Experience making art at an art school’s atelier/workshop!
Recruitment of participants for “Kids Youth Open Campus Tama Art University” for elementary and junior high school students begins *Tama Art University*
Press release: August 5, 2024
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Experience making art at an art school’s atelier/workshop! Recruitment of participants for “Kids Youth Open Campus Tama Art University” for elementary and junior high school students begins
*Held on September 29th at Tama Art University Hachioji Campus. Participation application lottery is now being accepted (free entry until September 2nd)*
Key visual for Kids Youth Open Campus Tama Art University.
Tama Art University Educational Corporation (location: Setagaya-ku, Tokyo; Chairman: Masanori Aoyagi; President of Tama Art University: Hiroshi Naito) is an educational institution founded by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture.
We will be holding a “Kids Youth Open Campus” for elementary and junior high school students in collaboration with Arts Council Tokyo.
With the aim of allowing each child to further deepen their
understanding and experience of the arts and culture fields that suit their own interests, our faculty members serve as instructors and, with the support of students, they create items using the on-campus workshop. This is a program where you can experience and experience the joy of creating, expressing, and thinking. This event will be held as part of the “Next Creation Program,” which will be implemented from this year by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture.
Our university offers five programs: aluminum casting, metal forging, product design, dyeing and weaving, and game creation. Each class allows you to experience specialized techniques through familiar objects. Applications for participation are accepted using the application form provided on the website.
[Event overview]
*Title:*
*Next Creation Program*
*Kids Youth Open Campus Tama Art University*
Date and time: Sunday, September 29, 2024 (Reiwa 6)
Morning session 10:30-12:00/Afternoon session 14:00-15:30
Venue: Tama Art University Hachioji Campus Training Buildings (2-1723 Yarimizu, Hachioji City, Tokyo)
Recruitment target: Elementary school students (4th grade and above) to junior high school students living in Tokyo and attending school. Number of people recruited: 16-21 people each time
Recruitment period: August 1st (Thursday) to September 2nd (Monday), 2024 Participation fee: Free
Organizers: Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture, Arts Council Tokyo,
Tama Art University Educational Corporation
*The same content will be held twice. The time required and number of applicants vary depending on the program.
Please see the website for program details and how to apply. https://www.tamabi.ac.jp/research/social-cooperation/kidsoc2024/
* [Program] *
Create your favorite shape with muddy metal!
The sculpture is made from Styrofoam, and then the original model is used for aluminum casting in a specialized workshop.
* Lecturer: * Takeshi Kimura (Associate Professor)
* Venue: * Sculpture Building
* Time: * 10:30-12:00*, * 14:00-15:30 *The same content will be held twice. * Number of applicants: * 16 people each time, total 32 people Let’s make a shoehorn key chain out of metal!
Pre-cut brass is molded into the shape of a shoehorn using metal forging techniques.
* Lecturer: * Goro Tezen (Professor), Rei Rusumi (Associate Professor) * Venue: * Crafts building
* Time: * 10:30-12:00*, * 14:00-15:30 *The same content will be held twice. * Number of applicants: * 20 people each time, total 40 people Create excitement with moving gift cards
Through fun and moving gift cards made from simple parts, you will experience the joy of “product design” that touches everything around you.
* Lecturer: * Tatsu Ogata (Associate Professor)
* Venue: * Design Building
* Time: * 10:30-12:00*, * 14:00-15:30 *The same content will be held twice. * Number of applicants: * 20 people each time, total 40 people Experience various dyeing and weaving techniques and collect “cute” things! You will experience three techniques: indigo dyeing, weaving, and printing, and collect cute things that can be made with cloth. * Lecturer: * Aya Karashima (Associate Professor), Ryusuke Yoshii (Part-time Lecturer)
* Venue: * Textile Building
* Time: * 10:30-12:00*, * 14:00-15:30 *The same content will be held twice. * Number of people recruited: * 21 people each time, total 42 people Experience creating games using an electronic work kit
Assemble Tamami’s original electronic work kit “Rabbit Pie” and learn the basics of electronic work. Write the program there and run the game.
About “Rabbit Pie”: https://okikata.org/rp/
* Lecturer: * Akihiko Taniguchi (Associate Professor)
* Venue: * Information Design Building
* Time: * 10:30-12:00*, * 14:00-15:30 *The same content will be held twice. * Number of applicants: * 20 people each time, total 40 people * ◆About Tama Art University Educational Corporation*
Chairman: Masanori Aoyanagi
Tama Art University President: Hiroshi Naito
Address: 3-15-34 Ueno, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 158-8558
Founded: 1935
University Overview: Since its founding, the university has produced many talented individuals who are active on the world stage, including Nobuo Sekine and Shio Suga, who have led the Mono-ha movement, as well as Issey Miyake, Naoto Fukasawa, and Kadekazu Sato in the design world. The school has two campuses in Hachioji and Setagaya, with 10 departments and graduate schools, including painting, sculpture, crafts, design, architecture, film, theater, and art studies. https://www.tamabi.ac.jp