art" for the new nation they intended to build in the ancient Jewish homeland. Today In 2006, the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design celebrated its 100th anniversary. Today, it is located on Mount Scopus in Jerusalem and has 1,500 students. Faculties include Fine Arts, Architecture, Ceramic Design, Industrial Design, Jewelry, Photography, Visual Communication, Animation, Film, and Art History & Theory. The architecture campus is in downtown Jerusalem, in the historic Bezalel building. Bezalel offers Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.), Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch.), Bachelor of Design (B.Des.) degrees, a Master of Fine Arts in conjunction with Hebrew University, two different Master of Design (M.des) degrees and Theory and Policy of art (M.A.) The academy has plans to move back to the city center. In 2011, the Bezalel student show at the Milan Furniture Fair was described as a "lively runner-up" for the best exhibit. Notable alumni Baruch Agadati (1895–1976), Russian-Palestinian-Israeli classical ballet dancer, choreographer, painter, film producer and director Yaacov Agam (born 1928), sculptor and experimental artist Gideon Amichay (born 1963), communication artist, cartoonist, writer Ron Arad (born 1951), industrial designer Avigdor Arikha (1929–2010), painter Netiva Ben-Yehuda (1928–2011), author, editor, Palmach commander Moti Bodek (born 1961), architect, lecturer Elinor Carucci (born 1971), photographer Yitzhak Danziger (1916–1977), sculptor Uri Gershuni (born 1970), photographer Yoni Goodman (born 1976), animator and illustrator Nachum Gutman (1898–1980), painter, sculptor, author Vania Heymann (born 1986), film director Nir Hod (born 1970), artist Anat Hoffman (born 1954), executive director of Israel Religious Action Center and director and founding member of Women of the Wall Itshak Holtz (born 1925), painter Gurwin Kopel (1923–1990), artist Yaron London (born 1940), media personality, journalist, actor, songwriter Joshua Meyer (born 1974), painter Roy Nachum (born 1979), contemporary artist Itay Noy, watchmaker Ran Poliakine (born 1967), serial entrepreneur Zvi Raphaeli (1924-2005), painter and Rabbi Ophrah Shemesh (born 1952), painter Avigdor Stematsky (1908–1989), painter Yehezkel Streichman (1906–1993), painter Lidia Zavadsky (born 1937), sculptor Notable faculty Samuel Hirszenberg (1865–1908), painter Yaacov Kaufman (born 1945), industrial designer Aaron Marcus, (born 1943), graphic designer and computer artist, Visiting Faculty, 1977–78 Abraham Neumann (1873–1942), painter Abel Pann (1883–1963), painter Ze'ev Raban (1890–1970), painter, decorative artist, and industrial designer Siona Shimshi (born 1939), painter, sculptor, ceramist, and textile designer Sari Srulovitch (born 1964), artist and silversmith Joshua Neustein (born 1940), contemporary visual artist See also Jewish ceremonial art List of Israel Prize recipients List of Israeli visual artists