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type: entity
title: Caspar-David-Friedrich-Institut (CDFI)
tags: [institute, art, university-of-greifswald, organization, fine-arts]
related: [university-of-greifswald, garage-cdfi-gallery, kilian-heck, rozbeh-asmani]
created: 2026-07-13
updated: 2026-07-13
sources: ["output_cdfi/cdfi_uni_greifswald_de_bildende_kunst.md", "output_cdfi/cdfi_uni_greifswald_de_kontakt_geschaeftsfuehrender_direktor_geschaeftsfuehrende.md"]
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# Caspar-David-Friedrich-Institut (CDFI)

The **Caspar-David-Friedrich-Institut (CDFI)** is an academic institute at the [[university-of-greifswald]] specializing in Fine Arts. It hosts the Fine Arts program at the university.

## Leadership
- **Managing Director:** [[kilian-heck]]
- **Deputy Managing Director:** [[rozbeh-asmani]]

## Academic Structure
The institute is organized into specialized chairs and departments:
- **Painting, Drawing, Space, and Interdisciplinary Artistic Strategies**: A chair focusing on traditional and interdisciplinary spatial and graphic arts.
- **New Media and Applied Graphics**: A chair focusing on the intersection of new media and fine arts.
- **Fachdidaktik**: A department dedicated to the theory and method of teaching art.

## Educational Focus
The CDFI supports both the [[master-of-arts-fine-arts]] and [[lehramt]] (teacher training) tracks. A significant portion of the institute's activity is dedicated to [[lehramt]] for secondary schools (Gymnasium and Realschule), providing specialized academic advising and portfolio counseling ([[mappenberatung]]).

## Facilities and Activities
The CDFI emphasizes a blend of theoretical study and practical application through various facilities and initiatives:
- **GARAGE**: The institute's own gallery for exhibitions.
- **Workshops**: Specialized *Werkstätten* for student production.
- **Public Art**: The institute engages in "Publicart" initiatives.
- **Sales**: Operates the "CDFI-Werkverkauf" for selling artistic works.