2011.8.21
EGAKU for Kids and Adults
Theme: Your heart/soul
Program details: EGAKU Program
Participants: 21 adults, 3 children
Venue: 3331 Arts Chiyoda
Host institution: ELAB
Instructor: Kunihiko Yazawa
Facilitators: Kimi Hasebe, Hideki Iwai
Project lead: Mizuki Kikawa
Staff: Kaori Shishikura, Rumi Kuroda, Naoki Yamada, Yoko Matsuyama
2011.7.16
Teach for Japan Terakoya Club
We ran an EGAKU session at the Terakoya Club, a learning support program for elementary and middle school students operated by Teach for Japan.
Theme: Your heart/soul
Program details: EGAKU Program
Participants: 9 participants - elementary and middle school students
Venue: Terakoya Club
Host institution: Teach for Japan
Partner: ELAB
Facilitators: Rumi Kuroda, Kimi Hasebe
Direction: Kunihiko Yazawa
Staff: Kaori Shishikura, Yoko Matsuyama
2011.5.15
Teach for Japan Fellows
We ran the EGAKU Program for the core members of Teach for Japan, an organization which provides learning support for children.
Theme: Origin
Program overview: EGAKU Program
Participants: Adults, university students
Venue: White Ship, Hinoki-cho Studio
Host institution: ELAB
Instructor: Kunihiko Yazawa
Facilitator: Kimi Hasebe
2011.5.14 & 6.18
Global Health Leadership Program
We ran the EGAKU Program for the University of Tokyo Global Health Leadership Program.
The theme for the first session was “Where I am Now” - a fitting theme for the program kick-off.
Where am I now? Who am I? Even with faced with such weighty topics, exploring these questions through the medium of painting pictures allowed participants to engage with the questions in a spontaneous, instinctive manner.
Although most participants said painting wasn’t their forte, and that this was the first time they were painting since they were a child, they were taken aback by the unique and beautiful works that they created.
Starting with participants communicating with each other through their pictures, followed by a discussion in the second half of the session in which participants transcended their mother tongues to create a deep and open discussion, and an opportunity for each of the participants to reflect on how they wanted to engage with the rest of the program - it appears that we were able to create a process which empowered and engaged the participants.
The theme for the second session was, “Me - 3 years from now.” Over the past month the participants had been immersed in an excellent and stimulating program. They had been deepening their thinking and as this was their second artwork, they all gave powerful expression to their thoughts.
At the end of the session, as each person held their painting of their vision of themselves 3 years from now, and passionately talked about the future, we felt the powerful impact of the program. Furthermore, the experience of conducting these two EGAKU sessions in Japanese and English also deeply impressed on us the incredible power of art as a non-verbal medium of communication.
As the participants embark on their internships at various organizations around the world, we believe that the 50+ beautiful artworks they created in this program will bring color into their daily lives and become bridges to the future.
Theme: May 14 - Where I am now
June 18 - Me: 3 years from now
Program objective: Leadership development
Program details: EGAKU Program, discussion
Participants: May 14 - 28 university students
Jun 18 - 19 university students
Venue: The University of Tokyo
Host institution: Global Health Leadership Program
Partner: ELAB
Instructor: Kunihiko Yazawa
Facilitator: Kimi Hasebe
Project lead: Mayuka Yamazaki
2011.5.3
Art for Wish for Kids
Theme: Your heart/soul
Program details: EGAKU Program
Participants: 14 elementary school students
Venue: Evacuation centre in the Tokyo metropolitan area
Host institution: Teach for Japan
Partner: ELAB
Instructor: Kunihiko Yazawa
Facilitators: Kimi Hasebe, Hideki Iwai
Project lead: Mizuki Kikawa
Staff: Rumi Kuroda, Kaori Shishikura, Yoko Matsuyama
2011.4.29
Art for Wish for Supporters
Theme: Now
Program details: EGAKU Program, dialogue session
Participants: 43 adults
Venue: Fukutake Hall, The University of Tokyo Komaba Campus
Host institution: ELAB
Instructor: Kunihiko Yazawa
Facilitator: Kimi Hasebe
Project leads: Mayuka Yamazaki, Mizuki Kikawa
2011.4.16
Art for Wish for Supporters
Theme: Now
Program details: EGAKU Program, dialogue session
Participants: 11 adults
Venue: SIGMAXYZ Inc.
Host institution: ELAB
Partner: SIGMAXYZ Inc.
Instructor: Kunihiko Yazawa
Facilitator: Kimi Hasebe
Project lead: Mizuki Kikawa
2011.1.22
One-day Workshop on China-Japan Relations
Japanese college students and Chinese students studying in Japan created artwork on the theme of "Origin" and had discussions about
themselves, their countries, and the Japan-China relationship.
Theme: Origin
Program overview: EGAKU Program/Dialogue Workshop
Participants: 18 college students
Venue: Tokyo University
[EGAKU Program]
Instructor: Kunihiko Yazawa
Facilitator: Kimi Hasebe
[Dialogue Workshop]
Facilitator: Takashi Kumon, Mayuka Yamazaki
2011.1.15
Takaban Elementary School of Meguro Ward
An art workshop was organized at Meguro Takaban Elementary School in Tokyo.
24 children, from the first year to the fourth year at the school, made works on the theme of "their hearts."
At the end of the two-hour workshop we had 24 pieces of wonderful artworks, each of which was someone's "heart".
An artist Kuni, today's teacher, said hello - For most of the children, it was the first time to meet an "artist"... The children learned from Kuni how to appreciate an artwork. They then wrote down what they felt about it on small papers and posted them.
The children then learned from Kuni, "None is better or poor at drawing pictures." They also learned how to use pastels and how to have images of their "hearts."
They thought about how to expand their images on their "hearts" using shapes and colors. The children then drew freely using their figures...
What is the color of my heart? What is the shape of my heart? All of them were so focused....shaping and coloring "their hearts".
Once completed, the pictures were framed. The pictures in the frames looked different! The children appreciated their own pictures and gave titles.
Then they appreciated the pictures drawn by their friends and wrote down what they felt.
All the comments were read out. Each of the participants raised his/her hand when asked "Who drew this picture?" They looked a bit shy but so proud of themselves.
There are various types of "hearts." They are all different, but beautiful and fun.
Theme: Your Heart
Program overview: EGAKU Program
Participants: 24 elementary school students
Host institution: Yume plan Takaban
Venue: Takaban Elementary School of Meguro Ward
Instructor: Kunihiko Yazawa
Facilitators: Kimi Hasebe
Staff: Rumi Kuroda, Kaori Shishikura, Tomoko Iida, Naomi Yamada
