AKV St. Joost

St. Joost School of Art and Design(formerlyAcademy of Art and Design St. Joost,DutchAkademie voor Kunst en Vormgeving St. Joost, Breda) is a Dutch academy of art and design based inBredaand's-Hertogenbosch.The school is part ofAvans University of Applied Scienceswith offices in Breda, 's-Hertogenbosch and Tilburg.

Academy of Art and Design St. Joost Akademie voor Kunst en Vormgeving St. Joost, Breda
The School building in Breda
Location
Breda Netherlands
Information
Established	2004 by merger
Principal	René Bosma

Location

The location in Breda is a former seminary on the outskirts of the city.

The school's location in 's-Hertogenbosch is a stone's throw from the railway station. It is a remnant of the school that was originally calledRoyal Academy of Arts and Design,'s-Hertogenbosch. Up to 2017 this school was situated in the formerRemington-typewriter factory on the Onderwijsboulevard. This building is a remarkable design by architectHugh Maaskant,and especially suitable for a school that requires much natural light. The school was next moved to the EKP building, its current (2018) location. This is a building where mail and packages were handled, located along the railway track just north of the station.

History

Predecessors

The longest part of the history of AKV St. Joost is formed by the history of its two predecessors: the Royal Academy of Arts and Design of 's-Hertogenbosch, and the Academy for Visual Arts Sint-Joost in Breda.

The school in 's-Hertogenbosch was founded in 1812 as "Royal and Imperial Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture". The oldest roots of St. Joost were in a drawing school started in Breda in 1825. In 1922 an art school was founded in Breda, and later the Free Academy of Visual Art was founded by the artists Dio Rovers, Gerrit de Morée andNiel Steenbergen.These two schools became locations of the new merged school in 2004.

Bachelor courses

Full time

• Visual Arts(Breda and 's-Hertogenbosch)
• Fine arts(Breda)
• Graphic Design(Breda and 's-Hertogenbosch)
• Illustration(Breda and 's-Hertogenbosch)
• Photography(Breda)
• Animation(Breda)
• Audiovisual Design(Breda)
• Spatial Design(Breda)
• Interaction Design(Breda)

All full-time courses start with a foundation year.

Part time

• Fine arts
• Graphic Design
• Photography
• Spatial Design

The time courses Visual Arts, Photography and Audiovisual Design are given in 's-Hertogenbosch, the part-time course Graphic Design and Spatial Design in Breda.

In addition, the school under the name Post-St. Joost three continued to master: Photography, Fine Art and Graphic Design. Known lecturers or alumni

Masters courses

The school offers four masters programmes through the Masters Institute of Visual Cultures:

• Animation
• Ecology Futures
• Situated Design
• Visual Arts & Post-Contemporary Practice

Notable faculty and alumni

• Chris Berens
• Evert Bloemsma
• Clemens van den Broeck
• Wim Crouwel
• Marlies Dekkers
• Jan van den Dobbelsteen
• Eugene Horak
• Rachel de Joode
• Ruud Kuijer
• Johan van Loon
• Geert Lap
• Awoiska van der Molen
• Jan van Munster
• Gert Staal
• Jaap Wolterbeek

External links

• AKV St. Joost