The Art Academy of Latvia (Latvian: Latvijas Mākslas akadēmija) is an institution of higher education and scientific research in art, located in Riga, Latvia. The neo-Gothic brick building is located on Krišjānis Valdemārs Street, next to the National Museum of Art.^[1][2]

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Art Academy of Latvia

Latvijas Mākslas akadēmija
Established	1921
Rector	Kristaps Zariņš
Address	O.Kalpaka bulvāris 13 LV - 1050 , Riga , Latvia
Website	http://www.lma.lv

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In autumn 2021, the LMA together with the University of Lapland in Finland plan to enrol students in the two-year international Master's programme "Service Design Strategies and Innovation". The study process will take place internationally both in Kuldīga and Rovaniemi, Finland.^[3]

• Arturs Akopjans - figurative and abstract artist
• Lidija Auza - assemblage and abstract artist
• Biruta Baumane - 2002 winner of the Baltic Assembly Prize for Literature, the Arts and Science
• Anšlavs Eglītis - novelist and author of short stories
• Sandra Kalniete - Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Commissioner and Member of the European Parliament
• Gunārs Lūsis - graphic designer responsible with Jānis Strupulis for the design of coinage of the post-Soviet edition of the lat
• Kārlis Padegs - expressionist painter
• Ināra Tetereva - philanthropist behind the Boris and Ināra Teterev fund, a Latvian patron of the arts
• Ēvī Upeniece - sculptor

• Graduation photo of the Landscape Workshop in 1942. Seated in the middle of the front row is Professor Vilhelms Purvītis. To the left of him is Mārtiņš Krūmiņš.
• 1995 stamp.
• Sculpture art outside the Academy.
• Dainas Skadmane's art installation "Vēja egle" next to the Art Academy of Latvia, Riga 2015.

• "Art Academy of Latvia site". Archived from the original on 2015-05-26. Retrieved 2017-11-17.