Lyudmyla Smakova
BGC Fellow

In this Research Forum, Lyudmila Smakova will introduce her Fulbright research project, “Bridging Utility and Creativity in Professional Glass Art Education,” exploring how educational models in the United States balance applied skills and artistic practice. She will highlight how these insights can be translated into updated curricula that strengthen applied training and advance glass art education through international exchange.

Lyudmyla Smakova is a lecturer at the Glass Art Department of the Lviv National Academy of Arts (Ukraine) and a doctoral researcher. Her academic interests include glass art, the international studio glass movement, creativity theories, and the study of artistic personalities, with a focus on research methodologies in art studies. As a Fulbright scholar, she is conducting the project “Bridging Utility and Creativity in Professional Glass Art Education.” She is a co-organizer of the International Blown Glass Symposium in Lviv, and serves as an expert in the accreditation of higher education programs for the National Agency for Higher Education Quality Assurance of Ukraine. Her broader professional interests include strategic development in art education, curatorship, and art management.

Thursday, April 16, 12:15 pm
38 West 86th Street, Lecture Hall