Tainan National University of the Arts
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Tainan National University of the Arts (TNNUA) is an art university in Taiwan. It is located in Tainan City, Southern Taiwan. The campus is set in very beautiful countryside. Beside the campus is a reservoir. Many international guest professors are in this campus.
[edit] History and Development
On March 13, 1996, the Executive Yuan ratified a plan to establish Tainan National College of The Arts (TNCA) and authorized formal inauguration of TNCA on July 1, 1996, with Professor Pao-tech Han Presiding, as inaugural President. Establishment of four graduate institutes —
- Graduate Institute of Sound and Image Studies in Documentaries,
- Graduate Institute of Museology,
- Graduate Institute of Plastic Arts, and
- Institute of Art History and Art Criticism.
The first year of graduate students registered on Tainan campus on October 1, 1996.
In September 1997, two additional graduate institutes were added —
- Graduate Institute of Applied Arts and
- Graduate Institute of Building Arts
as well as the seven-year musical education from senior high school through college.
In 1999, Graduate Institute of Conservation of Cultural Relics was established.
In 2000, the second president, Professor Pi-twan Huang, was elected as the TNCA’s first duly elected president.
In 2002, Department of Applied Music and Graduate Institute of Ethnomusicology were established.
In 2003, Department of Art History, Graduate Institute of Collaborative Piano and Doctoral Program in Art Creation and Theory were established.
In 2004, the original name, Tainan National College of The Arts (TNCA) was changed to Tainan National University of The Arts (TNNUA).
[edit] Future
Tainan National University of The Arts systematically continues to march toward a comprehensive university with the fundamental focus on visual arts, sound and image studies, humanities and arts, and performing arts studies program (including the 7-year performing arts studies programs). Meanwhile, the university intends to combine efforts with local cultural activities as an attempt to provide better environment for artists to polish their skills, so as to enhance their creativity standard through a series of extensive educational programs. In addition to an art exchange center, media art center, museum and faculty-student exhibition center, we plan to build visual art information hall, music hall, art education center, and similar. The university aims not only to be a cradle of comprehensive art campus but also hope TNNUA might help nudge the cooperation with Southern Taiwan Science Park and Industrial Technology Research Institute a little further out onto the establishment of Southern Taiwan Science and Culture Park. Modern Outlook with Traditional Essence
Tainan National University of The Arts adopts a modern outlook with traditional essence, with focus on the merge of everyday life with art and concept of comprehensive art campus. Accordingly, we establish four colleges—the visual arts, sound and image studies, humanities and arts, and performing arts. The Visual Arts, Sound and Image Studies, Humanities and Arts, and Performing Arts The College of Visual Arts includes the graduate institutes of Plastic Arts, Applied Arts, and Building Arts. The College of Humanities and Arts includes art history and art criticism, and museology. The graduate institute of Museology is the first and unprecedented kind in Taiwan. Despite of similar research-oriented programs offered at other institutes, Tainan National University of The Arts aims to combine professional curriculum with its practical application in the field. The courses offered in art history and art criticism will also be opened to students of other disciplines.
The College of Sound and Image studies entails the arts of motion pictures and television, inclusive of the narrative, documentary, and animated pictures. There are similar programs offered in Taiwan but they are short of competitive quality to international standard. Our program aims to design a visual arts education with state-of-the art technology.
The College of Performing Arts includes Department of Music, Department of Chinese Music, Department of Applied Music, Graduate Institute of Ethnomusicology, and Graduate Institute of Collaborative Piano. The two music departments, Music, and Chinese Music are unique in Taiwan in their designation of recruiting prominent junior high school graduates with art potential to receive a 7-year consecutive education that leads them to a B.A. degree in music. The establishment of the department of Applied Music, founded in 2002, helps to realize our country’s long-felt wish to train young talents in the performing arts, and in 2002, the graduate institute of Ethnomusicology was established followed by in 2003, the graduate institute of Collaborative Piano.
