SUMMER ACADEMY FOR CHILDREN AND SCHOOL STUDENTS AT THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ART, SOFIA 2025
2025.07.11
Sixteenth edition, 4–31 August 2025
Dear friends of the Summer Academy for Children and School Students at the National Academy of Art organised by the National Academy of Art and the St Pimen Zografski Foundation – National Academy of Art Foundation,
Due to the great interest expressed, we inform you that in connection with the construction and renovation activities, which have begun at our central location on 1 Shipka Street, this year's edition of the Summer Academy will be held in the premises of the Faculty of Applied Arts and Design at the National Academy of Art at 73 Tsarigradsko shosse Blvd.
The total daily capacity of SAChSS 2025 is 150 participants.
Despite the limitation in terms of number of participants, the Summer Academy team is preparing 20 creative workshops in the field of fine and applied arts.
In order to again offer traditionally quality service and training during the creative activities, some organisational changes are required for this year's edition of the Summer Academy, as follows:
– Advance registration is introduced for a period of no less than one week for full-time training. The Summer Academy starts on Monday, 4 August 2025, and classes will be held Monday to Friday, from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm;
– Parents can register their child for either one, two, three or four weeks, respectively;
– When the places for the week/weeks in which interest has been expressed are fully booked, the registration system will be closed for the corresponding week, while it will remain open for the weeks with places still available.
IMPORTANT:
Registration shall be made by completing a standardised electronic form, which will go active at the start date for registration. The electronic form will be accompanied with instructions in order to facilitate the registration of the Summer Academy participants.
Participants' age limit is introduced – from 7 to 14 years of age. Exceptions will be made only for a second child from the family, if they are not less than 6 years old – the participation fee for the second child will be paid on site upon presenting a document proving that both children are from the same family;
– By making the payment transfer to the announced bank account, the registration will be considered successful (but not final). The payment will be made after confirmation in the system of successful registration via the electronic form;
– After paying the fee, it is necessary to send the payment order to the following email address: ladu@nha.bg, with accompanying information–the participant's two names, his/her age and the participation period;
– On site, the fee can be paid by bank card only for those who have been registered, but would like to use various social discounts upon presenting the relevant documents proving so;
– At the beginning of classes, every Monday within the project duration (4th, 11th, 18th and 25th of August), a completed form must be submitted – Declaration, which will be published in the announcement along with the attached files.
PROGRAMME
List of Summer Academy studios
Academic Drawing
Painting (individual) & Painting (large format, team)
Poster and Visual Fantasy
Heraldry and Trademark
Calligraphy
Stop Motion Animation
Sculpture
Comic Strips
Icon
Mosaics
Stained Glass
EBRU
Handmade Paper
Puppets and Scenography for Puppet Theatre
Puppet Theatre – children's play invented and performed by children, with puppets made by them
Design – recycling
Dolls made of Fabrics
Knitting and Embroidery
Ceramics and Pottery
Land Art
The majority of the workshops will conducted throughout the entire period of the Summer Academy, while some workshops will be held for varying periods. This year, the programme also includes creative workshops led by established visual artists.
Before classes start, participants will be able to choose the studio in which to work during the day after a detailed presentation of by the leaders of the respective studio activities. In this way, every participant can be involved in the activities at 10 studios (1 studio for half a day).
Upon request, additional Saturday half-day activities will also be organised, for which payment will be made in advance every Friday. In order to compensate for the distance from the urban area with galleries and museums, drawing tours will be organised in the museums and galleries of Sofia – on Saturdays (9th, 16th and 23rd of August) from 10:00 am to 14:00 pm. The fee for participation in the tours is BGN 20. The meeting point will be the St. Kliment Ohridski garden outside Academia Gallery, at 10:00 am. Participants will be picked up by their parents at 2:00 pm at the same location.
On 30 August (Saturday), there will be a full-day preparation and rehearsals for the closing event – Carnival, arranging the exhibition and festive transformation of the interiors and the courtyard.
On 31 August (Sunday), the Final Celebration of the Summer Academy for the participants and Their Parents – Carnival with a fashion show and puppet show will take place. During the closing event, certificates will also be awarded to the young artists who have completed the entire training course. After the event, the participants' works will be available for taking.
Catering
As in the previous editions, this year the Summer Academy offers an organised lunch meals provided by a licensed company. The company offers hot food daily with meat and vegetarian menu. The use of catering is at the parents' request and is paid on Monday for the whole week at the start of classes. However, registration is made no later than the previous Friday by phone: +359 879 020 355.
Fees
– One week – 225 BGN (BGN 45 per day);
– Two weeks – BGN 450;
– Three weeks – BGN 675;
– Four weeks – BGN 900
Social discounts for disadvantaged participants – by individual agreement, after one free test day.
Check the website of the National Academy of Art, News Section, for all current information about SAChSS 2025, the necessary documents and the registration form.
We are expecting you!
For more information, please contact Maria Landova, project's artistic director at mobile +359 888 148 715.