Ústí nad Labem House of Arts
Faculty of Art and Design
Jan Evangelista Purkyně University 

The Ústí nad Labem House of Arts of Faculty of Art and Design at Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad labem is a faculty specialized workspace focused on creative, artistic, research, curatorial, educating, interdisciplinary and cultural projects realization.

The main focus of the Ústí nad Labem House of Arts is the realization of education in the study programmes of FAD UJEP and the production of cultural activities especially exhibitions of important artists, key art movements and topics shaping the contemporary art scene as well as the realization of interdisciplinary events and educational activities. Its program offers from artistic through research, educational and publication to socialization activities that are realized in international context and in cooperation with a number of Czech and international partners, such as academies of arts and exhibition, art and cultural institutions.

The exhibition conception of the Ústí nad Labem House of Arts focuses on presentation of important artists, key art movements and topics shaping the situation of contemporary Central European fine art.  The key aims of the Ústí nad Labem House of Arts are professional production and presentation of the current artistic expressions, support of the international cooperation in the form of exhibition projects realization, creative and research activity in the space of contemporary fine art realized in the cooperation with similarly oriented university workspaces, development of educational activities within the study programmes at Jan Evangelista Purkyně University, support of educational strategies focused on work with the gallery visitors and at last, implementation of social responsibility in sociocultural development of the local community.

The main curator of the Ústí nad Labem House of Arts is prof. Mgr. Michal Koleček, Ph.D. who works on realization of individual exhibition projects in cooperation with other curators and partners mainly from international institutions or with free-lance curators. The overall curatorial conception of the Ústí nad Labem House of Arts is focused on analysis and presentation of contemporary artistic expressions with the emphasis on sociocultural situation in the Central European context and thus also the national context which also reflects the specific situation in the local region and community.

The Ústí nad Labem House of Arts is located in the reconstructed space of the former university canteen in the residential area Klíše not far from the city centre and the university campus. The exhibition and research activities of the Ústí nad Labem House of Arts contribute significantly to the presentation of a wide range of forms of contemporary visual culture in the city of Ústí nad Labem and its surrounding region. The Ústí nad Labem House of Arts is an expression of a self-confident potential of the local art scene. It wants to become a gate into dynamic structures of the contemporary fine art and moreover, introduce an open creative space between the university and the local community.