When opening the door of a ceramic furnace after the firing process, the results can be surprising, sobering, satisfying or disappointing. However, these feelings and insights do not fade over time. The combination of specialist knowledge and experimentation makes working with various ceramic materials and ceramic techniques a lively, exciting game and turns the search for suitable expression into an artistic pursuit.
The teaching philosophy should awaken students’ desire to take up further challenges that will develop in the course of discussions in class and in their societal environment. Talent should develop to manifest itself in terms of personal and artistic positions. By investigating the personal and remaining open at the same time, content will find the most suitable material – often by means of less result-oriented, non-ceramic experimentation. The vision is still the convincing combination of ambition and material.
I regard our teaching as being flexible. Study breaks for students are right and sometimes necessary; glimpses of the far-away can help in discovering the essential. Once the students return, nothing will release them from the demand for lively intensity in art.
Prof. Martin Neubert
The studio and workshop are located in the ‘Unterburg’ (Giebichenstein lower castle), South wing, Seebener Straße 1, 06114 Halle
General qualification for university entrance, and artistic suitability. No specialist prior technical and craft skills are required. Exceptions: The general qualification for university entrance can be waived in cases of exceptional talent combined with professional experience
The university holds a Study Information Day in January every year for applicants. General information on the university is provided, and the various disciplines showcase themselves. You will be able to talk to students and to assistants. The precise date is announced on our website by mid-December at the latest.
The traditional summer festival, which includes the annual exhibition, is held every year in July at Burg Giebichenstein. The university opens up its studios, seminar facilities and workshops to all who are curious about the fresh ideas, objects and pieces of art that have been created in the various art and design disciplines at the state of Saxony-Anhalt's art university. You are cordially invited to come along!
Art Campus
Unterburg Giebichenstein
(Giebichenstein Lower Castle)
South wing
Seebener Straße
06114 Halle
