PhD Infra UWB (University of West Bohemia)
The aim of the "PhD Infra UWB" project, reg. no. CZ.02.01/00/22_012/0005200, is to develop the material and infrastructural facilities of doctoral study programs in order to increase the quality and international competitiveness of future research workers' training, i.e., education provided in doctoral study programs (excellence of doctoral studies). Within this project, the FDU (Faculty of Design and Art) acquired several professional devices for research experimental activities of doctoral students, and also ensured acoustic solutions for the teaching space and lighting in the Incubator gallery.
The PhD Infra UWB project is supported by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports within the call for Development of Infrastructure for Doctoral Study Programs of the Jan Amos Comenius Operational Program. The PhD Infra UWB project is co-financed by the European Union.
IOGI 2
The IOGI 2 project focuses on developing artists' competencies, networking, and workshops in the CCI (Cultural and Creative Industries) sector. Specifically, it involves creating a book collection of comic works at the intersection of sociological comics and comics with significant poetic value on the theme of everyday life in Japan. The book will be created based on a month-long stay of 10 artists in Japan during August 2024. Students from Ladislav Sutnar Faculty of Design and Art will work on the comic drawings under the guidance of comic artist and illustrator Václav Šlajch. The screenplay will be written by poet Jean-Gaspard Páleníček.
The IOGI 2 project builds on the highly successful comic book IOGI (2021), which received awards such as the Japan International Manga Award, the Muriel Award for Best Screenplay, the Pilsen City Art Award, and has been translated into English, Japanese, and Polish. The IOGI 2 project (ref. no. 0314000156) was supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic within the grant call NPO - Artist Status - Call No. 4/2023 - Mobility III (0314).
Finished Projects
Mysterious Bond
The topic of historical bonds between the Czech Republic and the state of Israel involves the city of Pilsen. The Mysterious Bond project aimed to investigate these relations and introduce the topic to the general public through a series of short texts and illustrations.
Mysterious Bond
Grant programme - 700 Years of the City of Plzeň Foundation
Project implementation period: 09/2020 – 12/2020
Enterprise and Innovations for Competitiveness
Long-term cooperation with partner companies was supported by the Operational Programme Enterprise and Innovations for Competitiveness in the period 2016 - 2020. In joint projects we created, for example, a design workplace in cooperation with the TVAR Klatovy company and we implemented the design of an attendance system in cooperation with the APEKO Group company.
Design Workplace
Grant programme: Knowledge Transfer Partnership – OPPIK
Project implementation period: 04/2017 – 08/2018
TimeLog
Grant programme: Innovation Vouchers – OPPIK
Project implementation period: 08/2016 – 05/2017
Development Projects of the Ministry of Education
The development projects of the Ministry of Education of the Czech Republic enabled the faculty to cooperate with other art faculties from the Czech Republic in the preparation of adaptation of universities to the needs of cultural and creative industries, and in networking of universities.
Capacity sharing and networking of universities in the Czech Republic:
a) setting up and optimising a system for quality assurance of education, creative and other activities;
b) transition to a new structure of study programmes
Grant programme supporting the mutual cooperation of universities provided by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic
Project implementation period: 01/2018 – 12/2018
Preparation of the adptation of universities to the needs of cultural and creative industries
Grant programme supporting the mutual cooperation of universities provided by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic
Project implementation period: 01/2016 – 12/2016
European Capital of Culture 2015
Ladislav Sutnar 120 years
Small grants programme – US Embassy in the Czech Republic
Project implementation period: 01/2017 – 12/2017
Pilsen became the European Capital of Culture in 2015 and the project helped to implement many major cultural projects, such as the return of a prominent Pilsen native and world-famous designer Ladislav Sutnar to Pilsen, or the international design conference DesignMeeting.
Ladislav Sutnar – Return
Financial support of the Pilsen Region to the Pilsen– European Capital of Culture 2015 project executors – part for 2015
Project implementation period: 1/2015 – 12/2015
The Return of Ladislav Sutnar
Financial support of the Pilsen Region to the Pilsen – European Capital of Culture 2015 project executors – part for 2015
Project implementation period: 4/2015 – 12/2015
DesignMeeting
Financial support of the Pilsen Region to the Pilsen – European Capital of Culture 2015 project executors – part for 2015
Project implementation period: 04/2015 – 12/2015