ZNUI

This is the name of the educational institution, which sounds so - Correspondence Folk Arts University. The uniqueness of this institution is that it is rare, having no analogues either in Russia or abroad.

The University began its history in 1934, created on the basis of the Central House of Art. N.K. Krupskaya. These were correspondence courses for all comers who wanted to learn how to draw.
Even during the most difficult times of the Great Patriotic War, he did not stop activities. Training was always paid, but the cost was so small that anyone who wished, both the collective farmer and the employee could afford this training. The unique methodology of the university was built on a personal contact between teachers and students. The trainee received individual written consultations of his teacher, which is practically impossible with a mass process of education.

As in the old days, this institution remains innovative. The basic concept of education is to educate a harmonious personality and continuous education.
The process of "master student", peculiar to folk art, which in fact led to the development and support of naive creativity among. Pupils are adults with a formed vision, views and beliefs. Sometimes the correspondence between the pupil and the teacher lasted for many years after the training. This was a valuable support for the student, for whom the teacher was both king and military commander and servant and commandant - all.

During the existence of the university, the institution itself has accumulated a large fund of works, which subsequently allowed to open the Museum of the self-made creativity of the peoples of the RSFSR in the city of Suzdal.
At exhibitions of amateur artists. Which passed in our country and abroad. The main direction asked students of the people's university. Housewife A. Tyapkin, carpenter S. Stepanov, retired E. Milts and N. Rzhevsky, plasterer P. Leonov and others, who turned out to be remarkable artists. They are written articles, books are published, works are included in the directories and the World Encyclopedia of naive art.
The main wealth for the university is traditions!