Activity of Higher Education art Inctitutions in the Contemporary Socio-cultural Realities

Abstract

The use of culture and art for socio-economic development and the formation of a positive image of Ukraine abroad require highly skilled specialists. The cultural development of society depends to a large extent on the effectiveness of artistic education, which functions as a streamlining of spiritual life and aesthetic education of a person. The article emphasizes that the characteristic feature of the artistic institutions of higher education in modern conditions is the ability to take into account the demands of society, to carry out an assessment of all internal and external factors that provide favourable conditions for their normal functioning. It is also necessary to take into account the requirements of cultural and artistic institutions to the quality of training specialists and to make carefully thought out management decisions. It is emphasized that the specificity of the preparation of creative personnel at the level of postgraduate education in artistic higher educational establishments requires further development of the normative base, the establishment of clear requirements for the competences of the applicant of the degree of doctor of arts. In this context, it becomes relevant to study the problems of artistic education as a component of public culture and cultural policy of the state, and allows considering possible ways of development of artistic higher educational institutions, taking into account their peculiarities.