Organisation

The institution

The Jutland Art Academy is a self-governing institution of higher education, whose activities are funded by grants from the Danish Ministry of Culture and Aarhus Municipality. The purpose of the Jutland Art Academy is to offer a long-cycle post-secondary degree programme in fine art and, on a practical and theoretical basis, to promote developments in fine arts. The academy offers the only post-secondary degree programme within fine arts in Jutland. The management of the Jutland Art Academy comprises an external board of directors and a rector. Staff and students hold influence and decision-making power through positions on the board, councils and committees.

Rector

Torben Nielsen

Board of Directors

Chair: Katja Bjørn Jakobsen, artist, appointed by the Academy Council
Vice-chair: Birgitte Anderberg, Senior research curator at SMK
Maj Færgemann, student representative
Kirstine Roepstorff, artist, appointed by “Akademirådet”
Finn Larsen, architect
Annika Lundgren, artist and professor at the Jutland Art Academy
Michael Bjørn Nellemann, art historian
Peter Rønnow, lawyer

Academy Council

Torben Nielsen, rector
Cecilie Bernts, communication and administration
Tinne Zenner, visual artist and associate professor
Ole N. Nygaard, janitor and technician
Emma Uldum, student
Emelin Tvilling, student

Student Council

The Student Council conducts its activities at monthly meetings that are open to all students.
Chair: Ada Ida Poulsen