Doing Good | Bezalel-led Emergency Initiatives
עושים/ות משהו טוב | יוזמות בשעת חירום
أعمال خيرية | مبادرات طلابية من بتسلئيل للمساعدة في وضع الطوارئ
Visual Communication (M.Des.)
Master's Program in Visual Communication (M.Des.)
התכנית לתואר שני בתקשורת חזותית
برنامج اللقب الثاني في التواصل البصري
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We live in a time that is often defined by the constant acceleration of cultural and technological changes. New technologies and the social transformations associated with them lead to the spread and intensification of visual space – and at the same time, of the growing opportunities to those engaged in visual communication. Simultaneously, there is increasing recognition of the public and economic power of designers’ creativity and innovation wherever they operate.
Bezalel’s graduate program in visual communication, the only one of its kind in Israel, acts as a groundbreaking incubator for the creation of innovative projects in the field. The program is designed to help students develop their professional expertise and acquire new skills that will enable them to act as agents of change in the visual, cultural and technological spaces of the 21st century. At the core of the program is a practice-based research project that students originate with experts from the areas of visual communication, theory and technology.
The program’s synthesis of theory and practice encourages students to develop a profoundly critical position in their field and expand its boundaries by incorporating precision, initiative and daring into their thinking and work.
The program has received local and global recognition for the outstanding artistry of its graduates – among them, the quality of their contributions to international collaborations and the creativity of their works, which are exhibited and screened at important festivals at home and abroad.
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מנהל אקדמי en
Academic Administration
מנהל אקדמי
الإدارة الأكاديمية
המזכירות האקדמית היא הזרוע המבצעת בתחום המנהל האקדמי בבצלאל.
היא משמשת כגוף המתאם את הפעילות המנהלית-אקדמית החל משלב הגשת המועמדות לבצלאל ועד לסיום הלימודים האקדמיים, לרבות טיפול במערך חילופי הסטודנטים בחו"ל ותכניות מיוחדות.
במזכירות האקדמית פועל 'המרכז לפניות הסטודנט' המטפל בפניות בתחום שכר הלימוד, אישורי לימודים, כיתות לימוד ועוד.
עמוד המזכירות האקדמית מתעדכן באופן שוטף לגבי מידע לסטודנטים בנושאים כלל בצלאלים חוצי מחלקות כגון: תקנוני ונהלי האקדמיה, שכר לימוד, נהלי חילופי סטודנטים, לוחות שנה, שנתון אקדמי ועוד.
2020
The Department of Visual & Material Culture is established offering a new theoretical bachelor degree. Prof. Adi Stern’s term as President is renewed.
Screen-Based Arts (B.F.A)
Department of Screen-Based Arts
המחלקה לאמנויות המסך
قسم فنون الشاشة
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Students in the Department of Screen-Based Arts have a unique and marvelous opportunity to create new worlds, breath life into them through motion and choreography and fill them with substance through a storyline. Animation and video artists can break loose from narrative and convert the camera into a distinctive tool that can become a flexible and clever writing and drawing implement to express passions, thoughts and ideas or just document and tell a story. They can do all this by simply using a pencil and paper, by moving objects in space or by utilizing the newest, state-of-the-art digital technologies and 3D software.
The Department teaches classical 2D, stop motion, 3D animation, video art, documentary and experimental film making – as well as new and interactive media programs, such as augmented and virtual reality. It offers students the rare opportunity to choose from a wide variety of traditional techniques, cutting-edge tools and future technologies – and any combination of them.
In the Department, students learn to become independent, professional and multidisciplinary creators who possess the skills and desire to enhance and innovate in their artistic field. The comprehensive curriculum helps students develop a critical outlook and individual vocabulary. As they hone their craft, they begin to transcend language to generate bold statements, touching upon social, political, personal and cultural subjects that are pertinent to the world – many times breaking through the barriers between art, movie-making, animation and new medias to develop a sharp and personal message.
As Israel’s most comprehensive animation and experimental cinematography degree program, the Department is considered “the start-up nation of animation.” Bezalel’s visual artists are known and recognized worldwide for their ability to convey their thoughts, beliefs and inspirations and communicate their message with a powerful impact – garnering them many international awards and prizes, some of them the most prestigious in the field.
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Jewelry and Fashion (B.F.A)
Department of Jewelry and Fashion
המחלקה לצורפות ואופנה
قسم تصميم الأزياء والمجوهرات
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The Department of Jewelry and Fashion combines a holistic approach to all creative activities relating to the body and its environment with in-depth instruction and research in techniques, materials and conceptual perspectives. The program marries formal instruction in traditional craft techniques with the study of advanced technological and ecological methods to explore research and produce articles for the human body.
The interdisciplinary curriculum offers specialized tracks in jewelry, accessories and fashion. While stressing the necessity of maintaining harmony among them, it encourages the exploration of the boundaries between the specialties and the establishment of new channels of thought. Fruitful dialogues and a collective conversation among these different fields of study provide fertile ground for imaginative and innovative design while maintaining the creative space of each.
The program provides a comprehensive learning experience that trains the next generation of designers to create original work inspired by the world around them. It guides them to draw upon local artisanship and time-honored crafts such as Judaica and embroidery, while simultaneously exposing them to the latest global expressions and styles. With the digital production revolution in full swing, the Department aims to be at the forefront of new technologies – to chart the path that incorporates cutting-edge tools and methodologies into traditional practices and techniques to create a totally new and inspiring vision.
The Department’s historic continuum of setting the standard and leading the way has garnered its students, graduates and faculty some of the most prestigious awards in Israel and around the world, in the fields of jewelry, shoes and clothing.
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Teaching Center
The Art & Design Teaching Center
המרכז להוראת אמנות ועיצוב
مركز تدريس الفنون والتصميم
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Bezalel’s Art and Design Teaching Center
Informed by Bezalel’s unique teaching and learning needs and characteristics, the Academy’s Art and Design Teaching Center was planned to create a professional and continuous foundation for the development of teaching at the Academy. Much like art and design, the Center considers teaching to be a creative, dynamic, reflective and knowledge-based practice. The Center encourages the development of teaching and learning processes, while leading innovative initiatives within Bezalel and in collaboration with various Israeli and international academic institutions.
An independent team in the Bezalel ecosystem, the Center works closely with the Academy’s academic and administrative units with the belief that the formulation of sustainable teaching requires a holistic, multidisciplinary, creative and open approach. Through its members – who are themselves lecturers in Bezalel departments – the Center is involved in all aspects of teaching and learning in the Academy, systematically examining the challenges various academic units face and responding to emerging needs.
The Center works in three corresponding and complementary spheres:
- Teaching development – as a framework for the formulation of teaching tools, ideas and skill for lecturers
- Teaching management – as a framework for the professional development of academic directors in academic training, teaching and learning evaluation; curricula construction and evaluation; and academic leadership
- Education research – as a framework for the facilitation and support of teaching and learning research, allowing lecturers to systematically examine various teaching methods with the aim of developing new practices.
Bezalel is a learning community whose different partners – and primarily faculty members and students – engage in an ongoing exploration of pedagogies and in shaping diverse, varied and new learning experiences. The Center wishes to involve as many stakeholders as possible in the research and development of teaching and learning at the Academy and share the knowledge, tools and ideas formulated within it with as wide an audience as possible.
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Dean of Students Office
Dean of Students
דקנאט הסטודנטים והסטודנטיות
مكتب عميد الطلاب
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Dear Students,
We, the staff of the Dean of Students Office, are here personally for each and every student in order to facilitate meaningful learning and a safe environment for academic success.
We are available to you and invite each and every student to approach us at any time.
Shelly Hershko,
Dean of Students and the staff of the Dean’s Office
The Dean of Students Office is the main body in charge of supporting Bezalel’s students academically, personally, financially, socially and culturally. The staff of the Dean’s Office strives to enable every student to fulfill his or her greatest personal and academic potential, and is available and accessible to the variety of needs of the students.
The Dean’s Office works to create supportive, encouraging and diversified frameworks. It aspires to instill an empowering and inclusive academic and social atmosphere for groups from different cultural backgrounds and works to promote and develop interactions between the academia and the community, encouraging students to go beyond the Bezalel walls to work with diverse communities through ongoing projects and courses integrating social action.
The Dean’s Office guides students from pre-admission through graduation, aiding them amongst other things to adjust to Academy life, assuring they will receive equal opportunities, minimizing dropouts, maximizing each student’s ability to fulfill their potential throughout the course of their studies and equipping them with tools to facilitate their future path following graduation.
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Policy and Theory of the Arts (M.A.)
Master's Program in Policy and Theory of the Arts (M.A.)
התכנית לתואר שני במדיניות ותיאוריה של האמנויות
برنامج اللقب الثاني في السياسة ونظرية الفنون
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This two-year program has the distinction of being the only graduate program in Israel dedicated to examining contemporary art, design and culture – doing so from the unique perspective of the humanities and social sciences. It combines an academic exploration of how these fields function with a hands-on approach to how they are evidencing themselves in Israel today.
Within this framework, the program’s two specialized tracks – Curatorial Studies and Cultural Criticism – address the growing need for both theoretical discussion and professional training in disciplines that complement the art and design world: the management of institutions of art and culture; curatorial studies; museology; art criticism; the history of design; cultural and national policies.
The Curatorial Studies track provides students with the knowledge and ability to challenge conventional visual displays and presentations in this ever-expanding field; the Cultural Criticism track is the only one in Israel that provides students with the necessary training in this unusual and demanding profession. The option of a thesis degree, which is necessary to pursue a Ph.D. degree, is available upon completion of all requirements.
Specialists in these fields serve as bridges between the public, artists, designers and cultural innovators. They have the power to bring artwork closer to the community and play a vital role in the evolution of culture, the discourse surrounding it and the principles and procedures that guide leaders in the field.
Graduates of the M.A. in Policy and Theory of Arts program enjoy meaningful positions in their chosen fields in Israel and abroad. Those who chose to complete the M.A. program with a thesis have continued their studies in PhD programs at major universities around the world.
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Fine Arts (B.F.A.)
Department of Fine Arts
המחלקה לאמנות
قسم الفنون
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The formation of a creative artist is a complex process – its sources cannot be deciphered nor can its results be anticipated. Art constantly expands and breaks through boundaries – never resting on its laurels. It embraces new media and produces infinite connections and combinations; occasionally it abandons traditional tools only to revive them at unexpected times.
In a world of social media, reality TV and selfies, artists must navigate changing frontiers of self-expression. Functioning in complex environments, they must continuously determine what it means for art to reflect the world as it is or as it could be.
The Department of Fine Arts presents students with all the tools to explore this new reality and its earlier iterations. Along with a sound technical, historic and theoretical foundation, the program seeks to help students hone their intuition and access their individual identity by examining the shifting geographic, political, cultural and technological world around them so they can truly capture unique moments in time.
The Department is a space for creativity and experimentation, a stage for self-expression and artistic impulses, for questions that evolve into producing and promoting new ideas. Encouraging interdisciplinary conversations and intensive dialogues with other diverse professional disciplines, it is a site for the discussions and debates on social, communal, intellectual and geopolitical issues that formulate and advance the country’s discourse and artistic activity.
The Department of Fine Arts was the inspiration for the founding of Bezalel – the first art school in Israel. It has been the heart of the Academy since the early 20th century, educating generations of artists, painters, sculptors, video artists and performers of national and international renown, shaping local creative culture and visual thinking and establishing glorious traditions associated with the name of Jerusalem, the people of Israel and the Middle East.
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