The humanitarian organization “Find Raul” awarded the Faculty of Arts with the institution of the year Award in competition from over 130 applicants for this prestigious award. Among the winners throughout Serbia is the patriarch Mr. Porfirije. The awards were distributed at the National Theater in Niš at the Academy ceremony on Tuesday, 15^th November 2022 in the presence of numerous visitors, state and city officials and media representatives. In front of the Faculty, with an appropriate speech, the award was received by the Faculty dean, prof. DMA Milena Injac. The Faculty was represented by the vice dean, prof. Miroslav Živković, MA, prof. MA Miloš Janjić, Head of the Department of Musical Arts and students of the Department of Applied Arts – Minja Djordjević, Jovana Milojević, Sara Stojanović and Marta Pejčić, as well as students of the Department of Musical Arts – Aleksa Spasić, student vice dean and Milana Trujanović. The Faculty of Arts students, Drago Garić, vice-champion of the Accordionist World Cup, in the class of prof. Nikola Peković and a guitar trio consisting of Melanija Stanković, Jana Djokić, Aleksandar Krstić, in the class of prof. Bratislav Zlatković, performed during the ceremony.

Декану Факултета уметности уручена награда “Светислав Милић – младима од срца” за институцију године

The awarding committee for the Award “Svetislav Milić – to young people from the heart” made an unanimous decision that the award in the field of institutions of the year will be shared by – Čačak Talent Center and the Faculty of Arts in Niš. According to the commission’s decision, special awards were distributed to – Kristina Vasić, a young saxophonist from Paraćin, who being 10 years old has achieved something that many do not achieve in a lifetime, Mladen Mitrović, a doctoral student at the Faculty of Tourism Studies in Portorož, and Sandra Veljković – a doctoral student at the Faculty of Electronics, University of Belgrade. Dr Marija Mijajlović from Kuršumlija received the Medal of Humanity. By decision of the board of directors of H.O. “Find Raul”, the Plaque of Peace is awarded to Stefan Jović, a celebrated basketball player and to Elementary and High schools “Creative Pen” from Belgrade.

The Faculty of Arts, as a partner of the “Hammer Piano” festival, received the Commendation for participating in founding and implementation of the first edition of this international festival, organized on the initiative of the Faculty of Arts Assistant, Stefan Sretić, DMA and with the participation of distinguished pianists from the country and abroad. The Commendation was received by Prof. DMA Milena Injac, the Faculty Dean.

Under the conductorship of prof. DMA Milena Injac, spec. Bojan Mladenović, piano associate, Marko Milisavljević, bass, associate at Department of Solo Singing and Damjan Mišić, solo-singing student, together with soloists from N. Macedonia: violinist Sanja Šuplevska-Boiral and bassoonist Orce Ickoski performed the piece “Turkish March” from the ballet “Gentleman Squire” by Jean-Baptiste Lilly. Saška Stojanov Krstić, Niš Symphony Orchestra violist, performed with soloists from Skopje and the Faculty of Arts. Tomislav Zografski’s “Suite for Strings” was premiered at the concert in the presence of members of the “Zografski Foundation”, led by Panda Zografski Belichanec. The rest of the program included: A. Vivaldi- Concerto grosso no. 3 and B. Britten- Simple Symphony. The concert was extremely well received by the audience.

Marija Milosavljević and Andrijana Jovanović, fourth-year students of the Department of Applied Arts, are the winners of I and III prizes at the poster competition of XIV International Merlinka Film Festival, which will be held in December 2022 at Belgrade Youth Center and Novi Sad Cultural Center. The slogan of this year’s festival is “Acta, non verba”; the winning work will be the official poster of XIV Merlinka festival and the front page of the festival catalog. Congratulations! The posters were created under the mentorship of prof. DA Slavica Dragosavac and Assistant DA Miljana Radenković.

The works of the fourth-year students of Graphic Design, Marta Pejčić and Jana Janjić, as well as the works of Assistant DA Miljana Radenković, were selected among 39 posters for this year’s exhibition at FLUID – Regional Awards for Young Designers – Poster / LEGO ERGO SUM / 2022 in Montenegro. Student works were realized in the course Poster under the mentorship of prof. DA Slavica Dragosavac, Assistant DA Jovana Nikolić and Assistant DA Miljana Radenković.

The series of posters by Teodora Nikolić, a student of master of academic studies in Graphic Design at Department of Applied Arts, was selected for the exhibition of the Annual World Design Competition in the category of student works of visual communication, in Australia from 7^th December 2022 to 27^th January 2023, in competition from 2860 applications from over 50 countries. The series of posters for the furniture fair was created under the mentorship of prof. DA Slavica Dragosavac and Assistant DA Miljana Radenković.

Teodora Nikolić, a student of master academic studies in Graphic Design, is this year’s participant in III International Student Poster Exhibition, which presents an analysis of trends related to the development of posters and visual communications, as well as the diversity of curricula. At the exhibition opened in the month of May in Tarnovo cultural center, organized by the Art Department at the Academy of Applied Sciences in Tarnovo, 250 posters and 25 animated works were selected in competition from over 900 applications from more than 15 countries. A series of theatrical and promotional posters for the furniture fair realized in the course Poster under the mentorship of prof. DA Slavica Dragosavac, Assistant DA Jovana Nikolić and Assistant DA Miljana Radenković were realized.

Lazar Mutavdzić, a second-year violin student at the Faculty of Arts, University of Niš, in the class of prof. Marija Rajković, performed as a representative of Serbia at the traditional concert of young talents on 24^th October 2022 in Mostar (Bosnia and Herzegovina), as a soloist with the National Mostar Symphony Orchestra; performing a piece by Pablo de Sarasate was accompanied by a standing ovation.

Drago Garić, the Faculty of Arts in Niš master student, in the class of Associate prof. Nikola Peković, won II place at 75^th Accordion World Cup, which was held from 4^th to 9^th October 2022, in Zoffingen, Switzerland. This competition is one of the most prestigious world events for the accordion, being an official partner of UNESCO, and every year held in a different country. Also, Veljko Milojković, the Faculty of Arts in Niš master student, in the class of full prof. Miljan Bjeletić, won V place, while Stefan Velevski, the Faculty of Arts in Niš master student, in the class of Associate prof. Nikola Peković, won XII place. The competition was great, especially in the Masters category, where the largest number of competitors were registered, and in which our students also competed. With these successes, the continuity of winning prestigious awards at the world’s largest accordion competitions was continued, and thus once again confirmed the highest quality of pedagogy and performance of the Faculty of Arts in Niš professors and students. Congratulations!

Link to see the performance of Drago Garić and Veljko Milojković

http://www.accordions.com/cia/2022/video08msc.htm

Link to watch Stefano Velevski’s performance

http://www.accordions.com/cia/2022/video07msc.htm

Video from the final concert: Drago Garić – receiving the award