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Coordinates: 35°36′51″N 139°38′12″E / 35.61417°N 139.63667°E / 35.61417; 139.63667
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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
TypePrivate art school
Established1935
EndowmentN/A
ChairmanNobuto Fujitani
PresidentAkira Tatehata
Academic staff
146 full-time
439 part-time[1]
Undergraduates4,220[2]
Postgraduates259[3]
Location
Tokyo
,
Japan
CampusSuburban
37.78 acres (15.29 ha) (Hachioji campus)
3.98 acres (1.61 ha)(Kaminoge campus)[4]
Colors  Blue
NicknameTamabi, TAU
Affiliations　 ICSID
Websitetamabi.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.[5]

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 Campus (Hachioji city, Tokyo)
    Graduate School, Faculty of Art and Design
Kaminoge Campus
  • Kaminoge Campus (Kaminoge, Setagaya-ward, Tokyo)
    Headquarters, Graduate School, Faculty of Art and Communication Evening Division
  • Seminar House
    • Mt. Fuji Foothills Seminar House (Yamanakako, Minamitsuru District, Yamanashi)
    • Nara Antiquities Seminar House (Nara city, Nara)

Academics

[6]

Faculty of Art and Design

  • Department of Painting
    • Japanese Painting Course
    • Oil Painting Course
    • Printmaking 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 Environmental Design
    • Interior Design
    • Architecture 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

Faculty of Art and Communication Evening Division

  • Fine Arts
  • Design
  • Moving Images and Performing Arts

Graduate Program

  • Master's Degree Course
  • Doctoral Degree Course

PBL courses

Research institutes and facilities

Tama Art University Library at Hachioji Campus
Tama Art University Museum near Tama-Center Station
3331 Arts Chiyoda in Akihabara

Student life

Campus Festival "Geisai"[10][11]

International joint projects

Pacific Rim

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.

CMTEL (Color/Materials/Trends Exploration Laboratory)

Co-CoRE

Banana Textile Project

Day-see Program

List of presidents

[12]

President Life Years as president Notes
- Reikichi Kita 1885-1961 - Honorary president; philosopher and politician; younger brother of the political philosopher Ikki Kita.
1 Hisui Sugiura 1876-1965 1935-1947 Graphic designer.
2 Kinji Inoue 1884-1976 1947-1968 Jurist and philosopher.
3 Eiichiro Ishida 1903-1968 April to November, 1968 (untimely death) Cultural anthropologist.
- Ichiro Fukuzawa 1898-1992 1968-1970 Acting president; painter.
4 Shinichi Mashita 1906-1985 1970-1975 (resigned) Marxist philosopher.
5 Yorihiro Naito 1908-2000 1979-1987 Judge and lawyer; interim president between 1975 and 1979.
6 Kenshi Goto 1919-2006 1987-1999 Aesthetician.
7 Nobuo Tsuji 1932- 1999-2003 Historian of Japanese art.
8 Shiro Takahashi 1943- 2003-2007 First alumni to serve as president (class of 1967); media artist.[13]
9 Yoshihide Seita 1941-2014 2007-2011 Historian of medieval Japan.
10 Takenobu Igarashi 1944- 2011-2015 Class of 1968; graphic designer and sculptor; created the logo for Tama Art University.[14]
11 Akira Tatehata 1947- 2015- Art critic and poet.

Notable current and past faculty

Notable alumni

Art and Design

Graphic designers

Fashion designers

Industrial designers

Fine artists


Photographers

Entertainment and communications

Directors/filmmakers

Manga artists

Actors

Comedians

Musicians

International partners

Tamabi has bilateral agreements with 21 universities and institutes in 13 countries and regions (as of July 2016).[16]

Europe

2

Americas

2

Asia-Pacific

2

Cooperation with other institutions in Japan

ARTSAT Project[17]

Tokyo 5 Art Universities Joint Graduation Exhibition ("Gobidai-ten" Exhibition)[18]

Art Universities Liaison Council[19]

Comprehensive joint agreement

Credit transfer agreement (Consortium of Universities in Hachioji)[20]

2

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

Publications

See also

References

  1. ^ "教員組織". Retrieved 2015-03-02.
  2. ^ "2014年度 収容定員と入学者・在学生数" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-03-02.
  3. ^ "2014年度 収容定員と入学者・在学生数" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-03-02.
  4. ^ "大学基礎データ". Retrieved 2015-03-04.
  5. ^ "Tamabi". Retrieved 2015-03-15.
  6. ^ "Academic Programs". Retrieved 2015-03-02.
  7. ^ "Library futures: Tama Art University, Japan". Retrieved 2015-03-15.
  8. ^ http://fablabjapan.org/
  9. ^ http://dp.idd.tamabi.ac.jp/hackerspace/
  10. ^ http://www.tau-geisai.com/
  11. ^ https://jp.pinterest.com/TamaArtUniv/%E8%8A%B8%E8%A1%93%E7%A5%AD2013/
  12. ^ "大学概要：沿革". Retrieved 2015-03-08.
  13. ^ "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.
  14. ^ "Tama Art University Logo". Retrieved 2015-03-08.
  15. ^ "naoto fukasawa brings integrated design program to tama art university". Retrieved 2015-03-02.
  16. ^ "海外協定校". Retrieved 2015-03-15.
  17. ^ http://artsat.jp/en/
  18. ^ http://www2.tamabi.ac.jp/cgi-bin/pro/gw/?id=3
  19. ^ http://www.geidai.ac.jp/news/2013121712742.html
  20. ^ http://www.tamabi.ac.jp/research/community.htm

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

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