Michaelis School of Fine Art

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Michaelis School of Fine Art

Hiddingh Hall Library on Hiddingh Campus in Gardens, Cape Town.
Established	1925 (1925) [1]
Director	Dr Kurt Campbell
Location	Cape Town , Western Cape , South Africa 33°55′48″S 18°24′49″E / 33.93000°S 18.41361°E / -33.93000; 18.41361
Campus	Hiddingh Campus
Website	www.michaelis.uct.ac.za

The Michaelis School of Fine Art is a public tertiary art school in the Cape Town suburb of Gardens. It was founded in 1925 and is named after its benefactor, Max Michaelis.^[1] It is the Fine Arts department of the University of Cape Town. There are three research institutions associated with the school, namely The Lucy Lloyd Archive, Research and Exhibition Centre (LLAREC), the Centre for Curating the Archive (CCA) and the Katrine Harries Print Cabinet, which has been instrumental in promoting printmaking as well as conserving and exhibiting prints in the collection.The major graduate degree offered at the School is the Master of Fine Art where students work in both new and traditional fine art disciplines.