{"id":9246,"date":"2025-12-01T13:40:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T11:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arts.haifa.ac.il\/home-the-department-of-fine-arts\/%d7%90%d7%95%d7%93%d7%95%d7%aa-%d7%94%d7%9e%d7%97%d7%9c%d7%a7%d7%94-%d7%9c%d7%90%d7%9e%d7%a0%d7%95%d7%aa-%d7%99%d7%a6%d7%99%d7%a8%d7%94\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T11:50:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T08:50:27","slug":"about-the-department-of-fine-arts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/arts.haifa.ac.il\/en\/academics-school\/home-the-department-of-anthropology\/about-the-department-of-fine-arts\/","title":{"rendered":"About &#8211; The Department of Fine Arts"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"9246\" class=\"elementor elementor-9246 elementor-2695\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-229d97dd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"229d97dd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-496b2e5b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"496b2e5b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74bad248 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"74bad248\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About The Department of Fine Arts<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7844d520 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7844d520\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"974\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/arts.haifa.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GtP2jFVXgAEOWeP.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-9244\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arts.haifa.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GtP2jFVXgAEOWeP.jpg 974w, https:\/\/arts.haifa.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GtP2jFVXgAEOWeP-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/arts.haifa.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GtP2jFVXgAEOWeP-768x532.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 974px) 100vw, 974px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1c3bc2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b1c3bc2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-path-to-node=\"0\">The Department of Fine Arts at the University of Haifa is a practical studio art department offering its graduates a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree.* Students gain hands-on experience in workshops across all areas of the plastic arts, from traditional mediums like painting, sculpture, ceramics, and printmaking to cutting-edge contemporary practices such as performance, photography, video, and digital art. 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