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Curriculum
To freely and energetically create contemporary pictorial
art, the student must exercise considerable effort and persistence in
order to effectively employ the materials, tools, and techniques of Japanese
painting. With these aims, the student extensively practices basic techniques
and thus gains the potential for creating pictorial art that both possesses
a contemporary voice and looks ahead to the future. To provide a responsible
system of instruction, one faculty member is in charge of each workshop
of the Japanese Painting program. Moreover, an annual contest judged and
critiqued by the program's entire faculty is open to all students in Approaches
to Japanese Painting courses according to their scholastic year.
Years 1 and 2
The student acquires expressive techniques for Japanese painting, enhances
drawing skills, and develops a basic approach to practicing free creation.
Based on such motifs as human figures, plants, landscapes, and animals,
the student undergoes training to accurately understand the subject concerned
and extensively studies basic aims and representational skills, including
form, composition, expression of volume, and modeling. At the same time,
the student masters the tools and materials of Japanese painting and its
basic painting techniques and cultivates further creativity by examining
motifs from diverse angles and by training to accurately grasp their essence.
Years 3 and 4
Based on self-initiative and personal development, each student begins
creative activities as an artist and gains expressive techniques, a comprehension
of the nature of expression, and a creative spirit. For this purpose,
the student employs his/her own sensibility and conceptual approach to
conduct creative activities on freely chosen themes, while further enhancing
technical skills and creativity. Moreover, special workshops are taught
by leading painters, including Ueno Yasuro, Matsuo Toshio, Kayama Matazo.
The student also works on the graduation project.
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