All continuing education programmes, Basel Academy of Art and Design

How can art become a force for peace? This programme explores the potential of artistic practice in conflict transformation, community building, and social healing. Through theory, dialogue, and creative action, you develop tools to engage with complex global challenges in ethical and imaginative ways.

How do you speak about your art - and through it? This programme invites you to deepen your artistic practice by connecting making with thinking. Through reflection, dialogue, and critical engagement, you explore your own position as an artist and expand your capacity to act, communicate, and contextualize in contemporary cultural settings.

How do we navigate, shape, and question the digital world? This programme explores digital technologies as cultural, political, and artistic phenomena. You critically engage with platforms, algorithms, and digital practices - and develop strategies to act creatively, reflectively, and responsibly in our networked society.

How do images shape what we see — and what we believe? This programme explores the power of visual communication across cultures, media, and contexts. You sharpen your ability to read, interpret, and create images critically and creatively — expanding your visual vocabulary as both a maker and a thinker.