Stevan Spalević, assistant professor at the Faculty of Arts, graduated from post-graduate studies at the prestigious “Scuola di Musica di Fiesole” in Florence in the class of legendary Italian pianist Bruno Canino. The program of the final recital included the pieces of Djerdj Kurtag, Johannes Brahms and Igor Stravinsky which he performed in the piano duo Stevan Nemanja with pianist Nemanja Egerić, the Faculty of Arts alumni. Congratulations!

The solo exhibition of paintings and drawings by Jefimija Kocić, an assistant at the Department of Applied Arts, was opened on 4^th October 2018 at 7 pm in the Contemporary Art Gallery in Kučevo. The exhibition will last until 18^th October 2018.

On behalf of the Musicology Institute of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Ivana Medić, PhD, musicologist and scientific associate of the Institute, has donated the latest publications of the Institute to the Faculty of Arts in Niš Library. On behalf of the Faculty of Arts, a gift was received by Danijela Stojanović, PhD, vice-dean for artistic and scientific work.

Anita Milić, Assistant Professor and Miljana Radenković, PhD, Assistant at the Department of Applied Arts, Faculty of Arts in Niš, take part in the international exhibition “MiniARTura” in Macedonia. The exhibition was opened on 4^th October 2018 at NLB Gallery in Skopje. The miniatures were exhibited by artists from Macedonia, Serbia, Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Montenegro, Croatia and Slovenia.

Slobodan Radojković, PhD, associate professor, Bojan Zivić, MA, full professor, prof. Danijela Dimitrijević, the Faculty of Arts in Niš alumni are participants of the project “International influence in contemporary graphics”, which is realized due to the cooperation between Niš and Italian graphic artists. Within the project, the trio Anima consisting of flutist Ana Veličković Igić, associate professor, soprano Aleksandra Ristić, full professor and pianist Ingrid Janković, associate at the Faculty of Arts in Niš presented itself by performing Serbian composers to the Italian audience, in the city of Vercelli near Milan.

The Faculty of Arts in Niš, within the project “Improving the performance of young flutists”, organizes open lectures as well as a two-day master course for flute and a one-day master course for musical production, after which the participants will take part in studio recording of the discography edition and concert performance. Information on registration fee for participation in master classes can be found in the continuation of the publication and the number of participants is limited. The project is supported by the Ministry of Culture and Information of the Republic of Serbia.

The two-day master course for flute and the lecture “Overcoming the stage freight in public oerformance and studio recording with a special focus on support and vibrato” will be held by flutist Michel Bellavance, professor of flute for advanced courses at the Geneva Conservatory (HEM Switzerland) on Tuesday 23^rd and Wednesday 24^th October, 2018.

One-day master course for music production and lecture “Music production of flute – piano” by professor Dejan Pejović, associate professor at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade, will be held on Monday, 29^th October 2018, in which participants will have the opportunity to learn about the entire process of audio production of flute and piano. After that, the course participants will participate in the studio recording of the discography edition.

Stevan Spalević, Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Arts, performed at the closing of V International Festival of Choral Music “Convivium Musicum”, which was held in the period from 25^th to 28^th September 2018 in Kragujevac. In the Puppet Theater concert hall, he performed within the duo by Stevan Nemanja and the Piano Ensemble 5+, composed by pianists Jovana Radovanović, Julija Bal, Jelena Bajić and Nemanja Egerić together with percussionists Goran Biro and Luka Zlatanović and the choir “Small Liceum”. The program included pieces by: I. Stravinsky, M. Ravell, A. Lavinjak and Pink Floyd.

The exhibition of Doctoral Art Project “Villa Rosa – Illustrated Interactive Book” by Jefimija Kocić, an assistant at the Department of Applied Arts, was opened on Friday, 28^th September at 1 pm in the Graphic Design Gallery (Kosančićev venac 29, Belgrade). The exhibition was opened by the mentor prof. Rastko Ćirić.