Our society is divided. In the current political discourse, it often seems difficult to find a constructive dialogue. But art has the wonderful ability to connect people and create shared moments. Through art, we can exchange ideas and remain in dialogue. Whether it is painting, music, theatre or other forms of creative expression, art allows us to share our thoughts and feelings and build bridges between different people and opinions. Let us use these opportunities to promote understanding and empathy, to question our own prejudices and preconceived ideas and to adopt new perspectives - and to find each other again. The course programm and the programme of events of the 27th International Dresden Summer Academy of Fine Arts once again offers many opportunities for artistic and connecting moments this year:

With Kathrin Landa, we will focus on portrait painting and depict people in a vivid and lively way. In contrast, Daniel Mullen's second painting course deals with abstraction as "language" and the question of how our imagination influences us when we experience colours and forms that are not figurative? Katarzyna Tomaszewska will teach us the basics of observational drawing in relation to human forms and strengthen our self-confidence in dealing with the blank page. In the second drawing course with Constanze Böckmann, everything revolves around the theme of image and writing. What does the narrative do to the image and when is a word just a sign, when does it become an image itself? With Falk Messerschmidt, we ask ourselves how we can appropriate archive material and make it usable - be it "recognised" cultural assets or evidence of everyday culture, such as attic finds, family albums or our own e-mail inbox. Andrzej Steinbach gives us tuition in the "grammar of images" and shows us how our photographs can become even more exciting. Deborah S. Phillips introduces us to the flat printing technique of lithography. Daniel Theiler combines video, performance, installation and documentation in his course. The joy of creating is at the centre of Elias Zürcher's course, which combines sculpture and installation with the material wood. In his course, Dierk Berthel will show possible paths from stone sculpture to composite figures, in which individual components are placed on top of or inside each other. Simon Hof will introduce us to the Japanese tradition of Raku ceramics. This technique, which produces the characteristic blackening and craquelure lines, has been used since the 16th century.

In addition, we can once again look forward to a varied and attractive programme with both established and new features: in addition to our exhibitions, the Intermezzi, our musical summer festival, interesting guided tours (also outside riesa efau), we can look forward to an exciting art crime case, a concert with international guests and yoga in the morning.

Summer can come,

Yours Anke Dietrich Director

& the team of riesa efau. Kultur Forum Dresden

from Mondays to Fridays 9.30 am - 5 pm

Painting I_Landa - COURSE A 15.7.-19.7.2024 COURSE B 22.7.-26.7.2024

Painting II_Mullen - COURSE A 15.7.-19.7.2024 COURSE B 22.7.-26.7.2024

Drawing I_Tomaszewska - COURSE A 15.7.-19.7.2024 COURSE B 22.7.-26.7.2024

Drawing II_Böckmann - COURSE A 15.7.-19.7.2024 COURSE B 22.7.-26.7.2024

Photography I_Messerschmidt - COURSE 15.7.-26.7.2024

Photography II_Steinbach - COURSE A 15.7.-19.7.2024 COURSE B 22.7.-26.7.2024

Printing_Phillips - COURSE A 15.7.-19.7.2024 COURSE B 22.7.-26.7.2024

Video Performance_Theiler - COURSE 15.7.-26.7.2024

Sculpture Wood_Zürcher - COURSE 15.7.-26.7.2024

Sculpture Stone_Berthel - COURSE 15.7.-26.7.2024

Ceramics_Hof - COURSE 15.7.-26.7.2024

International Dresden Summer Academy of Fine Arts
Anke Dietrich (director)
Tel.:+49 | (0)351 | 86602-13
Mail: soaksommerakademie-dresden.de

SUN | July 14th, 2024 | 6 pm
Inauguration of the 27th International Dresden Summer Academy for Visual Arts and opening of the Faculty Exhibition | Motorenhalle

TUE | July 16th, 2024 | 6 pm – away –
Curator's tour "Dangerous Borders" | Kunstverein Dresden e.V., Neustädter Markt 8, 01097 Dresden

WED | July 17th, 2024 | 8 - 9:15 am 
Good Morning Yoga, with Matz, in German | Motorenhalle

WED | July 17th, 2024 | from 7 pm
Summer Party with musical entertainment | Motorenhalle/Courtyard

THU | July 18th, 2024 | 5:30 - ca. 7 pm
Cultural history you can touch - a Friedrichstadt walk, with Thomas Kuhlmann (IG Historische Friedrichstadt) – in German | meeting point: Bauwagen-Café

MON | July 22nd, 2024 | 7 pm
Crime Scene Art – Two Boxes in Prague LIVE! A True Crime-Podcast with Stefan Koldehoff und Anne Preger (Deutschlandfunk) – in German | Motorenhalle

WED | July 24th, 2024 | 8 - 9:15 am
Good Morning Yoga, with Matz, in German | Motorenhalle

WED | July 24th, 2024 | 8 pm
Faz Waltz (IT) in Concert | Concert Cellar

THU | July 25th, 2024 | 7 pm – away –
Inauguration "100 Years Fotothek # Modern" – with summer aperitivo with bar and music | SLUB Dresden, Buchmuseum, Zellescher Weg 18, 01069 Dresden

FRI | July 26th, 2024 | 7 pm
Inauguration "Stip(p)Visite" – Final presentation and talk with the Summer Academy fellows | Rösslstube e.V., Friedrichstr. 37, 01067 Dresden

SAT | July 27th, 2024 | 6 pm
Inauguration of the Participants Exhibition and closing ceremony of the 27th Internation Dresden Summer Academy for Visual Arts | Motorenhalle

TUE+THU | July 16th+18th, 2024| July 23rd+25th, 2024 | 2 pm
Intermezzo at 2 pm. Artist talks with selected lecturers (Selection t.b.a.) | Motorenhalle

July 15th-25th, 2024 | Mon-Fri 10 am - 6 pm; July 25th until 4 pm
Lecturers’ Exhibition | Motorenhalle

July 30th - August 8th, 2024 | Tue+Thu 3 - 5 pm
Stip(p)Visite – Fellows’ Exhibition | Rösslstube e.V., Friedrichstr. 37, 01067 Dresden

July 31st - August 18th, 2024 | Wed-Fri 3-7 pm, Sat+Sun 2 - 6 pm
Participants’ Exhibition | Motorenhalle

riesa efau. Kultur Forum Dresden Workshops at Wachsbleichstraße 4a and Adlergasse 14, 01067 Dresden
Tram 1, 2, 6, 10, Bus 68 to „Bahnhof Mitte“, S-Bahn to „Bahnhof Mitte“

Motorenhalle. Project Centre for Contemporary Art The 400 square metres large, former industrial building is an important venue of art exhibitions and events in Dresden. Wachsbleichstraße 4a, 01067 Dresden
Tram 1, 2, 6, 10, Bus 68 to „Bahnhof Mitte“, S-Bahn to „Bahnhof Mitte“

external place

Medienkulturzentrum Dresden e. V. The Media Culture Center offers year-round media educational and media artistic programme in their fully equipped media studio. It is located at the industrial monument Kraftwerk Mitte, a lively location of culture, art and creativity.
Kraftwerk Mitte 3, 01067 Dresden

TWO WEEKS: Photo I, Video/Performance/Installation, Sculpture/Wood, Sculpture/Stone, Ceramics 535,- €/ 415,- €¹ plus material costs

ONE WEEK: Painting I and II, Drawing I and II, Photo II, Printing 335,- € / 280,- €¹ plus material costs

Combined courses: The one-week courses can be combined to give a two-weeks discount: 300,- € / 250,- €¹ per week plus material costs

Discounts: ¹ for pupils, students, trainees, FSJ, federal volunteers or voluntary military service, recipients of benefits according to SGBII and XII, severely disabled persons, social welfare recipients and recipients of basic pensions with proof of entitlement to a discount at the time of registration.

Expanses for materials are not included in the course fees. The cost of materials depends on techniques and individual needs.

FOOD:
The restaurant of riesa efau. Kultur Forum Dresden offers lunch from Mondays to Fridays (including vegetarian food).

SUMMER ACADEMY CARD:
Each participant will receive a personalized card which allows for discounts at various vendors in Dresden during the period of the Summer Academy.

Please note our terms and conditions.

With the registration or admission to an activity of riesa efau's General Terms and Conditions (GTC) and the house rules in their current version. valid version. The registration is non-transferable and binding. A claim to participation arises only after payment of the corresponding fee. The allocation of places will be allocated in the order in which payment is received. After receipt of the you will receive a confirmation of participation in text form. With the registration you agree that riesa efau stores your personal data. This data will neither be passed on to third parties nor used for any other purpose.

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Minimum/maximum number of participants - Certain minimum and minimum and maximum number of participants. If the maximum number of participants is is reached, there is no right to participate in the course. Please check with us regarding fully booked courses. 

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Withdrawal by participant - Cancellation of courses, workshops or seminars must be communicated to riesa efau in text form. We ask for your understanding that cancellation fees must be charged for cancellations at short notice (from four weeks before the start 25%, two weeks before the start 50%). For any kind of cancellation a fee of 10 EUR will be charged. From one week before the beginning or during the course, workshop or seminar, no refund can be made for cancellations. In exceptional cases, such as prolonged illness, special arrangements can be made in consultation. If the day and time of the course event changes, a withdrawal is possible without charging a processing or cancellation fee. It is not possible to return admission tickets and event tickets.

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Exhibition/ Presentation - Works, that have been created in the context of courses, workshops, seminars, etc. in riesa efau and or made available for presentation purposes, cannot be collected during the presentation period. riesa efau will provide sufficient protection for the works within the scope of its possibilities. sufficient protection of the works. However, the works are not insured during the at riesa efau are not insured. If the works are not collected after the agreed period, they become the property of riesa efau. they become the property of riesa efau. A forwarding of the works as additional service of riesa efau takes place only with deposit of sufficiently stamped shipping material or by cash on delivery.

Dataprotection Policy - Der riesa efau. Kultur Forum Dresden e. V. Adlergasse 14, 01067 Dresden (responsible person in the sense of the Data Protection Regulation, hereinafter referred to as "riesa efau") hereby declares to you, which personal data we collect, process and store about you and for what purposes
store: We collect and process your data when you apply to riesa efau for a membership as well as when you register for one of our courses for the purpose of contract initiation and implementation within the framework of Art.6 para. 1 b DSGVO. For this we need your name and address for the implementation of the course and - together with the together with the bank data within the scope of the selectable SEPA direct debit procedure - for the invoicing. If you are entitled to a reduction, we need a corresponding proof of legitimacy. corresponding proof of legitimacy. We need the information about your gender
for the correct form of address. We need your date of birth for doubtless identification in case of duplicate names and to avoid multiple storage in our database. Your contact details (phone and e-mail) are used for queries and to notify you in case of course changes. All data provided by you in the course of registration will be stored by us on internal servers. will be electronically processed and stored by us on internal servers. A data is only passed on to the extent that this is necessary in individual cases to carry out the course including the notification of course changes. Therefore, as a rule your name and, if applicable, your telephone number to the course instructor. course instructor. In addition, services provided by us that are sponsored by third parties may require the transfer of your data to the sponsor, a transfer to the funding body may be necessary. These transfers are based either on Art. 6 para. 1 c DSGVO (legal obligation) or Art. 6 para. 1 b DSGVO (necessity for the execution of the contract). The transfer takes place personally, by mail or in encrypted form. Your data will be deleted as soon as we no longer need your data purposes (incl. limitation of claims) and after expiry of the statutory retention periods (max.
statutory retention periods (max. ten years). In all data protection matters in particular to exercise their rights pursuant to Art. 51 et seq. of the DSGVO (information about the processed personal data, their origin, recipients and the purpose of the processing and, if applicable, a right to rectification, restriction of processing or Deletion and revocation or objection) you can contact our data protection officer, René Seim, at rene.seim@riesa-efau.de. Your concerns will be treated treated. In addition, if you do not agree with the processing of your data by us, you can contact the data processing by us, you can contact the supervisory authority (Sächsischer Data Protection Commissioner). 

Validity - The GTC are valid with effect from 1.1.2022, collateral agreements require the written consent of the management. The validity of the GTC is not affected in its not affected in its entirety. The place of jurisdiction is the state capital Dresden.