To commemorate the 5th anniversary of our university, the teaching staff of the Higher School of Art and Design prepared and held a large-scale International creative symposium “ASTANA. ART. PLEINER." The main goal of the symposium was to form creative connections with universities conducting training in the group of educational programs “Design”, as well as integration into the international educational space.
Participants in the Symposium were offered a rich program: plein air in beautiful locations in Astana, master classes by artists and jewelers, an exhibition of decorative arts brought by colleagues from the Siberian Institute of Traditional Applied Arts, a presentation and competition of plein air works in the exhibition hall of the university, a vernissage of the famous Kazakh artist Kazakhbay Azhibekuly in Military - Historical Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan. As part of the scientific program of the symposium, lectures were given by Professor O. V. Shlyapin from the Siberian State Pedagogical University (RF) and Professor Liu Wang Bing from Guangdong University of Technology (China).
June 7 and 8 became particularly tense. During these unusually hot days, the entire staff of the Higher School, with the help of student volunteers, ensured the holding of plein air in several picturesque locations of the capital, accompanied guests to the Military History Museum, a car tour of the city, and helped prepare landscape works for participation in the final exhibition and competition.
On June 9, the final day of the symposium, an international jury carefully reviewed the plein air works. The level of the competition films demonstrated the high creative capabilities of the participants and the choice was not easy.
The ideological inspirer and author of the concept of the symposium was Professor Baymurat Ermagambetovich Ospanov, an authoritative scientist who devoted many years to higher art education in Kazakhstan. The detailed study of the three-day program fell on the shoulders of senior teachers A. N. Alieva, G. A. Imangalieva, S. K. Mukhamedieva. Associate Professors Aliev T.Kh., Kiseleva T.A. and Povalyashko G.N., Dean S.B. Ybyrai provided information support and creative communication with the symposium participants, and presented our Higher School at all levels of communication. The entire teaching staff of VSID contributed to the creation of a friendly and creative atmosphere, which was noted by all guests of the symposium.
International creative symposium “ASTANA. ART. PLEINER" showed the readiness of our colleagues from various regions of Kazakhstan and neighboring countries for further creative exchange and new projects.