Artesis Plantijn Hogeschool Antwerpen
Koninklijke Academie van Antwerpen
Extra Academy38590/3634/2627/1/95
Study guide

Extra Academy

38590/3634/2627/1/95
Academic year 2026-27
Is found in:
  • Master of Arts in Drama
    Choice package:
    • Keuzepakket Drama
  • Master of Arts in Visual Arts, programme stage 1
    Programme option:
    • International Design Week
    Choice package:
    • opleidingsonderdelen te kiezen aan 9 studiepunten (voltijds)
  • Master of Arts in Visual Arts
    Programme option:
    • International Design Week
    Choice package:
    • elective courses for 9 credits (full time)
In other study programme:
  • Bachelor of Arts in Visual Arts as Extra-Academy
This is a single course unit.
Study load: 3 credits
It is not possible to enrol in this course unit under
  • exam contract (to obtain a credit).
  • exam contract (to obtain a degree).
Co-ordinator: Dockx Nico (eng)
Languages: English
Scheduled for: Academic year
This course unit is marked out of 20 (rounded to an integer).
Possible deadlines for learning account: 01.12.2026 ()
Re-sit exam: not possible.
Possibility of deliberation: You have to pass this course unit (will never be deliberated).
Total study time: 78,00 hours

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for this course.

Short description

Extra Academy offers students a unique insight into alternative artistic practices and ways of thinking that fall outside the scope of regular art education. Through lectures, performances and workshops, they develop a critical attitude towards classical academic models. The course encourages artistic research, reflection and openness to the complexity of contemporary art in a broader social context.

Learning outcomes (list)

MA1 - The student has an artistic and autonomous attitude and continues to develop his/herown art practice.
The student has demonstrated openness and willingness to take risks and push their (save) boundaries towards new grounds / insights.
MA6 - The student is able to take and defend a critical position with regard to relevant social, cultural, artistic and international developments.
The student has demonstrated critical awareness through proactive participation and/or personal initiative in the sessions.
The student has developed an understanding of critical debate in a professional context and is capable of reporting (visually, verbally and in written) on his / her opinion.

Course content

Extra Academy is a small-scale, structural platform “in development”, born out of a spontaneous alliance between Stadsform, the Royal Conservatoire, the Royal Academy of Fine Arts and Sint-Lucas Antwerp. In close collaboration with a network of guests and students, it offers programmes and tools that both complement and disrupt classical academic models and reflexes.

The open evening programme – featuring lectures, performances, workshops, exhibitions and film screenings – deliberately takes place outside the walls of the academy and explores alternative forms of knowledge production, research and artistic practice on a monthly basis. Students and the public are challenged to reflect on underexposed artistic visions and practices that are rarely addressed in the media or traditional art education.

Extra Academy aspires to a richer and more complex understanding of what contemporary artistic practice can be, always in dialogue with art-historical, socio-political, philosophical and economic perspectives. It investigates gaps, coincidences and unexpected solutions, and searches for the moment when ideas take shape and become tangible. Extra Academy does not believe in theory as a mere allegory of practice, but as an active part of it. It listens, observes, asks questions and marvels – while offering space and time for the plasticity of ideas to manifest themselves.

Study material (list)

Extra Academy: https://ap-arts.be/extra-academyMandatory

Educational organisation (list)

Learning Activities
Artistic praxis24,00 hours
Work time outside of contact hours54,00 hours

Evaluation (list)

Evaluation(s) for first exam chance
MomentForm%Remark
1st examination periodKnowledge and comprehension test permanently during class weeks (Permanent evaluation)100,00

Evaluation (text)

Academic year: Report 25 % + Permanent evaluation 75 %
Re-examination: paper 100%