What about the art department of Maanshan Normal University?

The Art Department of Maanshan Teachers College is a harmonious team with excellent specialty, excellent quality, vitality and individuality. At present, there are 1369 full-time students and 58 full-time teachers. Among them, 76% are teachers under the age of 35, including 2 associate professors, 6 lecturers, graduate students 18, double masters 1 person, provincial and university-level professional leaders 1 person, and 7 "double-qualified" teachers. At the same time, we also hired a group of off-campus experts with rich practical experience and high theoretical level to work part-time.

The art department not only has a dynamic, talented and well-structured faculty, but also has complete hardware facilities. Now it has an art building and a music building, with a total construction area of nearly 1 000 square meters. There are also 500 concert halls 1, digital piano classroom 1, dance classroom 4, piano room 1 14, multimedia classroom 5, microcomputer room 5, studio 5, pottery room 2, exhibition hall 2, clothing craft classroom 2, clothing cutting room 2 and clothing studio 6544.

The art department has set up 8 majors and 5 teaching and research sections. Majors are divided into normal classes and non-normal classes, in which normal classes include two majors: art education and music education, while non-normal classes include six majors: animation design and production, fashion design, decorative art design, visual communication, music performance and art design.

The art department implements the principle of "building top-quality specialty, developing key specialty, cultivating characteristic specialty and optimizing popular specialty" in professional development. Among the eight majors, three majors, namely, normal music teaching, aesthetic education and dance, and non-normal music table, witnessed the growth and glory of the school. As the main courses of the old normal school before Maanshan Teachers College was upgraded, they are now top-quality majors of the art department. Among them, the main courses of music major are music theory, harmony, solfeggio, Chinese and foreign music history, music appreciation, song creation, piano and accompaniment, vocal music, chorus conductor, folk music, etc. On the basis of the courses set by the sound engineer, the major of sound table has added courses such as dance and composition, instrumental music performance, etc. The main courses of art major include sketch, gouache (watercolor painting), Chinese painting, oil painting, design and technology, a brief history of Chinese and foreign art and appreciation of works, calligraphy and so on. The main courses of dance direction include basic dance training, China classical dance body rhyme, China folk dance, modern dance, children dance and composition, repertoire rehearsal, a brief history of Chinese and Western dances, and dance appreciation.

Music and Dance Teaching and Research Section advocates scientific research to promote teaching, and actively participates in competitions at all levels and various cultural performances. In 2005, the first national college students' art exhibition, the performance singing "Beating Wheat Songs" selected by the phonograph major won the first prize in the professional group; In 2007, Anhui Music Major Basic Skills Competition, the Art Department won the first place in the group. In the 6th China Dance Lotus Award Campus Dance Competition, the 2nd National College Students Art Festival and Anhui College Students Art Festival, the Art Department won the National Excellent Organization Award, the National Top Ten Performance Award and the Provincial Excellent Creation Award respectively, and some works "Spring Silkworm" and "When Flowers Bloom" won the second prize and the first prize of the Provincial Art Festival respectively. In addition, a number of provincial and school-level topics have been successfully declared, and a number of related research papers have been published, which has reversed the prejudice that "music and dance majors can only sing and dance, but can't delve into theory" with practical actions, and initiated a mechanism to promote the rapid and efficient development of the profession.

The art teaching and research section is the most mature team in age structure, education structure and professional title structure. The teaching and research section gives full play to the team strength and makes active explorations in teaching and scientific research. Sketch Guide and Art Curriculum and Teaching Theory in Primary Schools have been published. Declare the school-level teaching and research topics "Research from Sketch to Creation" and "Research on Art Curriculum and Teaching in Primary Schools" and finish them in 2007; Many papers have been published; Many teachers participated in various kinds of art exhibitions. Among them, Mr. Yin Shi, as a master of contemporary painting and calligraphy who is good at watercolor and meticulous painting, has participated in many national art exhibitions and has been collected by libraries in Japan, New Zealand, Britain and other countries and regions. This major also regularly holds fine calligraphy and painting exhibitions for students every semester. These activities have created a strong professional learning atmosphere.

The teacher education of art department has always been adhering to the tradition of elite teaching, striving to build top-quality majors, adopting the educational practice mode of "seeing two realities and three posts", ensuring the quality of education, striving to train excellent music, dance and art teachers for primary and secondary schools and kindergartens across the country, and at the same time transporting qualified talents for colleges and universities. The school also encourages students to find jobs in many ways. Students can apply for secondary vocational schools, art groups, literary groups, enterprises and institutions, provincial, city and county radio stations and other units. In recent years, the employment rate of these four majors has always remained above 95%, which has won unanimous praise from parents and society!

The five non-normal majors (except music performance) of the Art Department are divided into two teaching and research sections. The teaching and research section of comprehensive art design includes four majors: fashion design, decoration design, animation design and production, and visual communication; The art design teaching and research section focuses on art design.

Fashion design major is the key development major of art department. This major mainly trains talents engaged in garment accessories design, garment product development, garment production management and production, garment performance organization and garment theory research. By studying the related theories and basic skills and techniques of Chinese and foreign clothing history, design sketch, fashion illustration techniques, clothing materials science, clothing technology production, hand printing and knitting technology, clothing production management, fashion photography, clothing advertising design, etc., it can meet the needs of modern clothing industry. This major has made some achievements in developing training bases. It has conducted professional discussions and practical cooperation with many enterprises such as Maanshan Yiren Fashion Co., Ltd., Maanshan Datong Clothing Co., Ltd., Maanshan Shandong Qi Clothing Co., Ltd., Maanshan Xiangrui Clothing Embroidery Co., Ltd., Maanshan Clothing Co., Ltd., and recently reached a school-enterprise cooperation agreement with the national clothing industry 15 top Zhejiang Ningbo Lodz Clothing Group, and established a Lodz clothing studio in the school. In terms of teaching and scientific research, in view of the good development of all aspects of the clothing industry at present, this major has carried out a feasibility study on the expansion of clothing enrollment in different directions in 2009. Through market research, it is suggested that the enrollment of fashion design major in 2009 should be divided into two directions: craft plate making and management. At the same time, this major is actively applying for the professional certificate qualification of "Fashion Designer" issued by the Ministry of Labor. The favorable conditions in all aspects contributed to the outstanding achievements of this major in the last session 100%!

Animation major is a new major in the Department of Fine Arts. Through three years of study and training, this major gradually enables students to systematically master relevant theoretical knowledge and design skills, and skillfully use relevant software to operate, and become practical and operational talents with modern design concepts. The main courses are design sketch, design color, computer design (Photoshop), animation motion law, web page animation design (Flash), animation and advertising creativity, animation technology design, cartoon design, 3DMAX, MAYA, cartoon product design, premiere, digital image and video synthesis, animation film and television post-production, etc. After graduation, students can engage in animation design and teaching in news publishing, advertising, film and television entertainment, vocational schools and other industries. Although the development of this major is not long, it has taken the lead in exploring the mode of school-enterprise cooperation. At present, it has formally reached an internship employment agreement with Jiangyin Shangshi Ruisi Company, Maanshan Yushan District Vision Software Company and Maanshan Hongdongli Company. As long as students obtain relevant qualifications before graduation, internship companies can consider arranging employment for students. This has solved the problem of students' future employment to some extent. The Art Department will strengthen the construction of teachers and hardware facilities in this major, and strive to cultivate this major into a specialty with its own characteristics.

Decorative design and visual communication are also called indoor space design and environmental art design respectively. Among them, the decoration major mainly trains students to master computer operation, wood processing material technology and furniture design skills. In addition to the above skills, the visual communication major also requires students to master certain landscape architecture design skills. Graduates are mainly engaged in environmental art design, interior soft decoration design and interior furniture design. You can also engage in professional teaching and research and development of new materials and technologies in vocational schools or scientific research institutions.

Art design is a discipline that embodies the intersection of literature, art, folk culture, psychology, computer science and many other disciplines. This major emphasizes students' mastery of the basic theoretical knowledge of art design, as well as the cultivation of students' innovative thinking and practical control ability, and strives to cultivate outstanding talents who can engage in professional design, research, teaching and management in the fields of art design education, research, production and management. Graduates can engage in theoretical research, project management and design for vocational schools, advertising design companies, construction companies and other industries when they are employed. Through long-term practice, the teaching and research section has established fixed practice points in Shanghai, Hangzhou, Nanjing and other places, which ensures the quality of students' practical learning, exercises their practical ability and lays a good foundation for future employment. In addition, since 2005, this major has cooperated with universities such as Polytechnic University to provide "double degree" undergraduate education. This teaching mode of "students enter the enterprise, projects enter the classroom" and the academic upgrading of "upgrading from college to undergraduate" not only strengthen students' market employment ability, but also provide a reliable guarantee for the employment rate of this major as high as 97. 1%.

The above three majors are all emerging hot majors in China, and the art department will further optimize the development on the basis of the mature development of each major.