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Tama Art University

or is a private art university located in Tokyo, Japan. It is known as one of the top art schools in Japan.

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

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)
  • Doctoral Degree Course

PBL courses

Tama Art University Creative Leadership Program

Research institutes and facilities

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. 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

  • Hisui Sugiura, 1935–1947
  • Kinji Inoue, 1947–1968
  • Ishida Eiichirō, April – November 1968
  • , 1968–1970
  • , 1970–1975
  • , 1979–1987
  • Kenshi Goto, 1987–1999
  • , 1999–2003
  • Shiro Takahashi, 2003–2007
  • , 2007–2011
  • , 2011–2015
  • , 2015–

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

Cooperation with other institutions in Japan

ARTSAT Project

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

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Comprehensive joint agreement

Credit transfer agreement (Consortium of Universities in Hachioji)

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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

Further reading

  • 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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