The Faculty of Arts of the University of Niš presented itself at this year’s European Researchers’ Night under the slogan “In step with science”, on 26^th September 2025, with the multimedia installation “STOP!” This event has been organized for twenty years with the support of the European Commission throughout the Old Continent, with the aim of affirming researchers and science in an interesting way, bringing their work closer to the wider public and encouraging young people to choose a scientific and research career.

Authors of the installation: Anita Milić, full professor, and DA Miljana Radenković, assistant professor

Participants: Ana Naumović and Marija Tatić, master students

The Faculty of Arts in Niš participated in BIP Educational Practices Related to the Cultural Traces of the Balkans Erasmus + project organized by the International Slavic University in St. Nicholas, North Macedonia. The project was conceptualized by Prof. dr Marijana Mojnova Garmidolova from the University of Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria.

The program was attended by students and mentors from the University of Veliko Tarnovo (Bulgaria), the University of Pitesti (Romania), the University of Arts in Riga (Latvia), the International Slavic University (North Macedonia), and the Faculty of Arts in Niš was represented by Ema Djurdjević and Jelena Petković, fourth-year students, Petra Milojević and Julija Zlatanovski, third-year students of undergraduate academic studies in Painting, and mentor prof. MA Katarina Djordjević.

The program included a virtual and work component. The participants presented the cultural heritage of the country and the city they come from, and the work process took place in the form of workshops – painting a common canvas, painting using the encaustic technique, and interpreting symbols using stencils.

The resulting works were exhibited on 7^th June 2025, at the premises of the International Slavic University in Pretor, and the dissemination of the results and the presentation of workshops and expert guidance through the cultural heritage of North Macedonia were completed at the end of September 2025.

“Everything is free!”, an exhibition of drawings/objects/videos by students and professors of the Faculty of Arts in Niš, authored by Assoc. Prof. DA Jelena Trajković Popivoda, opens on Saturday, 9th September at 7 pm at Kornjača Gallery, Belgrade, and organized by the Association of Painters and Painting Lovers Kornjača.
The exhibition will be opened by historian of art Nevena Karanović.
Selectors: Prof. DA Nikola Marković and MA Jelena Kitić.
Author of the catalog preface: Assist. Prof. DA Andrijana Golac-Čubrilo.
Participants/exhibitors:
Professor: DA Jelena Trajković Popivoda
Students:
Aleksandra Milutinović, master student
Maja Strah, IV year of UAS
Dunja Denić, III year of UAS
Professor: MA Jelena Kitić
Students:
Jelena Milovanović, III year of UAS
Ema Djurdjević, IV year of OAS
Professor: DA Nikola Marković
Students:
Jovana Petrović, master student
Olga Arsić, master student
Uroš Milinčić, IV year of UAS

The Faculty of Arts in Niš is announcing a COMPETITION for exhibition activities in 2026 at the Concert-Exhibition Space of the Faculty of Arts.

Eligibility:
The competition is open to both domestic and international academic artists, as well as students who have achieved outstanding results in the artistic field they are studying at any domestic or foreign university.

The exhibition season of the Faculty of Arts for 2026 will take place in the following periods:

• March 20 – June 15, 2026
• October 1 – November 30, 2026

APPLICATION
The application for the competition must include:

1. The Competition Form (download HERE)
2. Digital reproductions/photos of 10 works for jury review, and the exhibition catalog in PDF format (if available) or 72 dpi resolution in JPG format.
   The application must be sent electronically to the email: milic@artf.ni.ac.rs

The competition is open until January 20, 2026.

A five-member artistic council appointed by the Faculty will review the competition materials, and participants will be notified about the results of the competition via the provided email or contact phone by February 20, 2026.

The Faculty of Arts in Niš will provide exhibition space, organize the exhibition activities, offer media promotion, announce the event on the Faculty’s website and social media, cover printing costs (posters and exhibition catalog), and provide expenses for the stay in Niš. The exhibitors will be responsible for transportation costs and other related expenses. It is the author’s responsibility to properly prepare the works and ensure the transport of the exhibition upon arrival and departure.

CONCERT-EXHIBITION SPACE OF THE FACULTY
For a more detailed description of the Concert-Exhibition Space, you can view it HERE.

© Faculty of Arts in Niš

The Faculty of Arts in Niš is announcing a COMPETITION for for concert activities in 2026 in the Concert and Exhibition Space of the Faculty of Arts.

Eligible to participate in the competition are domestic and foreign artists, students who have achieved outstanding results in the artistic field they are studying at any domestic or international university, as well as talented young performers who have achieved exceptional results in their artistic field.

The concert  season of the Faculty of Arts for 2026 will take place in the following periods:

• March 20 – June 15, 2026
• October 1 – November 30, 2026

APPLICATION
To apply for the competition, the following documents must be submitted:

1. Competition Application Form (download HERE)
2. A high-resolution photograph of the performer/ensemble (in JPG or PNG format)

Applications must be submitted electronically to the following email: milic@artf.ni.ac.rs

The competition is open until January 20, 2026.

The five-member artistic council appointed by the Faculty will review the competition materials, and applicants will be notified about the competition results via email or phone no later than February 20, 2026.

The Faculty of Arts in Niš will provide the concert space, production, and organization of the concert activity, media promotion, and printed materials (poster and program), as well as announcements on the Faculty’s website and social media. Transport costs and other personal expenses will be borne by the performers.

CONCERT-EXHIBITION SPACE OF THE FACULTY
For a more detailed description of the Concert-Exhibition Space, you can view it HERE.

© Faculty of Arts in Niš

Bratislav Djordjević, a fourth-year student of undergraduate academic piano studies, in the class of DMA Stevan Spalević, Associate professor, won a scholarship for the International Summer Piano School, which was held from 15^th to 25^th August, 2025 in Grožnjan (Croatia). During the school, he attended master classes with renowned pianists Katarina Krpan, Janiz Potamuzis, Konstantin Krasnicki, Francesca Vidal and Aleksandar Serdar. In addition, Djordjević performed at concerts in Sokoj and Kaštel concert halls, where he performed works by J. S. Bach and L. van Beethoven.

At XX International Competition in San Vincenzo (Italy) held from 8^th to 10^th August, MAS student Stefan Dimitrijević in the class of Prof. MA Miljan Bjeletić won in the concert category. The competitors were judged by a twelve-member international jury. Stefan Dimitrijević received an invitation to play a solo concert next year as part of the Festival held in the same city biennially.

Sara Stolić, a fourth-year year student of undergraduate academic studies, Department of Music Theory, participated in the project Creative vibes – Musical cooperation of young people from the Western Balkans, where she made a notable performance, premiering her original composition Majko. The central activities of the Creative vibes project, which brings together young musicians from Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and North Macedonia, were implemented from 20^th to 27^th July 2025 in the creative atmosphere of the Petnica Research Station in Valjevo, under the auspices of the Western Balkans Fund (WBF). This regional project aims to open up space for creative exchange of knowledge and joint artistic creation of young musicians from the Western Balkans through networking and cross-border cooperation.

As part of the Youth Exchange in the Field of Arts between China and Serbia, an Exhibition of Fine and Applied Arts was opened at the Chinese Cultural Center in Belgrade on 14^th July 2025. Among the selected young artists from both countries, students from the Department of Applied Arts of the Faculty of Arts in Niš also presented their creativity and talent: Ana Milenković, Sara Stojanović, Jovana Milojević, Minja Djordjević, Ana Mitrović, Danica Ćirić, Isidora Očaj, Katarina Radujevčanovic and Tamara Jocić. The exhibited student works were created within the courses Poster under the mentorship of DA Miljana Radenkovic, assistant professor and DA Jovana Nikolić, assistant professor with a doctorate, as well as within the course Spatial Graphics, under the mentorship of Sanja Dević, associate professor, and Jefimija Stoičić, assistant professor, DA.

After the successful implementation of the exhibition of fine and applied arts at the Chinese Cultural Center in Belgrade, on July 14, 2025, the Faculty also received a certificate for student participation.

Andrijana Živković, a fourth-year student of the undergraduate academic piano studies at the Faculty of Arts in Niš (class of MA Jovanka Arandjelović, full professor), was an active participant in the masterclass of pianists Nina Sofronski and Ersilia Marcello as part of Summer Music School in Lausanne, Switzerland.