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Cetak YOGYAKARTA: THE CULTURAL CITY
Yogyakarta, the capital of the Yogyakarta Special Territory is a city of liveliness and affability. It is the focal point of regional development within Central Java and home to diverse art and culture. With close proximity to the nation’s international gateways of Jakarta and Bali, Yogyakarta with its half-million population is a relaxed, friendly and extrovert municipality that is big enough for every facility and small enough to be easy for newcomers. With its warm tropical climate and rich cultural heritage of the Sultanate of Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat, the city presents unwind nature surroundings, vibrant cultural life, and stimulating touristy atmosphere. It is safe, inexpensive and most significantly offers a wide range of modern educational opportunities including first-rate art and craft centres. All together, it makes Yogyakarta an exciting place to live.
ISI YOGYAKARTA: AT A GLANCE
Indonesia Institute of the Arts, known as Institut Seni Indonesia (ISI) Yogyakarta officially commenced as a State Institute on 23rd of July 1984, under the Presidential Decree No.39/1984. ISI Yogyakarta upholds a well-deserved reputation for teaching excellence that dates back to the formative years of art education in Yogyakarta stemming from the establishment of ASRI Art Academy in 1950, AMI Music Academy in 1952, and ASTI Dance Academy in 1961. Following the amalgamation of the three in 1984, ISI Yogyakarta has become the largest arts institution in Indonesia that operates under its own Statute and Bylaws with main source of funding from Government grants in addition to student tuition fees. The Minister of Education and Culture appoints a governing board that includes rector, vice-rectors, and deans, which administer the daily affairs of the institution. Fundamentally, the Senate that is composed of professors, faculty members, and top administrative officers defines the institution policy as a whole to which includes determining the conditions for admission, granting of degree, authorising and supervising courses and curricula, and advising the Institute administrators on budgets, faculty appointments and promotions.
Since its early days, ISI Yogyakarta upholds a tradition of excellence and great achievement in terms of its outcome and output. Accolades include the well-established ISI Yogyakarta Symphony Orchestra that regularly performs on a national platform, the many performing art groups that have performed worldwide, and the extensive list of Indonesian master artists that were students of ISI Yogyakarta. Additionally, the ISI Yogyakarta Gallery with its vast collection of visual art and photographic masterpieces has not only become a model for art archive but also the stimulus for scholarly art critiques.
Vision, Mission, and Objective
In regards to the primary vision as the centre of excellence of art education, ISI Yogyakarta strives to conduct exemplary education in the fields of art creation and research that is attuned to technology advancements through intellectual or emotional transformation. Objectively, ISI Yogyakarta aims to create a future Indonesian generation with solid integrity to State Ideology Pancasila, able to professionally conduct their duties in the community as skilful and creative artists with a scholarly attitude and competency, who have a sense of responsibility, awareness, and commitment in developing the national culture, in accordance with their services for the nation and character building.
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