Statement on the development of a structural plan for the art academy

The Kunsthochschule Kassel (KhK) is currently in negotiations with the university's presidium on its new structural plan for the years 2018 to 2022. As part of the structural planning, the KhK's rectorate and the university management are working together on, among other things, developing a new overall concept for the KhK's workshops that responds to technical, social, and artistic developments. Also to be clarified is the possible reorientation of an existing professorship in fine arts.

"For a university, a change or realignment of a professorship is a normal and necessary process in order to remain academically at the most up-to-date level, as are intensive negotiations within the framework of a new structural plan," explains the university president. Prof. Dr. Reiner Finkeldey attended yesterday's (23.5.) public university meeting of the Art University Council and answered questions from faculty and students. He showed himself open to supporting the rectorate in finding short-term solutions for bottlenecks that have currently arisen in some workshops.
The aim of the structural plan is to secure the Kunsthochschule Kassel as an excellent educational institution and to strengthen its artistic visibility. "For the Kunsthochschule, the focus is on structural and content planning that does justice to our status of partial autonomy," says the rector of the Kunsthochschule, Prof. Joel Baumann. In recent years, the Kunsthochschule's budget has increased regularly, partly due to rising student numbers. For example, the ongoing construction of a new exhibition hall will further strengthen the art academy.