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What is the Barcelona Academy of Art?

The Barcelona Academy of Art is a high-performance specialised centre dedicated to the
professional teaching of drawing, painting and sculpture.

 

With a comprehensive curriculum and teaching methods derived from the classical tradition and the precepts of realism, the BAA offers its students work plans based on the methods of the great academic studios of the 19th century. The painters Jean-León Gérôme, León Bonnat and Carolus-Duran, whose revised philosophy and teaching methods are integrated into the BAA, are figures of reference, emphasising the importance of the direct study of nature and the analysis of historical masters.

The BAA system has a very clear and effective teaching style. The basis of all disciplines and courses focuses on the crucial importance of drawing and educating the eye. Students will advance through planned exercises that will give them the skills necessary to represent what they see through figurative language.

The method-based process of acquiring skills is used, as the student will find resources to channel his or her own sensitivities, ideas and concerns.

Who’s it for?

The BAA trains students who want to become professionals in the arts of drawing, painting and sculpture: it trains artists who, after understanding the traditional methods and techniques, will be able to work in any creative atmosphere with first-class artistic skill and judgement.

The BAA offers a solid foundation for all types of artists, committing to discipline and rigour, guaranteeing maximum use of the expressive potential and effort of its students. The wealth of knowledge offered by the BAA is useful for more than just visual artists, since it offers valuable tools for the disciplines of design, digital illustration, the film industry or video game development.

Aims

To provide students with a  solid technical base  rooted in traditional methodologies, guaranteeing knowledge and mastery of resources, skills, materials and speeches suitable to maximize the development of an artistic identity..

To promote  rigour, discipline and perseverance . To forge a spirit of improvement in the pursuit of excellence through the BAA method.

To provide students with communication skills and practical resources to deal with the challenges of today’s artistic world in the best way, encouraging  critical thinking  and an attitude of active exploration of tradition and contemporary artistic production and its dynamics.

Programmes offered

All regular courses can be full or part-time.

 

 

The Barcelona Academy of Art has a wide range of educational possibilities. Throughout the year the intensive programmes of Drawing – Painting and Drawing – Sculpture are held, complemented by seminars, weekend classes and special Easter Break and Summer courses that help students to deepen and perfect specific aspects of the processes, approaches and techniques, hand in hand with the best professionals.

The Barcelona Academy of Art also offers the BAA Junior programme, in which young people can explore new ideas and concepts, at the same time receiving specialised quality training and acquiring graphic and fine arts skills.

Our professors

All the professors of the Barcelona Academy of Art are recognised international artists with a traditional background.

The staff is made up of painters and sculptors who are working both in their various professional fields as well as in the contemporary art industry.

 

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Calendar

The academic calendar of regular courses consists of four terms of 11 weeks each.
Students will have two or three non-teaching weeks between one term and the next.

FALL
TERM

2 October 2023

16 December 2023

WINTER
TERM

8 January 2024

23 March 2024

SPRING
TERM

8 April 2024

22 June 2024

SUMMER
TERM

3 July 2023

16 September 2023

Holidays

CHRISTMAS
from 17 December 2023
to 8 January 2024

EASTER
from 24 March 2024
to 8 April 2024

SUMMER
from 26 June
to 3 July 2023
and from 18 September
to 2 October 2023

International
students

They are a natural part
of the school’s international
artistic community.

More than 1500m²
of learning space

in the Eixample neighbourhood,
right in the centre of Barcelona

English
as the language of instruction

Students are required
to possess a minimum
proficiency in English.

International
teaching staff

Our teachers
are experts and artists
who come from all over the world.

International
students

They are a natural part
of the school’s international
artistic community.

More than 4000m²
of learning space

in the Poblenou neighbourhood,
a post-industrial district
at the centre of Barcelona’s avant-garde.

English
as the language of instruction

Students are required
to possess a minimum
proficiency in English.

International
teaching staff

Our teachers
are experts and artists
who come from all over the world.