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The Graduate School of Global Arts at Tokyo University of the Arts is jointly running the exchange residency program “TEA+” in collaboration with the Taipei National University of the Arts. The participants ,Yeh Hsing-Jou and Takeuchi Kota, will speak about their respective interests and activities, as well as how they plan to further develop the work.

There will be a special lecture by Professor Lee Jinjoon of the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST).

We are pleased to announce the upcoming “IMPROVISATION, COLLABORATION, PARTICIPATION: art school teaching; patterns and priorities - The Future of Arts Education: Towards New Horizons — A Comparative Study between Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, and Tokyo University of the Arts.”...

David De Keyzer Special Lecture Deaf art festival and communities - Reading “Breath Move Don’t Be Silent”, a stage production in which Deaf and hearing people encounter each other. Lecture overview A special lecture will be held to examine the performance "Breath Move Don’t Be Silent"—a stage production in which Deaf and hearing people encounter each other, to be staged at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan on Saturday, November 29, 2025—through the lens of David De Keyzer, director of France's international Deaf arts festival "Clin d'Oeil" and a long-time advocate for Deaf community development. The lecture will address cultural diversity and possibilities…

DVD Cover of Avant-Garde Liberation (2002). Image courtesy of Huang Mingchuan. Director Huang Mingchuan's contemporary art documentary series, Avant-Garde Liberation: The Huang Mingchuan Image Collection of the 1990s (2002), took him ten years to produce independently. Upon its release, it was immediately recognized by the "Taishin Arts Award" as a "Visual Arts" work and granted the Grand Prize. This identification and recognition expanded Avant-Garde Liberation's categorization beyond that of a “Culture and Arts Documentary” on Taiwan Public Television, bringing to the fore a critical question: when defining "art documentation" videos, is “art” the subject matter (theme) that the film documents,…

We are pleased to host Gregory Sholette (Artist/Activist) for a special online lecture.

Hsing-Jou Yeh, a curator and researcher will hold a public lecture as a part of the exchange program, TEA+.

We are pleased to announce an exhibition and performance by Betty Apple, a Taiwanese artist currently in residence at the Tokyo University of the Arts. In 2025, Japanese manga artist Tatsuki Yamashita's book Watashi ga Mita Mirai (What I Saw in the Future), which depicts a catastrophic tsunami, became a topic of conversation on social media...

Visiting Artist Betty Apple* from GA residence program TEA+* will hold a collective creation workshop by end of June. All current students in Geidai are welcome to participate, so please feel free to apply. *GA Residence Program TEA+ Official Website *Betty Apple English Profile "The Future I ___?" — To See or To Change A Collective Creation Workshop Date: June 30 (Mon) Time: 6~8 pm Venue: Taki Plaza 3F, Ueno Campus Language: Mainly in English Eligibility for Application: Geidai Students can apply freely Application form: https://forms.gle/uwoUnUvJCKiDcK8Z8   *Maximum of 20 people. The form will close once the maximum number of…