currently named Soares dos Reis School of Arts – is dedicated to the teaching and practice of the visual arts and mainly offers four specialized art courses: Audiovisual Communication, Communication Design, Product Design and Artistic Production. These four courses, directed solely at the level of high secondary education (before college), resulting in three grades – 10th, 11th and 12th – are oriented in a double perspective: study prosecution in technological specialization courses or higher education (university or polytechnic) and placement into the active, working life. The knowledge and learning of the students are guided by a team of teachers with specific and pedagogical training in the arts, as well as teachers of special techniques in various technological areas, that are a valuable heritage and an asset for the School teaching quality.

    The International Projects Department (IPD) at Soares dos Reis School of Arts, aims to promote the mobility of students, allowing an opening of educational and professional horizons through exchange of values, knowledge and experience. In the context of education internationalization, the IPD ensures the internal organization and dissemination of information about the programs / initiatives and mobility partnerships between institutions, respective lines of funding and application procedures.