Tama Art University
Art school in Tokyo, Japan
BlueTama Art University (多摩美術大学, Tama bijutsu daigaku) or Tamabi (多摩美) is a private art university located in Tokyo, Japan. It is known as one of the top art schools in Japan.[4]
History
The forerunner of Tamabi was Tama Imperial Art School (多摩帝国美術学校, Tama Teikoku Bijutsu Gakkō) founded in 1935. It was chartered as a junior college in 1950 and became a four-year college in 1953.
Campus
- Hachioji Campus (Hachioji city, Tokyo)
- Faculty of Art and Design and Graduate School of Art and Design (most of the departments are located on this campus)
- Kaminoge Campus (Kaminoge, Setagaya-ward, Tokyo)
- Headquarters office, Faculty of Art and Design, and Graduate School of Art and Design (Department of Integrated Design and Department of Scenography Design, Drama, and Dance)
- Seminar House
- Mt. Fuji Foothills Seminar House (Yamanakako, Minamitsuru District, Yamanashi)
- Nara Antiquities Seminar House (Nara city, Nara)
Academics
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Faculty of Art and Design
- Department of Painting
- Japanese Painting Course
- Oil Painting Course
- Graphic Arts Course
- Department of Sculpture
- Department of Ceramic, Glass, and Metal Works
- Ceramic Program
- Glass Program
- Metal Program
- Department of Graphic Design
- Department of Product and Textile Design
- Product Design Course
- Textile Design Course
- Department of Architecture and Environmental Design
- Architecture Design
- Interior Design
- Landscape Design
- Department of Information Design
- Art and Media Course
- Interaction Design Course
- Department of Art Science
- Department of Integrated Design
- Department of Scenography Design, Drama, and Dance
- Scenography Design Course
- Drama and Dance Course
Graduate School of Art and Design
- Master's Degree Course
- Experimental Workshop (EWS)[6][7][8][9]
- Doctoral Degree Course
PBL courses
Tama Art University Creative Leadership Program
Research institutes and facilities
- Tama Art University Library
- FabLab (beta)
International joint projects
Pacific Rim Project
- Since 2006, students from both Tama Art University and Art Center College of Design who study in the field of design have collaborated on the Pacific Rim Project.[10] The Pacific Rim Project focuses on global issues such as environmental protection, natural disasters and related topics over the course of a 14-week program. The Project is based on collaborative research, the results of which are summarized and shared via public exhibits.
CMTEL (Color/Materials/Trends Exploration Laboratory)
Co-CoRE
Banana Textile Project
Day-see Program
List of presidents
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- Reikichi Kita
- Hisui Sugiura, 1935–1947
- Kinji Inoue, 1947–1968
- Ishida Eiichirō, April to November 1968
- Ichiro Fukuzawa, 1968–1970
- Shinichi Mashita, 1970–1975
- Yorihiro Naito, 1979–1987
- Kenshi Goto, 1987–1999
- Nobuo Tsuji, 1999–2003
- Shiro Takahashi, 2003–2007[12]
- Yoshihide Seita, 2007–2011
- Takenobu Igarashi, 2011–2015
- Akira Tatehata, 2015-
Notable current and past faculty
- Shigeo Anzai, photographer
- Ay-O, artist
- So Aono, novelist
- Shinji Aoyama, film director
- Shigeru Ban, architect
- Naoto Fukasawa, industrial designer[13]
- Tsuneari Fukuda, dramatist
- Yasutake Funakoshi, sculptor
- Takashi Hiraide, poet
- Fumiko Hori, painter[14]
- Haruomi Hosono, musician
- Masuo Ikeda, painter
- Kenji Imai, architect
- Eiichiro Ishida, cultural anthropologist
- Toyo Ito, architect
- Bishin Jumonji, photographer
- Kazuo Kawasaki, industrial designer
- Matazo Kayama, Japanese painter
- Lee Ufan, painter and sculptor
- Kiyoshi Miki, philosopher
- Chihiro Minato, photographer and art theorist
- Hideki Noda, actor
- Togyu Okumura, Japanese painter
- Kenjiro Sano, graphic designer
- Timon Screech, historian of Japanese art
- Kazuyo Sejima, architect
- Nobuo Sekine, sculptor
- Keisuke Serizawa, textile designer
- Hisui Sugiura, graphic designer. One of the founders of Tama Teikoku Bijutsu Gakko (predecessor of Tama Art University) in 1935.
- Isao Takahata, film director
- Saburo Teshigawara, choreographer
- Charles Tsunashima, furniture designer
- Tadanori Yokoo, graphic designer
Notable alumni
Art and Design
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Graphic designers
- Kenjiro Sano
- Kashiwa Sato
- Makoto Wada
Fashion designers
Industrial designers
- Naoto Fukasawa
- Masahiro Mori
Fine artists
- Firoz Mahmud (Bangladesh)
- Susumu Koshimizu
- Erina Matsui
- Takeshi Motomiya
- Hiroko Okada
- Kenjiro Okazaki
- Kakiemon Sakaida
- Nobuo Sekine
- Kishio Suga
- Aya Takano
- Yuken Teruya
- Fantasista Utamaro
Photographers
- Akira Fujii
- Miyako Ishiuchi
- Yoshio Itagaki
- Ryuji Miyamoto
- Mika Ninagawa
Entertainment and communications
Directors/filmmakers
- Hibiki Yoshizaki
- Hiroyuki Imaishi
- Kunio Kato
- Kentaro Otani
- Sarina Nihei
Manga artists
- Usamaru Furuya
- Etsumi Haruki
- Daisuke Igarashi
- Yoshiyuki Nishi
- Saori Oguri
- Mari Okazaki
- Naoki Saito
- Tamakichi Sakura
- Hiroaki Samura
- Kotobuki Shiriagari
- Gengoroh Tagame
- Benkyo Tamaoki
- Kei Toume
- Hajime Ueda
- Reiji Yamada
- Makoto Yukimura
Actors
Comedians
Musicians
Cooperation with other institutions in Japan
ARTSAT Project[15]
Tokyo 5 Art Universities Joint Graduation Exhibition ("Gobidai-ten" Exhibition)[16]
- Joshibi University of Art and Design
- Musashino Art University
- Nihon University College of Art
- Tama Art University
- Tokyo Zokei University
Art Universities Liaison Council[17]
- Joshibi University of Art and Design
- Musashino Art University
- Nihon University College of Art
- Tama Art University
- Tokyo University of the Arts
- Tokyo Zokei University
Comprehensive joint agreement
Credit transfer agreement (Consortium of Universities in Hachioji)[18]
- Kyorin University
- Meisei University
- National Institute of Technology, Tokyo College
- Salesian Polytechnic
- Soka University
- Tokyo Junshin University
- Tokyo Kasei Gakuin University
- Tokyo University of Technology
- Tokyo Zokei University
- Yamano College of Aesthetics
- Yamazaki Gakuen University
Regional collaborative projects
- Tama Rivers
- Sagamachi Consortium
- Hachioji Academic City University "Icho-juku"
- University/High School Collaboration Lectures
- Community gallery "Tamabiba"
- Art Laboratory Hashimoto
Art events/exhibitions
- Tokyo International Mini-Print Triennial
- TAMAVIVANT
- CPUE : Curatorial Practice in the Urban Environment
- Tokyo Art Flow
Alumni association
- The Alumni Association of Tama Art University
Publications
- TAMABI NEWS
- tonATELIER
- tamabi.tv
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See also
References
- ^ "教員組織". Retrieved 2015-03-02.
- ^ a b "2014年度 収容定員と入学者・在学生数" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-03-02.
- ^ "大学基礎データ". Retrieved 2015-03-04.
- ^ "Tamabi". Retrieved 2015-03-15.
- ^ "Academic Programs". Retrieved 2015-03-02.
- ^ "開かれた枠組みで新たな創作の世界を開拓する大学院プログラム「エクスペリメンタル・ワークショップ(Ews)」の創設".
- ^ "プレスリリース". 朝日新聞デジタルマガジン&[and].
- ^ "開かれた枠組みで新たな創作の世界を開拓する大学院講座「エクスペリメンタル・ワークショップ(Ews)」の創設".
- ^ @tamabi_kikaku (4 December 2020). "【大学院受験を考える皆様へ】 本年度創設の「エクスペリメンタル・ワークショップ」。「世界的な視野」と「領域横断的な活動」を目指します。このプログラムが受講できる大学院(修士)課程の出願期間は12/11 18時迄。詳細はHPより▼" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Pacific Rim Project 9 | Tama Art University". www2.tamabi.ac.jp.
- ^ "大学概要:沿革". Retrieved 2015-03-08.
- ^ "多摩美術大学 卒業生たちがつくったもの。高橋士郎". Retrieved 2015-03-08.
- ^ "naoto fukasawa brings integrated design program to tama art university". September 2014. Retrieved 2015-03-02.
- ^ "孤高の日本画家・堀文子さん100歳逝く | 大磯・二宮・中井". タウンニュース (in Japanese). 2019-02-15. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
- ^ "Artsat Project1:Invader".
- ^ "統合デザイン学科 卒業・修了制作展2021(多摩美術大学卒業制作展・大学院修了制作展2021ご案内)". 多摩美術大学.
- ^ "東京藝術大学 | 美術系大学連絡協議会の発足".
- ^ "多摩美術大学|地域連携".
Further reading
- Minato, Chihiro and Yasuhito Nagahara et al. Sozo-sei no uchu [創造性の宇宙], Tokyo: Kosakusha, 2008. ISBN 978-4-87502-413-2
- Suzuki, Akira and Chihiro Minato (eds.) Tsukuru toshokan wo tsukuru [つくる図書館をつくる], Tokyo: Kashima Shuppankai, 2007. ISBN 978-4-306-04484-5
External links
- Tama Art University Official Website
- Tama Art University on X
- Tama Art University on Facebook
- Works by notable alumni
- tamabi.tv - OpenCourseWare
- Tama Art University Faculty Database
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