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Internal Newsletter April 2025

Dear colleagues, dear students,
there's a new newsletter – it's all about news from the Academy! We report monthly on important notices and information, personnel changes, new publications, campaigns, awards, and other stories related to the Academy. Further reports can also be found on our website in the News section. Enjoy reading!
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We would also like to point out:

Ans Licht!: This live talk, together with "Scheuba fragt nach" brings together two of Austria's most important whistleblowers and two established investigative journalists. On April 22, 2025, at 18 h in the NIG at the University of Vienna, Lecture Hall 1.
Social Leadership Program: Two-year social leadership program for ambitious university graduates from Teach for Austria - application deadline May 4, 2025.

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Birgit Jürgenssen Award Winner 2025: Antonia De La Luz Kašik

The 2025 Birgit Jürgenssen Prize, endowed with5,000 euro, will be awarded to artist Antonia De La Luz Kašik. The award ceremony will take place on Wednesday, April 9, 2025, in the Aula of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.

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Antonia De La Luz Kašik, Foto: Matías Krahn Uribe

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The Alumni Club is now on Instagram!

The alumni club's Instagram page provides information about events, continuing education opportunities, and calls!

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Screenshot Alumniverein der Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien Instagram @alumni.akbild

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Gringa_os at UEMA

Since September 2024, UEMA in São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil, has been a new partner university of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna as part of an Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility project.

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Stadtführung durch das historische Zentrum zusammen mit Professor_innen der UEMA, Foto: International Office

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Bulgarian engraver Nikola Popov: Exhibition and donations

On April 9, an exhibition on Nikola Popov's work opens at the Bulgarian Cultural Institute – "Haus Wittgenstein." Popov studied at the Special School for Engravers at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna from 1890 to 1895. In 2024, the University Archive received two donations: a print by Popov and two documents from his student days.

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Unsere Kolleginnen aus dem Archiv mit einer Schenkung, Foto: Universitätsarchiv

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The Academy at the Diagonale 2025

The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna is happy that this year numerous works by teachers, former teachers, students, as well as alumni are represented at the Diagonale.

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