A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FINE ARTS AND DESIGN
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BRIEF HISTORY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FINE ARTS AND DESIGN
The Department of Fine
Arts and Design is one of the Departments in the Faculty of Humanities,
University of Port Harcourt. It began as one of the two constituent units that
made up the Department of Creative Arts, i e; Theatre and Visual Arts. At the
onset of 1982, it was Theatre Art alone until Visual Arts was added in 1984.
The integrative approach at that time perhaps informed why the necessity of the
arts as one component unit. But by 1987 the entire programme was restructured
into two separate and independent units of Theatre Arts and Visual Arts running
two degree programmes.
From its humble
beginning with three students, one female and two males the programme have
grown steadily in terms of the needed expansions in core areas of
specialization of multi disciplines. Today, this has resulted into separation of
the two units of the Department of Creative Arts into autonomous Departments in
September 2002. The Fine Arts and Design and Theatre Arts respectively.
However, before this action took place, in the year 2000 the Department has
initiated a basic programme called Certificate course in Fine Arts and Design
(CFAD). This programme is a professionally oriented one, which aims at
producing middle level manpower for educational institutions, employers of
labour and such institutions as cultural centres, vocational workshops and
professional visual arts without design training. The University of Port
Harcourt’s academic policy provides for higher educational attainments where
those who obtain excellent grades such as distinction or credit passes at the
end of the one year course are eligible to be considered for admission into the
degree programme of Fine Arts and Design, provided they fulfill the University’s
admission requirements, i.e, five credits at the GCE, NECO, NABTEB or School
Certificate Examination, JAMB and Post-UTME. In 2008 the Department started Postgraduate programme, offering Master of Art MA and PhD in the various specializations.
So far ten persons have
headed the Department, six as Acting Head, and four as Head of Department. They
are;
Dr. Mrs. B.O. Nwanze (Acting Head) 2003-2005
Dr. F.O. Ugiomoh (Acting Head) 2005-2007
Dr. John T. Agberia (Acting Head) 2007-2010
Dr. C.C. Chukueggu (Acting Head) 2010-2012
Dr. M.E. Enenajor (Acting Head) 2012-2014
Prof. John T. Agberia (Head) 2014-2014
Prof. B.E Nwigwe (Head) 2014-2015
Prof. Michael J. Emeji (Head) 2015-2017
Prof. Florence O. Nduka (Head) 2017-2020
Dr. Pamela I. Cyril-Egware (Acting
Head) 2020-Date
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