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Introduction to Art and Design Department

Date:2015-05-18Author:大师 Click:

The predecessor of Art and Design Department is Arts and Crafts Section of Guizhou No. 2 Secondary Vocational School of Light Industry, which was founded in 1981 and began to enroll students in the same year. The school was one of the earliest to offer education in arts and crafts design in Southwest China. Over the years, there have been such majors developed in the department as image design, fashion design, decoration design, tourism crafts design, interior design and computer art design. The department has been adjusting the structure of majors according to market needs and employment prospects. Currently, it offers the programs for seven majors of tertiary and secondary vocational education, including Interior Design, Decorative Art and Design, Fashion Design, Computer Art and Design, Tourism Crafts Design and Production, Film & Animation Design and Environmental Art and Design. Now, more than 800 students of 25 classes are studying in this department.

The department has now 32 full-time teachers and part-time teachers (also involved in administration). According to different specialties, five teaching & research groups are housed in the department, which are related to art fundamentals, environmental art and design, fashion design, visual communication and computer art. The faculty team of the department is composed of young and middle-aged vigorous teachers with abundant teaching and practical experience. The department owns memberships in Guizhou Artists Association, China Batik Association and Guizhou Arts and Crafts Association. In the department, there is 1 professor, 5 associate professors, 8 interior designers, 8 intermediate and advanced professional qualification assessors, 1 standing director of China Arts & Crafts Association, 9 members of Guizhou Artists Association, 1 standing director of Guizhou Garment Association, 1 director of Guizhou Interior Decoration Association and 10 members of Guizhou Arts and Crafts Association. The teachers often take part in various academic exchanges and activities. Many teachers have won national level and provincial level awards in the contests of art, design, theses and courseware. The students of this department have also obtained many prizes in professional competitions under the guidance of teachers. The two courses, Fashion Design and Logo Design, have passed the evaluation of the expert team on quality courses of Department of Education of Guizhou Province in 2009 and 2010 respectively and were assessed as the provincial level quality courses. Meanwhile, the course of Logo Design has been recommended by the Department of Education for the 2010 national level quality course. Assisting the Department of Education in 2009, Art and Design department hosted the training class for the backbone teachers specializing in fashion design from Guizhou’s vocational schools. The favorable teaching effects were achieved, so the outstanding work of the department was recognized by both the Department of Education and the teachers accepting the training.

The department has been strengthening the construction of practical training facilities on the demands of market for design talents. The practical training facilities on the campus have been being completed. There are sculpture and pottery workshops, decorative crafts workshops, graphic design training rooms, graphic design studios, interior design crafts workshops, electric sewing machine workshops, photographic studios, etc. In the meantime, the department has established good cooperative relationships with related enterprises, which contributes to students’ cultivation of expertise and enhancement of practical working abilities.

Over these years, the department has been making its efforts in the cultivation of talent designers for the province. Since its inception, it has contributed a great number of skillful design talents to society and related enterprises in and out of Guizhou. On the strength of its history of running school for many years and its good reputation in society, the department has been enjoying growing prestige and popularity in society. The department has been expanding the range of specialties in accordance with Guizhou’s ever-developing economy and the needs of market. Such advanced teaching modes and concepts as “task-driving” and “project-guiding” have been employed in teaching by the department. Furthermore, the department has been endeavoring to cultivate more talented designers and make contribution to the development of regional economy and the prospering design industry.

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