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Vom 31. August 2024 bis zum 5. Januar 2025 zeigt die Ausstellung »Dare to Design« des Rat für Formgebung im Museum Angewandte Kunst in Frankfurt am Main innovative Projekte, Positionen und Visionen junger Produkt- und Industriedesigner*innen. Die 45 Abschlussarbeiten von 22 bundesdeutschen Hochschulen zeichnen sich durch Themenvielfalt und differenzierte Gestaltungshaltungen aus – und insbesondere durch ihr Potenzial, den gesellschaftlichen Wandel zukunftsweisend mitzugestalten. Mit dabei sind drei Abreiten aus der Fakultät Kunst und Gestaltung.

Isaac Chong Wai, a graduate of the international Master's degree programme »Public Art and New Artistic Strategies«, has been awarded the City of Nordhorn Art Prize 2024. The prize has been awarded annually since 1979 to artists who have currently attracted attention with a fresh and nationally significant work.

Freie Kunst graduate Maria Fabricius-Wendt was awarded the »Lyonel Kunstpreis 2024« on Friday, 12 July 2024. The award, which honours the final projects of up-and-coming talent in the Faculty of Art and Design and comes with a 2,000 euro prize, has conferred by »Lyonel – Verein zur Förderung von Kunst, Gestaltung und Kultur (Lyonel e.V.)« since 2019.

The online gallery »Traces of REcreation« shows 16 bachelor's and master's theses from the product design programme that were created in the winter semester 2023/24 and summer semester 2024. The graduates have worked individually or in teams on current and relevant topics such as mobility, material design, industrial design and social and critical design. The works can also be visited on site in Weimar from 11 to 14 July 2024 for summaery2024, the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar's annual exhibition.

The Lyonel Kunstpreis 2024 will be awarded on Friday, 12 July 2024. The nominees are Fine Art diploma graduates Maria Fabricius-Wendt, Till Röttjer, Simon Surjasentana and Rio Usui. Interested parties are cordially invited to the exhibition opening at 5 p.m. and to the awards ceremony at 6 p.m. at Berkaer Straße 11.

On Monday, 17 June 2024, Elfi Handina Murandu was awarded one of three prizes for young book design by the Stiftung Buchkunst for her bachelor's thesis »A Book about Hair«. The publication includes 30 perspectives from Black and biracial individuals, and examines questions of belonging, adapting and representation, among others. The book is a collection of actions and behaviours from various Black realities.

The Bauhaus-Universität Weimar is once again celebrating success at the annual ADC Talent Awards. Students from the Faculty of Art and Design impressed with their achievements and were honoured with numerous ADC nails in gold, silver and bronze.

The Hannes Malte Mahler Art Prize, endowed with 15,000 euros in prize money and a production budget of up to 105,000 euros, goes to the exiled Iranian and graduate of the international degree programme »Public Art and New Artistic Strategies« Farzane Vaziritabar.

Isaac Chong Wai, graduate of the international master‘s degree programme »Public Art and New Artistic Strategies«, is invited as participating artist for the 60th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, Foreigners Everywhere, curated by Adriano Pedrosa. The Biennale Arte 2024 will be held at the Arsenale and Giardini from 20 April to 24 November 2024.

Zwischen Uni-Alltag, Generation Selbstverwirklichung und der ganz großen Kunst: Die Serie »Irgendwas mit Medien« der beiden Alumni Mirko Muhshoff und Jano Kaltenbach, die an der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar gedreht und von der UFA Serial Drama im Auftrag des MDR und in Zusammenarbeit mit ARD Kultur produziert wurde, ist für den diesjährigen Grimme-Preis in der Kategorie »Kinder und Jugend« nominiert.