History
The ArtEZ University of Arts came into being as a result of the merger between various independent art schools in the east of the Netherlands. Staff member Frits Ferres came up with the name ArtEZ. The capital letters stand for the cities in which ArtEZ is located: Arnhem, Enschede and Zwolle.
ArtEZ became a reality in 2002. From then on, the Arnhem University of the Arts (HKA), Constantijn Huygens in Kampen/Zwolle, and the Academy of Art and Industry (AKI) in Enschede formally joined forces to collectively strengthen art education in the east of the Netherlands. In May 2006, the Enschede Academy of Music of Saxion Universities of Applied Sciences became part of ArtEZ.
Timelinen
- 1926 Establishment of the Academy of Practical Art in Arnhem (later known as the Arnhem Academy of Fine Arts)
- 1926 Establishment of the Academy of Practical Art in Arnhem (later known as the Arnhem Academy of Fine Arts)
- 1930s Establishment of the Arnhem School of Dance (later known as the Dance Academy)
- 1949 Establishment of the Academy of Architecture
- 1949 Establishment of the Academy of Art and Industry (AKI)
- 1956 Establishment of the School of Acting in Arnhem
- 1957 Establishment of the Academy of Music in Zwolle
- 1978 Establishment of the Christian Academy of Visual Arts (CABK) in Kampen
- 1986 Establishment of the Art Academy Constantijn Huygens through the merger of CABK with the Academie voor Expressie door Woord en Gebaar (Dramatic Arts Academy) in Kampen and the Academy of Music in Zwolle
- 1988 Establishment of the Arnhem University of the Arts (HKA) through the merger of the School of Acting, the Arnhem Academy of Music, the Academy of Architecture, the Arnhem Dance Academy and the Academy of Fine Arts in Arnhem
- 2002 Establishment of ArtEZ through the merger of Constantijn Huygens, AKI and HKA
- 2006 The Enschede Academy of Music becomes part of ArtEZ
- 2022 20th anniversary of ArtEZ University of the Arts