Tama Art University
Tama Art University or Tamabi is a private art university located in Tokyo, Japan. It is known as one of the top art schools in Japan.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Tama Art University • Native Name — 多摩美術大学 • Motto — 自由と意力 • Motto Eng — Freedom and Will • Chairman — Nobuto Fujitani • President — Akira Tatehata • Established — 1935 • Type — Private art school • Faculty — 146 full-time 439 part-time • Undergrad — 4,220 • Postgrad — 259 • Colors — blue Blue • City — Tokyo • Country — Japan • Campus — Suburban 37.78 acre (Hachioji campus) 3.98 acre(Kaminoge campus) • Sports Nickname — Tamabi, TAU, Tama • Affiliations — ICSID • Website — tamabi.ac.jp
History
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
Campus
• Illustration — Hachioji 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) • Illustration — Kaminoge 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)
Research institutes and facilities
Research institutes and facilities
• Illustration — Tama Art University Library at Hachioji Campus • Illustration — Tama Art University Museum near Tama-Center Station • Illustration — 3331 Arts Chiyoda in Akihabara • Tama Art University Library • FabLab (beta)
Pacific Rim Project
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. 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.
List of presidents
List of presidents
• Reikichi Kita • Hisui Sugiura, 1935–1947 • Kinji Inoue, 1947–1968 • Ishida Eiichirō, April – 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 • Yoshihide Seita, 2007–2011 • Takenobu Igarashi, 2011–2015 • Akira Tatehata, 2015–
Art and Design
Art and Design
• Illustration — Firoz Mahmud, visual artist and educator • Illustration — Takeshi Motomiya, painter and engraver Graphic designers • Kenjiro Sano • Kashiwa Sato • Makoto Wada Fashion designers • Issey Miyake 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 • Ryuji Miyamoto • Mika Ninagawa
Entertainment and communications
Entertainment and communications
Directors/filmmakers • Hibiki Yoshizaki • Hiroyuki Imaishi • Kunio Kato • Kentaro Otani • Yusuke Tanaka 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 • Shintaro Asanuma • Masaki Kyomoto • Showtaro Morikubo • Kōichi Satō • Naoto Takenaka • Touta Tarumi Comedians • Jin Katagiri (Rahmens) • Kentaro Kobayashi (Rahmens) Musicians • Hirohisa Horie • Yumi Matsutoya • Shintaro Sakamoto (Yura Yura Teikoku) • Emi Sugiyama (Heartsdales) • Nemu Yumemi (Dempagumi.inc) • Ei Wada (Open Reel Ensemble)
ARTSAT Project
ARTSAT Project
• University of Tokyo
Tokyo 5 Art Universities Joint Graduation Exhibition ("Gobidai-ten" Exhibition)
Tokyo 5 Art Universities Joint Graduation Exhibition ("Gobidai-ten" Exhibition)
• Joshibi University of Art and Design • Musashino Art University • Nihon University College of Art • Tama Art University • Tokyo Zokei University
Art Universities Liaison Council
Art Universities Liaison Council
• 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
Comprehensive joint agreement
• Waseda University • Showa University • Tokyo City University
Credit transfer agreement (Consortium of Universities in Hachioji)
Credit transfer agreement (Consortium of Universities in Hachioji)
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Regional collaborative projects
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
Art events/exhibitions
• Tokyo International Mini-Print Triennial • TAMAVIVANT • CPUE: Curatorial Practice in the Urban Environment • Tokyo Art Flow
Alumni association
Alumni association
• The Alumni Association of Tama Art University
Graduate School of Art and Design
• Master's Degree Course • Experimental Workshop (EWS) • Doctoral Degree Course
Publications
• TAMABI NEWS • tonATELIER • tamabi.tv • OpenCourseWare • R
Faculty of Art and Design
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
Notable current and past faculty
Notable current and past faculty
• Shigeo Anzai, photographer • So Aono, novelist • Shinji Aoyama, film director • Ay-O, artist • Shigeru Ban, architect • Naoto Fukasawa, industrial designer • Tsuneari Fukuda, dramatist • Yasutake Funakoshi, sculptor • Takashi Hiraide, poet • Fumiko Hori, painter • 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; a 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
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- Hirohisa HoriePerson
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- Jin KatagiriArtist
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- Mari OkazakiIllustrator
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- Masahiro MoriArtist
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- 1.教員組織.
- 2.2014年度 収容定員と入学者・在学生数.
- 3.大学基礎データ.
- 4.Tamabi.
- 5.Academic Programs.
- 6.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.
- 7.プレスリリース. 朝日新聞デジタルマガジン&[and].
- 8.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.
- 9.【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▼. 1334719992927899648. December 4, 2020.
- 10.courses
- 11.Tama Art University Creative Leadership Program
- 12.Pacific Rim Project 9 | Tama Art University. www2.tamabi.ac.jp.
- 13.CMTEL (Color/Materials/Trends Exploration Laboratory)
- 14.Co-CoRE.
- 15.Banana Textile Project
- 16.Day-see Program
- 17.大学概要:沿革.
- 18.多摩美術大学 卒業生たちがつくったもの。高橋士郎.
- 19.naoto fukasawa brings integrated design program to tama art university. September 2014.
- 20.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. February 15, 2019.
- 21.Artsat Project1:Invader.
- 22.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.
- 23.東京藝術大学 | 美術系大学連絡協議会の発足.
- 24.多摩美術大学|地域連携.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 2
- Minato, Chihiro and Yasuhito Nagahara et al. Sozo-sei no uchu [創造性の宇宙], Tokyo: Kosakusha, 2008.
- Suzuki, Akira and Chihiro Minato (eds.) Tsukuru toshokan wo tsukuru [つくる図書館をつくる], Tokyo: Kashima Shuppankai, 2007.
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