BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) – Weaving, pottery and printmaking are just some of the art forms students will learn at the new Bauhaus School of Art in Birmingham.

The Birmingham Artisan Center is launching the free school to teach people how to become artists, said director William Fernandez.

The Bauhaus School of Art will start in September with part-time classes and move into a permanent location by October. By January 2007, it will have full-time classes with four instructors, he said.

The school’s name was chosen to reflect the philosophy behind it, which is to teach people traditional arts, Fernandez said.

“We’re going back to the basics,” he said. “There’s not enough art education in our schools.”

Fernandez said students will learn from professionals who are working artists in their fields. The school will be open to all ages and skill levels.

“We want everyone to feel welcome,” Fernandez said. “It doesn’t matter how young or old you are.”

Students can take a variety of courses ranging from pottery and glass blowing to weaving and book binding, he said. The art center has already sent out a survey to 2,000 people who are interested in taking classes at

Bauhaus was an art school that revolutionized 20th century art. Although it only lasted for about 20 years, it influenced modern art in ways that are still being felt today.

The name Bauhaus refers to the idea of a building that is both a work of art and a practical structure. The school was founded by Walter Gropius in 1919 and opened its doors in Weimar, Germany, in the fall of 1919.

Toward the beginning of the 1920’s, the Nazi party rose to power and sought to use it as a way to promote their agenda. In response, the school moved its faculty and students to Dessau where it was able to continue teaching until 1933 when Bauhaus was forced to close completely. Hollywood has been embracing the idea of Bauhaus style for many years with movies like Blade Runner (1982) and Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997).

The style is not just limited to buildings as it includes furniture design, textiles, posters, typography, architecture, exhibition design and other arts. Some artists that have been influenced by this movement are Piet Mondrian (1872-1944), George Grosz (1893-1959), László Moholy-Nagy (18

The Bauhaus school was founded by the German architect Walter Gropius in 1919. It was the first institution to teach design in a comprehensive way, combining all aspects of production: from architecture, painting, and sculpture to typography, photography, and industrial design. The school also included workshops for metalwork and woodwork and courses in art history, crafts, design history, theory and criticism.

Towards the end of the Bauhaus’ existence it had already been moved to Berlin where it became known as Staatliches Bauhaus. In 1930 it was forced to close due to political pressures; its building was destroyed by bombs during the Second World War. A new version of the school opened again in Dessau in 1932 until its closure in Murnau in 1938.

The Bauhaus movement continued throughout Europe and North America with many former teachers going on to successful careers. Many famous designers were taught at the Bauhaus or were associated with it including: László Moholy-Nagy, Josef Albers, Herbert Bayer, Marcel Breuer and Wassily Kandinsky among others.

Despite many setbacks throughout its history the Bauhaus has proved an enduringly influential approach to art education that is still evident today not

The Bauhaus school was the world’s first art and design school. It was founded in 1919 by Walter Gropius in Weimar Germany, but closed in 1933 under Nazi pressure. The “Bau” (pronounced like “boy”) moved to Dessau, then Berlin, then ended up at its present location in the city of Chicago. As a result, the school is known today as either the “Chicago Bauhaus” or simply “Bauhaus-Chicago”.

The Bauhaus was primarily an art school; it is best known for its architecture and design program. But it also taught other areas of art such as painting, sculpture, printmaking and ceramics. In addition to visual arts, there were courses in theatre, music and industrial design.

The Bauhaus was strongly influenced by the ideas of functionalism and the belief that good design should be based on function rather than ornamentation. Designers who trained at the Bauhaus include Herbert Bayer and Laszlo Moholy-Nagy (who went on to teach at The New Bauhaus). Their work can still be seen today in buildings such as Josep Lluis Sert’s General Motors Technical Center in Warren, Michigan.

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The Bauhaus school was founded in 1919 by Walter Gropius. It was a design school that taught design and architecture. The school wanted to break down the boundaries between crafts, arts, and technology. It emphasized the role of the artist-craftsman or designer-craftsman who could use his imagination to create new forms everywhere in daily life.

The Bauhaus school was closed in 1933 when Hitler came to power in Germany. The Nazis accused the Bauhaus of being too leftist and of having a large number of Jewish teachers and students. Walter Gropius escaped to America where he became a professor at Harvard University.

The Bauhaus school had a lasting effect on art and architecture throughout the world. It influenced many famous architects including Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe, Marcel Breuer, and others.

After the First World War, Germany was in chaos and confusion. The German people were trying to recover from the devastation of a lost war, and trying to find a place for themselves in the new world that had replaced their old one. One of the early results of this uncertainty was the rise of a new kind of art. This art focused on function rather than decoration. It wanted to change people’s lives by changing the way they lived, by creating spaces that would promote positive growth and interaction.

The Bauhaus School was born in 1919 under Walter Gropius. It only lasted until 1933, when it was destroyed by Hitler and his Nazi regime, but while it lasted it had an enormous impact on art and architecture all over the world. Students of the Bauhaus included Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Gabriela Munter, Mies van der Rohe, Josef Albers, and Marcel Breuer among many others.

The Bauhaus was founded as a state-funded school; its purpose was to improve industrial design and standards of living for everyone. Because of its revolutionary ideas about art and architecture, it was shut down by Hitler in 1933 because he felt that the school threatened his power. In fact, all of Germany suffered enormously

The Bauhaus school was an art and design school in Germany, active from 1919 to 1933. It was founded by Walter Gropius in Weimar and later moved to Dessau, where it was closed by the Nazis in 1933.

Towards the end of World War I, Gropius had been named director of a new Grand Ducal School of Arts and Crafts in Weimar. The idea was to bring together craftsmen, designers and artists.

Even before the war ended, he began to develop plans for the creation of a “Grand-Ducal Industrial Art School.” In 1917, he submitted a proposal for a school that would combine crafts and the fine arts: “a union that has never existed.”

The school opened on October 14, 1919, in Weimar under the name Staatliches Bauhaus— Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Kunst (Public Building – State College for Fine Arts) with Gustav Klucis as one of its first instructors.

In 1922, architect Walter Gropius joined the Bauhaus as its director when it moved from Weimar to Dessau. The Bauhaus style became one of the most influential currents in modern design, modern architecture