At the recently held competition, III Memorial “Sanja Pavlović” in Aleksinac, chamber trio “Ars Libertas”, consisting of: Jovana Jovanović – flute, Milana Trujanović – violin and Staša Stamenković – piano, in the class of Dragana Djordjević, MA, full prof, won 100 points and the LAUREATE title in VIII category.

The exhibition of works by students of the Department of Applied Arts of the Faculty of Arts in Niš entitled “DESIGN REALM /new generations/” will be opened in Niš Cultural Center Gallery on 12^th April 2023, at 6 pm. The exhibited works were realized during the course Spatial Graphics and Illustration. Mentor: Assoc. prof. Sanja Dević, Assistant: Jefimija Kocic, DA.

Students of the third and fourth year of Basic academic studies and students of Master academic studies will present themselves to the audience.

Bratislav Djordjević, the second-year piano student in the class of Stevan Spalević, DA, Assoc. prof, won I prize (95 points) and was declared laureate of VI category at XVI International Competition of Young Pianists in Niš.

This year, too, the cooperation of the higher education institutions of the Faculty of Arts in Niš, Academy of Arts Novi Sad and the Faculty of Fine Arts Belgrade was successfully achieved in the form of a joint exhibition of students attending the course of Printmaking as a regular or elective.

Exhibitions are held every academic year, and this year the hosts are students and professors of the Academy of Arts Novi Sad.

33 students from the Faculty of Arts in Niš, 11 students from the Faculty of Fine Arts in Belgrade, and 64 students from the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad are participating in the exhibition entitled “Printmaking and Drawing”.

The exhibition shows a wide range of poetics and different approaches in all graphic techniques, as well as drawing as a starting point.

The goal of this cooperation is the affirmation of students as young artists at the beginning of their creative journey, an incentive for further work and their motivation for future connections with colleagues.

The exhibition was realized by:

DA Vladimir Milanović, Assoc. prof. – the Faculty of Fine Arts Belgrade

Da Nikola Velicki, Assist. prof. – the Faculty of Fine Arts Belgrade

DA Slobodan Radojković, full prof. – the Faculty of Arts in Niš

DA Jovana Djordjević, PhD assistant – the Faculty of Arts in Niš

DA Anica Radošević-Babić, full prof. – the Academy of Arts Novi Sad

DA Jelena Sredanović, Assoc. prof. – the Academy of Arts Novi Sad

MA Sanja Žigić, senior artistic associate – the Academy of Arts Novi Sad

Concert by the Faculty of Arts, University of Niš students

The Faculty of Arts, University of Niš Concert – exhibition Hall, Knjaževačka 2a

Monday, 3^rd April 2023 at 7 pm

(Main rehearsal: Monday, 3^rd April at 4 pm)

Damjan Stanković, guitar, 2^nd year UAS

1. K. Mertz – Hungarian Fantasy, op. 65

Class: MA Miloš Janjić, Assoc. prof.

Borisav Stanić, clarinet, 4^th year UAS

1. M. von Weber – Grand duo concertante, for clarinet and piano, op. 48, Allegro con fuoco

Piano artistic associate: MA Milica Micić, artistic associate

Class: Miloš Mijatović, full prof.

Milica Mitrović, violin, 1^st year UAS

1. Chrysler – Chinese Tambourine, Op. 3

Piano artistic associate: DA Nemanja Egerić, artistic associate

Class: Jovan Bogosavljević, MA, full prof.

Katarina Mihailović, solo singing, 4^th year UAS

Ch. Gounod – Aria Marguerite from the opera Faust, Ah je ris de me voir

Piano artistic associate: Nikola Cvetković, artistic associate

Class: MA Saša Arsenkov, Assit. prof.

Veljko Milojković, accordion, UAS

1. Scarlatti – Sonata in C minor, K 227

Class: MA Miljan Bjeletić, full prof.

Trio Spirito

Andjelija Djak, flute, 1^st year uAS

Dušan Vinkić, flute, 1^st year UAS

Aleksa Savić, piano, 1^st year UAS

1. Souto – Historietta

Class: spec. Ana Veličković Igić, full prof.

Andjela Spasić, piano, 2^nd year UAS

1. Spasić – Mosaic (premiere performance)

Class: DA Stevan Spalević, Assoc. prof.

Piano duo

Marija Stojanović, piano, MAS

Danilo Đokić, piano, MAS

1. Poulanc – Sonata for piano four hands, Prelude

Class: Dragana Djuordjević, MA, full prof.

PAUSE

Aleksandra Avramović, guitar, MAS

1. Tansman – Prelude

Class: Slobodan Milivojević, MA, Assoc. prof.

Bratislav Djordjević, piano, 2nd year UAS

1. Rachmaninoff – Prelude in C minor, Op. 23 no. 7

Class: DA Stevan Spalević, Assoc. prof.

Milana Trujanović, violin, 3rd year UAS

1. I. Tchaikovsky – Waltz Scherzo, Op. 34

Piano artistic associate: DA Senka Simonović, artistic associate

Class: Jovan Bogosavljević, MA, full prof.

Jovana Vojinović, flute, 3^rd year UAS

1. Borne – Carmen Fantasia for flute and piano

Piano artistic associate: Nikola Cvetković, artistic associate

Class: DA Jelena Jakovljević, Assoc. prof.

Nikola Stamenković, solo singing, 3^rd year OAS

1. Paolo Tosti – Marechiare

Piano artistic associate: Jelena Deljanin Aleksić, MA, artistic associate

Class: Katarina Simonović Ivanković, MA, Assoc. prof.

Denis Sušica, piano, 2^nd year UAS

1. Rachmaninoff – Etude of Paintings in E flat minor, op.39 no. 5

Class: DA Andrija Mamutović, Assoc. prof.

Lazar Mutavdžić, violin, 2^nd year UAS

1. Wieniavsky – Polonaise in D major, op. 4

Piano artistic associate: DA Senka Simonović, artistic associate

Class: Marija Rajković, MA, Assoc. prof.

Exhibition of art works by 3^rd-year students of the Faculty of Arts in Niš.  It was installed on 17^th March 2023 in the “Ginko” gallery at the Faculty of Pedagogical Sciences in Jagodina. Within the framework of the exhibition “Motif – transposition through art techniques”, works created within the course Methodology of art education 1, led by PhD Mia Arsenijević, Associate professor, were presented.

The works of students Olga Arsić, Sara Bogdanović, Miljana Dimitrijević, David Živić, Anja Janković, Lana Jovanović, Mila Knežević, Jelena Malikov, Anastasija Milićević, Mateja Milošević, Aleksandra Milutinović, Ana Mitrović, Martina Momčilović, Anja Naumović, Vera Nikolić, Jovana Petrović, Danica Stojanović, Marija Tatić and Lana Jovanović will be available to the audience until 7^th April 2023.

At IMMC competition Moscow 2023, student Lazar Mutavdžić won II prize. Fifteen-year-old Lazar is a second-year violin student at the Faculty of Arts, University of Niš, in the class of Associate professor Marija Rajković, MA. This result was achieved with the piano accompaniment by Senka Simonović, MA.

The Faculty of Arts of the University of Niš, as part of the Spring Workshop for Chamber Music, is organizing a masterclass by Mirjana Nešković, Assistant professor at the Department of Chamber Music at the Faculty of Philology and Arts in Kragujevac. The masterclass will be held on 31^st March from 11 AM to 6 PM, and the participants’ concert at 7 PM, in the Faculty of Arts in Niš Concert-Exhibition Hall. Ensembles from the Department of Chamber Music can register for the masterclass by sending an email to the Department of Chamber Music head, prof. Dragana Djordjević, MA at dragana.djordjevic@live.com. The number of places for candidates to apply is limited.

Prof. MA Katarina Djordjević, stayed at Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, at the Faculty of Pedagogy and Arts, Department of Visual Arts in Sofia, Bulgaria within the framework of Erasmus + mobility for teachers. She gave a lecture “Interpretation of visual tradition: Meeting of traditional crafts and contemporary art”. Students and teachers of the Department of Visual Arts are presented to be familiar with different experiences of using archeological material and traditional heritage, as well as with possible interpretations in contemporary works of art, based on postmodern experiences.

Prof. MA Katarina Djordjević, exhibited drawings from the series “I look at the river and think of the sea” in FNOI Gallery, Department of Visual Arts, and the exhibition opened on 7^th March 2023.

Teachers, associates and students were informed about various opportunities for cooperation that can take place under the auspices of Erasmus + mobility and within the framework of inter-institutional exchanges of artistic, professional and scientific contents. Joint artistic and scientific projects have been proposed by the receiving institution, which can be applied for European funds in the field of culture and education in the coming period. Cooperation has been defined, which will include specific art exhibitions in Sofia and Niš.

Chamber trio consisting of first-year students: Andjelija Djak-flute, Dušan Vinkic-flute and Aleksa Savić-piano, in the class of prof. Ana Veličković – Igić, won I prize (97.83 points) in V category of chamber music, at 25^th International Competition “Tahir Kulenović”, which is held in Valjevo.