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Tama Art University - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 35°36′51″N 139°38′12″E / 35.61417°N 139.63667°E

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Tama Art University
多摩美術大学

Motto	自由と意力
Motto in English	Freedom and Will
Type	Private art school
Established	1935
Affiliation	ICSID
Endowment	N/A
Chairman	Nobuto Fujitani
President	Akira Tatehata
Academic staff	146 full-time 439 part-time^[1]
Undergraduates	4,220^[2]
Postgraduates	259^[2]
Location	Tokyo , Japan
Campus	Suburban 37.78 acres (15.29 ha) (Hachioji campus) 3.98 acres (1.61 ha)(Kaminoge campus)^[3]
Colors	Blue
Nickname	Tamabi, TAU, Tama
Website	tamabi.ac.jp

Tama 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

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Tama Art University Creative Leadership Program

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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.^[12] 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

^[17]

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^[18]
Yoshihide Seita, 2007–2011
Takenobu Igarashi, 2011–2015
Akira Tatehata, 2015–

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^[19]
Tsuneari Fukuda, dramatist
Yasutake Funakoshi, sculptor
Takashi Hiraide, poet
Fumiko Hori, painter^[20]
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

Notable alumni

Art and Design

Graphic designers

Fashion designers

Issey Miyake

Industrial designers

Fine artists

Photographers

Entertainment and communications

Directors/filmmakers

Manga artists

Actors

Comedians

Jin Katagiri (Rahmens)
Kentaro Kobayashi (Rahmens)

Musicians

Cooperation with other institutions in Japan

ARTSAT Project

University of Tokyo^[21]

Tokyo 5 Art Universities Joint Graduation Exhibition ("Gobidai-ten" Exhibition)

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Art Universities Liaison Council

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Comprehensive joint agreement

Credit transfer agreement (Consortium of Universities in Hachioji)^[24]

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

Alumni association

The Alumni Association of Tama Art University

Publications

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.
^ courses
^ Tama Art University Creative Leadership Program
^ "Pacific Rim Project 9 | Tama Art University". www2.tamabi.ac.jp.
^ CMTEL (Color/Materials/Trends Exploration Laboratory)
^ Co-CoRE
^ Banana Textile Project
^ Day-see Program
^ "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".

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