The Saint Petersburg Stieglitz State Academy of Art and Design (Russian: Санкт-Петербургская художественно-промышленная академия имени А. Л. Штиглица; abbreviated as СПГХПА) is the oldest school of design in Russia. It occupies a parcel of land immediately to the east of the Summer Garden in Saint Petersburg.
In 1945, by decision of the Soviet Government School of Technical Drawing, it was re-established as the College of Art and Design which provides training in the monumental, decorative and industrial arts. In 1948 it became the Leningrad Higher School of Art and Industry. It was renamed the Leningrad Vera Mukhina Higher School of Art and Design in 1953 (after Vera Mukhina, the monumentalist author of Worker and Kolkhoz Woman, whose name was a symbol of Soviet art).
As Mukhina was not personally linked to the school, the educational establishment (informally known as Mukha) was renamed after its founder in 1994.
Today
Today the Academy has 1,500 plus students and 200 professors and teachers and instructors.
The Academy has two faculties: the Faculty of Design, and the Faculty of Monumental and Decorative Art.
The faculty of Design comprises the following departments:[1]
Fashion (Costume) Design
Industrial Design
Furniture Design
Environmental Design
Graphic Design
Design of Interior and Equipment
The faculty of Monumental and Decorative Art comprises the following departments:[2]
Monumental and Decorative Sculpture
Monumental and Decorative Painting
Artistic Textiles
Painting and Restoration
Artistic Metal
Glass and Ceramics
Theory and History of Art
Book Binding
In 2016 the Centre for Innovative Education Projects has been established[3] as an integral part of the academy. Its main goal is to teach experts for creative industries.[4]
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