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.
History
The forerunner of Tamabi was Tama Imperial Art School founded in 1935. It was chartered as a junior college in 1950 and became a four-year college in 1953.Campus
- Hachioji Campus
- : Faculty of Art and Design and Graduate School of Art and Design
- Kaminoge Campus
- : Headquarters office, Faculty of Art and Design, and Graduate School of Art and Design
- Seminar House
- * Mt. Fuji Foothills Seminar House
- * Nara Antiquities Seminar House
Academics
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
Graduate School of Art and Design
- Master's Degree Course
- Doctoral Degree Course
http://www.tamabi.ac.jp/dept/pbl/index.htm PBL courses
https://tcl.tamabi.ac.jp/ Tama Art University Creative Leadership Program
Research institutes and facilities
- Tama Art University Library
- FabLab
International joint projects
http://www2.tamabi.ac.jp/pacific_rim/ Pacific Rim
http://www.tamabi.ac.jp/mc/cmtel/ CMTEL (Color/Materials/Trends Exploration Laboratory)
http://www.tamabi.ac.jp/co-core/ Co-CoRE
http://www.tamabi.ac.jp/tx/banana/# Banana Textile Project
http://www.tamabi.ac.jp/prof/exchange/day-see/ Day-see Program
List of presidents
- :ja:北れい吉|Reikichi Kita
- Hisui Sugiura, 1935–1947
- Kinji Inoue, 1947–1968
- Ishida Eiichirō, April to November 1968
- :ja:福沢一郎|Ichiro Fukuzawa, 1968–1970
- :ja:真下信一|Shinichi Mashita, 1970–1975
- :ja:内藤頼博|Yorihiro Naito, 1979–1987
- Kenshi Goto, 1987–1999
- :ja:辻惟雄|Nobuo Tsuji, 1999–2003
- Shiro Takahashi, 2003–2007
- :ja:清田義英|Yoshihide Seita, 2007–2011
- :ja:五十嵐威暢|Takenobu Igarashi, 2011–2015
- :ja:建畠晢|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
- Tsuneari Fukuda, dramatist
- Yasutake Funakoshi, sculptor
- 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
- :jp:佐野研二郎|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 in 1935.
- Isao Takahata, film director
- Saburo Teshigawara, choreographer
- Charles Tsunashima, furniture designer
- Tadanori Yokoo, graphic designer
Notable alumni
Art and Design
Graphic designers- :jp:佐野研二郎|Kenjiro Sano
- :jp:佐藤可士和|Kashiwa Sato
- Makoto Wada
Industrial designers
- Naoto Fukasawa
- Masahiro Mori
- Firoz Mahmud
- Yuken Teruya
- Susumu Koshimizu
- Kenjiro Okazaki
- Kakiemon Sakaida
- Nobuo Sekine
- Kishio Suga
- Aya Takano
- Erina Matsui
- Takeshi Motomiya
- Akira Fujii
- Miyako Ishiuchi
- Yoshio Itagaki
- Ryuji Miyamoto
- Mika Ninagawa
Entertainment and communications
Manga artists
- Usamaru Furuya
- Etsumi Haruki
- Daisuke Igarashi
- Yoshiyuki Nishi
- Saori Oguri
- Tamakichi Sakura
- Hiroaki Samura
- Kotobuki Shiriagari
- Gengoroh Tagame
- Benkyo Tamaoki
- Kei Toume
- Hajime Ueda
- Reiji Yamada
- Makoto Yukimura
Comedians
Musicians
- Hirohisa Horie
- Yumi Matsutoya
- Shintaro Sakamoto
- Emi Sugiyama
- Nemu Yumemi
Cooperation with other institutions in Japan
ARTSAT Projecthttp://artsat.jp/en/
- University of Tokyo
Tokyo 5 Art Universities Joint Graduation Exhibition ("Gobidai-ten" Exhibition)http://www2.tamabi.ac.jp/cgi-bin/pro/gw/?id=3
- Joshibi University of Art and Design
- Musashino Art University
- Nihon University College of Art
- Tama Art University
- Tokyo Zokei University
Art Universities Liaison Council">:ja:美術系大学連絡協議会">Art Universities Liaison Councilhttp://www.geidai.ac.jp/news/2013121712742.html
- 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
- Showa University
- Tokyo City University
Credit transfer agreement (Consortium of Universities in Hachioji)http://www.tamabi.ac.jp/research/community.htm
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
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Alumni association
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Publications
- : OpenCourseWare