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SoA – IdeARTI Printmaking – Permanence – 28.04.2023

The Mikiel Anton Vassalli College, and the Malta School of Art, in conjunction with Agenzija Zghazagh, is mounting an exhibition entitled ‘Permanence‘. This display of printed Art works by students attending idejArti is the fruit of a process-based project led by 2 veteran artists and printmakers. At the end of this project, and after a thorough […]

MAVC Gozo Visual & Performing Art School – OPEN DAY

The MAVC Gozo Visual & Performing Art School is inviting the public to their first Open Day in almost 3 years.
Friday 26 of May 2023.

Soprano one-to-one at the Gozo VPA

During the Easter Holidays, the MAVC Gozo Visual & Performing Arts School had the honour to host one-to-one voice lessons with world-renowned soprano Barbara Frittoli organised by The Classique Foundation and its artistic director Joseph Debrincat, who is also one of the school’s Music Teachers. During the visit, Ms. Barbara Frittoli was presented with a […]

World Art Day at the Malta School of Art

The 15th of April was World Art Day: an occasion to shine a light on arts education in schools, as culture can pave the way for inclusive and equitable education. Art is proven to nurture creativity, innovation and cultural diversity for all peoples across the globe, and it plays an important role in sharing knowledge and encouraging […]

“Gawhar Misjub” stage rehearsals in progress

Putting up a multi-disciplinary production such as ‘Gawhar Misjub’ requires several forms of rehearsals, which eventually come together for the final production. Stage rehearsals are one of these. The stage rehearsals are being held under the direction of stage director Clare Ghigo assisted by a direction team made up of 3 students from MAVC.

Professional Development programme for staff and teachers

The school of Art organized its Professional Development programme for staff and teachers over two days: the 3 and 4th April. The team sessions touched upon 3 aspects being Pedagogy, care for others and self-care. On the first day Dr Mirjana Batinić  led ‘Pedagogical Approaches in Training for the 6- to 12-year-old students‘ whilst Mr Roderick […]

A College for the Arts submitted to the National Book Prize (2023)

On the advice of the Classification Board of the National Book Fair, the publication A College for the Arts: Mikiel Anton Vassalli College, is being submitted to the National Book Prize  under the category of ‘General research’.

27 March |

INTEREtching Workshop at the Malta School of Art

2nd year sixth-form students at St Martins’ College and Mr Victor Bezzina, their Learning Area Leader,  had a workshop at the Malta School of Art Printing Room with a practical session led by local artist-printmaker and educator at the Malta School of Art, Jesmond Vassallo.  The project entitled INTEREtching, supported by Arts Council Malta, covered different stages on copper plates until the final […]

Celebrating Diversity – exhibition by the Malta School of Art

An exhibition of paintings is being hosted at the foyer of the Malta School of Art. The title is Celebrating Diversity with the participation of three schools, mainly St Benedict College, Birzebbugia, Stella Maris College, Gzira Primary and the Malta School of Art. Viewing is free and is open till the 21st March. You are all invited.

Maltese Students to Celebrate the 70th Anniversary of the European Parliament

As part of the European youth exchange project, the Mikiel Anton Vassalli College has been invited to join 26 groups of young people from the 26 EU countries. The Maltese group is being invited to Alsace (France) in May 2023 for this 2 year artistic exchange project. Students from the Malta School of Art, Malta […]

Malta School of Art’s Carnival Costumes

The Malta School of Art was bright and loud in preparation for the Carnival activities. Many teachers took the initiative to create costumes from recycled material during class to the delight of the students. Students then paraded in the school foyer and showed off their original costumes. This was a lively event which was well taken […]

First meeting with set designer and set builder.

On the 24th of February the students who chose set design , construction and painting as their role in the production ‘Gawhar Misjub’ had their first meeting with Romoulado Moretti the set designer and Claudio Apap, the set builder. During this session Mr. Moretti explained the process of designing a set starting from the initial […]

27 February |