Taipei National University of the Arts

The Taipei National University of the Arts (TNUA; Chinese: 國立臺北藝術大學) is a national university in Guandu, Beitou District, Taipei, Taiwan.

Taipei National
University of the Arts
國立臺北藝術大學
Former name
National Institute of the Arts
TypePublic university
Established1 July 1982 (as National Institute of the Arts)
1 August 2001 (as TNUA)
PresidentChen Kai-huang
Vice-presidentLee Chia-yi
Location25°08′01.6″N 121°28′17.6″E / 25.133778°N 121.471556°E / 25.133778; 121.471556
Websitetnua.edu.tw
Taipei National University of the Arts
Traditional Chinese國立臺北藝術大學
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinGuólì Táiběi Yìshù Dàxué

History

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The preparatory committees to establish the school was formed on 22 October 1980. The National Institute of the Arts (Chinese: 國立藝術學院) was then founded on 1 July 1982 as an institute of higher learning for the arts. The institute was housed in Luzhou, Taipei County (now New Taipei City), from 1985 until its relocation in 1991 to its permanent campus in Kuandu, Taipei. The institute was renamed Taipei National University of the Arts in 2001.

Faculties

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  • School of Music
  • School of Fine Arts
  • School of Theatre Arts
  • School of Dance
  • School of Film and New Media
  • School of Cultural Resources
  • School of Humanities
  • Music and Image Trans-disciplinary Program

Research Centers

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  • Center for Traditional Arts
  • Center for Art and Technology
  • Performing Arts Center
  • Center for Arts Resources & Educational Outreach

Presidents

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Campus

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The campus buildings are designed in a neo-Chinese classical style. Aside from the colleges and departments, the university houses a Music Hall, the Performing Arts Center, including a theater hall and a dance recital hall, the Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, a library, an Olympic-size swimming pool, the Center for the Study of Traditional Arts, a computer center and the Center for the Study of Art and Technology.

Events

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Festivals organized by TNUA or using its campus:

  • Guandu Arts Festival
  • Guandu Flower Festival (Guandu Flower Art Festival)
  • Kuandu Film Festival
  • Kuandu International Animation Festival
  • Kuandu Lights Festival

International and local cooperation

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Asia
  Taiwan

  Mainland China

  Hong Kong

  Japan

  Republic of Korea

  Singapore

  Thailand

  Israel

  Philippines


Oceania
  Australia

Europe
  Austria

  Czech Republic

  Finland

  France

  Germany

  Poland

  Russia

  United Kingdom


America
  United States

  Canada

Name censorship

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In 2016, the Hong Kong Government's Leisure and Cultural Services Department was criticized as in breach of freedom of expression for blocking use of the university name in any form that included the word 'National'/'國立'. The department, responsible for most of the territory's arts venues, told TNUA graduate Law Shuk-yin, an art administrator and executive producer for drama company The Nonsensemakers, that she could not use the name in her biography in promotional material for her production at a theatre it managed.[1]

Honorary doctors of art

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Notable Honorary Doctors of Art from TNUA include cellist and conductor Mstislav Rostropovich, composer Ma Shui-long, choreographer Lin Hwai-min, and theatrical set designer Ming Cho Lee.

Notable alumni

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See also

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References

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