Monday, 9 September 2013

Indonesian Institute of the Arts, teaches visual, performing, and media arts in traditional Indonesian

Indonesian Institute of the Arts, Yogyakarta

Indonesian Institute of the Arts, Yogyakarta

The Indonesian Institute of the Arts Yogyakarta is a state-owned college in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. It teaches visual, performing, and media arts in traditional Indonesian and modern international styles.
ISI Yogyakarta wishes to create a future Indonesia generation with solid integrity of State Ideology Pancasila as provided in the 1945 Constitution, able to professionally conduct their duties in the community, as skillful and creative artists, with a scholarly attitude and competency, who have a sense of responsibility, awareness, and commitment in developing the national culture, in accordance with their services for the nation and character building."
Indonesian Institute of the Arts, YogyakartaISI Yogyakarta was founded on 23 July 1984, replacing ASRI Arts Academy, AMI Music Academy (founded in 1952), and ASTI Dance Academy (founded in 1961). It became the largest arts institution in the nation.
The Minister of National Education directly appoints its governing board, including president, vice-presidents, and deans. The institute delegates authority to the Senate, composed of professors, faculty members, and top administrative offices, who define the institute policy as a whole, determines and supervises courses and curricula, advises the administrators on budgets, faculty appointments, and promotions.
ISI Yogyakarta has three schools with 11 departments. They offer an undergraduate degree in arts and will soon offer a master's degree in artwork creation in a collaborative program with the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Australia.
Two former campuses are
Gampingan and AMI campus at
the former ASRI campus at
Suryodiningratan.
ISI Yogyakarta enrolls about 2,000 students from all over the country, mainly from Java and Sumatra. ISI Yogyakarta also welcomes overseas students who are interested in learning Indonesian traditional arts, mostly in a non-degree program. Courses on traditional dance, karawitan, and batik are the most popular study programs for foreign students.

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