Master of fine arts

This is the first in a series of new writings where young and established designers speak to designers of the future, sharing their knowledge and experience to be preciously kept for those to come (or in the making). The first we've invited is Giulia Savino, an emerging and extremely imaginative[..]

by Daria Borovkova STUDIO|Nedda, Eternum Coffee & Tea set, (c) Johan Blommaert In 2015 Alchimia launched its new MFA program, finalized with solo-shows of its participants happening in Barcelona, Prague, Torino, Antwerp and Florence. Three out of six students, Daria Borovkova, Lavinia Rossetti and Giulia Savino were tutored by Nedda[..]

We are happy to announce some exciting new additions to our dream team of staff members. Jorge Manilla will be the new main tutor of Alchimia’s first year MFA program, while Benjamin Lignel will be the new tutor in curating and creative writing for Alchimia’s second year MFA program. Read[..]

In 1829 Lorenzo Bartolini, an important Tuscan sculptor working in between the XVIII and XIX century, turned a previous church into his own studio. After his death, his favorite pupil Pasquale Romanelli, adopted the space: since then five generations of Italian male artists have worked and exhibited into this site,[..]

Stopover Alchimia School of Contemporary Jewellery presents Stopover, a display of ongoing work and experiments of 11 students tutored by Peter Bauhuis, currently in the 3rd year BFA and 1st year MFA programmes. Part of the Valencia Melting Point 2016, a biennial encounter of contemporary jewellers, organised by the department[..]

Alchimia is very proud to present and invite you to two solo-shows by Daria Borovkova and Lavinia Rossetti, both happening in Antwerp at Hofstraat 1 and Galerie Hilde Metz respectively, opening on March 25, 2016. Titled Being and Belonging and Madeleine, they are part of a series of solo exhibitions[..]

Officina 500 | Via Lombroso 15 | Torino Opening: Saturday February 6, 2016 | Between 6 and 10pm On February 7 the exhibition will be open between 11 am and 8pm Alchimia is pleased to present 1 : 20.000, a solo-show by Italian jewelry artist Giulia Savino. This marks the[..]

as part of the second year MFA program I have experimented and explored, collected and ordered, discovered boundaries and got over them again. S. Weidenbach Can craft and technology support each other in a fertile way instead of battling for primacy? This is and has always been an important question[..]