On April 1, 2024, the head of the department of “Social Studies” Jeren Baltaeva in the small conference hall of the State Academy of Arts of Turkmenistan gave a lecture on the topic “Practical art of Central Asia (XI-XIX centuries)” on the course “History of fine arts of the countries of the East”. An open session was held. Teachers and students of the faculties “Applied Arts” and “Fine Arts” took part in the lesson. During the open lesson, the artistic subtleties of the practical art of Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan were explained. Explanatory presentations on the topic enriched the content of the lesson taught by the teacher.