Iranian Academy of the Arts

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The Iranian Academy of the Arts (in Persian فرهنگستان هنر ایران; formally "Academy of Art of the Islamic Republic of Iran") was established in Esfand 1378 Hsh/February (March 2000).

The Academy, consisting of eight expert committees, considers one of its main duties to be the preservation and development of Iranian and local arts.

All regular members must be at least associate professors, or be among Iranian prominent artists and hold Iranian nationality. Foreign outstanding artists and art researchers can be admitted as honorary members into Academy. The Chancellor of the Academy is the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

According to article 16 of the Academy’s charter, the Iranian Academy of the Arts will have thirty regular members, all experts and artists active in various fields, twenty of whom will be elected by the Art Council’s nomination and the Cultural Revolution Supreme Council’s approval, and the remaining ten will be elected by the latter twenty.

[edit] The Expert Committees of the Iranian Academy of the Arts

  1. The Expert Committee of Dramatic Arts
  2. The Expert Committee of Music
  3. The Expert Committee of Architecture and Urban Planning
  4. The Expert Committee of Traditional Arts and Handicrafts
  5. The Expert Committee of Visual Arts
  6. The Expert Committee of Cinema
  7. The Expert Committee of Multimedia
  8. The Expert Committee of Wisdom and Philosophy of Art

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