Lviv Ivan Trush College of Decorative and Applied Arts

In 1876, the School of Drawing and Modeling was opened in Lviv, which changed its status and name throughout its existence.^[1]

Chronologically:^[1]

• 1882 – School of Arts and Crafts;
• 1890 – School of Arts and Crafts and Decorative Arts;
• 1929 – S. Shchepanovskyi State Technical School;
• 1938 – State Institute of Plastic Arts;
• 1940 – State Art and Industrial School. During the Second World War, the School of Artistic Crafts was founded at the school, where they taught in Ukrainian and Polish (director Y. Stazhynskyi);
• 1944 – Art and Industrial School, and then the School of Applied Arts;
• 1949 – School of Applied Arts;
• 1956 – named after Ivan Trush;
• 1993 – Ivan Trush State College of Decorative and Applied Arts.
• 1997 – the current name.

The educational process takes place in a building built in 1909 by Władysław Sadłowski. At the college, students study at the departments of sculpture; art painting, ceramics, metal, wood, and weaving; embroidery and fashion design; painting restoration; graphic design; and architectural environment design.^[1]

In 1956, the Museum of Student Works was founded and renovated in 2010.^[1]

• 1876–1893 — Vintsentii Chirshnits
• 1893–1903 — Zygmunt Gorgolewski
• 1903–1908 — Zygmunt Hendel
• 1908–1915 — Vladyslav Klapkovskyi,
• 1920–1929 — Valerian Krytsynskyi,
• 1923–1929 — Jan Nalborczyk
• 1937–1939 — Zygmunt Harland
• 1941–1944 — Yevhen Nahirnyi, Mykhailo Osinchuk, and Vasyl Krychevskyi [uk]
• 1944–1946 — A. Kurenko
• 1946–1947 — Hennadii Leonov
• 1947–1951 — V. Pron
• 1951–1975 — V. Tarasov
• 1975–2003 — Bohdan Kotsai
• 2003–2017 — Vasyl Otkovych
• Olha Kotsovska – at present