Focuses on visual art practice within a liberal arts context. Courses include drawing, painting, printmaking, bookmaking, two- and three-dimensional design, digital photography, digital imaging, motion graphics, media arts, and art history. The program equips students with an interdisciplinary perspective on contemporary art and design production, providing various analog and digital media skills as well as the sociohistorical contexts essential to contemporary practice.

Major/Minor Requirements

Faculty Advisors for the Art Major

SAMPLE CURRICULUM

An overview of required courses.

Art Seminar (Capstone)

Take your first step as a creator!

This is the art capstone class. Students produce their own individual graduation exhibition and portfolio based on a project to complete an "Artist Statement.” Students select and negotiate their own venues, and the exhibition is open to the public. Students learn to clarify the concept of their work through practical experience in planning, selling, and managing exhibitions of their work. This course is designed to encourage students see themselves as artists and to support their independence as creators.

FEATURED COURSES

A list of recently offered electives.

 Artist Books, Zines and Independent Publishing
 Special Topics: Creative Coding and Generative Art
 Computer Imaging
 History of Modern Crafts
 Art History Writing Intensive: Art and Queer Theory
 Art and the City: Tokyo in the 1960s and 1970s

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Alumni Voice

Mira Winblad

​​Company: Wild Tame Co. Ltd

Class of 2022
Major: Art

I was in my final year when I decided to do an internship, and I’m glad I did. I was accepted as an intern at Wild Tame, a small but passionate production company in central Tokyo. They offered me a full-time position as a graphic designer as soon as I finished my final semester. I genuinely love my job and coworkers, and I’m honored to continue growing as a creative together with them. When I think back on my time at TUJ, I like to think of the people I’ve come to cherish and the person I’ve become because of this path I chose. I have the fantastic teachers in the Art Department to thank for helping me broaden my artistic skills in so many ways and to enjoy the creative process. I’m not sure what the future holds, but I like to keep it blank to allow space for whatever new road opens next.

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  • Location: 1-14-29 Taishido, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan 154-0004 (Access)
  • Office Hours: Weekdays 9:00-17:30 (Japan Time)
  • E-mail: ac@tuj.temple.edu
  • Tel: +81-3-5441-9800

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