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JapanTyler Summer Art WorkshopDigital Photography
PROGRAMThe Tyler Summer Art Workshop is rigorous and professional six-week program that integrates theory and application through an intensive series of lectures, research trips, critiques, and labs. Students choose one of six tracks: digital photography, drawing, digital printmaking, image and text, architecture, or graphic design. All sections include art history, guest lectures and research trips that immerse the student into both traditional and contemporary Japanese culture. As a production tool, the Tyler Summer Art Workshop offers students the opportunity to explore new technical methods while refining their area of expertise. Students are expected to complete a significant body of work or one large-scale project by the end of the workshop. This work should not only demonstrate a command of one's craft but in some manner incorporate the overall cultural experience as well. As an enriching medium, the workshop offers students ample opportunity to participate in one of the world's most progressive and culturally stimulating cities. Students of visual mediums will find Japan an amalgamation of stoic, ancient ways and cutting edge style. Students will have the opportunity to hear and meet some of Japan's most talented artists and designers through guest lectures and workshops. Lectures by authorities in Japanese culture comprise the art history component. Weekly faculty-led excursions in and around Tokyo to culturally important centers such as museums, galleries, and architectural sites expose students to traditional Japanese culture as well as contemporary Japanese art and design. A highlight of the program is an excursion to Kyoto. A genuine desire to explore and research Japanese culture is vital for successful completion of this workshop. Past students have noted that time management and organizational skills are vital for the successful completion of the workshop. Students will create their own work schedules, presenting their work-in-progress each week either for group critiques to the entire class or one-on-one with the instructor. Intermediate to advanced level students looking for a rigorous program that offers challenges on technical and intellectual levels are especially encouraged to apply. All tracks require preparatory reading. It is also suggested that students prepare themselves by learning some basic Japanese vocabulary and investigating the cities of Tokyo and Kyoto through on-line research or by purchasing a guidebook and a phrase book.
COURSESAll participants, depending on their background and interests, enroll in one of the following sections. Graduate students may earn three credits (graduate level course for the Architecture section is not available); undergraduate students may earn six credits. Graduate students may receive an additional three credits by engaging in a research project of their design that will be directed and evaluated by the faculty. Additional tuition charges would apply. All sections available for Summer 2008 are outlined below. All students, regardless of the section they choose, share art history-related lectures with topics in contemporary art, Japanese art, design and culture, guest lectures and workshops by contemporary Japanese artists, a multimedia interdisciplinary lab, weekly faculty-led excursions in and around Tokyo, and the excursion to Kyoto. The goal of the workshop is to give art students a firm grounding in social, cultural, historical and practical facets of art in Japan. Tyler 3349 (811) / Tyler 8149 (811): Digital Photography Workshop (6 undergrad cr/3 grad cr) Tyler 3349 (812) / Tyler 8149 (812): Drawing Workshop (6 undergrad cr/3 grad cr) Tyler 3349 (813) / Tyler 8149 (813): Digital Printmaking (6 undergrad cr/3 grad cr) Tyler 3349 (814) / 8149 (814): Image and Text Workshop (6 undergrad cr/3 grad cr) Tyler 3349 (815): Architecture Workshop (6 undergrad cr) Graphic Art and Design 3111 / 9189: Graphic Design Workshop FACULTYDigital Photography Steven Berkowitz, MFA, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, is associate professor of photography and area head of the main campus/ TUCC photo area. He was the originator of computer imaging and digital photography at Tyler School of Art. His own work involves compound images in multiple media (including photography, installation, performance, sound and video). Shinya Watanabe, MFA, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, is an assistant professor at TUJ where he teaches photography, video, and media arts. He has worked as a broadcast journalist for NBC News and Reuters, and since 1992 has been involved in a variety of art projects, including onedotzero and Tokyo Designers Block. Drawing Thomas Vance, MFA, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, is an assistant adjunct professor, Tyler School of Art, where he teaches foundation drawing. His own work explores building structures through painting, sculpture, and installations. Kaoru Sakurai, MFA, Cranbrook Academy of Art. His own work explores drawing and site-specific installations through a variety of media. He has exhibited in Japan and the United States. Mr. Sakurai has also worked as a professional exhibition engineer for many contemporary artists, museums and galleries in Japan. He teaches foundation art courses and advanced level drawing at TUJ. Digital Printmaking Eva Wylie, MFA, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, is a lecturer in printmaking in the Department of Art and Art Education at Temple University's main campus. Her work explores both traditional and contemporary printmaking techniques. Daisuke Inada, MFA, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (Australia) and Tama Art University (Japan). Mr. Inada's specialty is lithography, and he produces large contemporary artwork by using a traditional printmaking medium that extends to new levels. His work has been shown in and outside of Japan. Mr. Inada teaches printmaking at TUJ. Image and Text Wendy Osterweil, MFA, University of Wisconsin-Madison, is a lecturer at Tyler School of Art, where she teaches art education courses. She is a practicing printmaker and fiber artist and exhibits her work nationally. Mariko Nagai, MA, New York University, is the director of writing programs at Temple University, Japan Campus. Her poetry and fiction have been published in major journals in the U.S., and have received awards from art and culture foundations around the world such as UNESCO, Headlands, and Tasmanian Writers Center, to name a few. She is also a translator of contemporary Japanese literature. She teaches Japanese literature and creative writing at TUJ. Architecture Geeta Mehta, PhD, University of Tokyo, is an architect and art historian and has worked in Japan for 21 years. Her work in Asia has ranged from interior design projects for investment banks in Tokyo to master planning for a software technology park in Vietnam. At TUJ, Dr. Mehta teaches architecture studio and courses in art, architecture, and urban planning. James Moustafellos is co-principal of Intellectual Property, an interdisciplinary design studio based in Philadelphia. The goal of Intellectual Property is to use the design of architecture and everyday objects as a tool of inquiry to explore social and cultural relationships. Previous work experience includes work in the offices of Francois de Menil and Kohn Pedersen Fox in New York and Taisei Corporation in Tokyo. Graphic Design Dermot MacCormack, BFA, The National College of Art and Design, Dublin, Ireland. Associate professor of graphic and interactive design at Tyler School of Art, Temple University. He has worked as a graphic designer for over 20 years, and his award-winning work has appeared in publications such as Graphis, Communication Arts, Print and How. Ron Carr, MFA, University of California at Los Angeles, is an assistant professor at TUJ. His areas of instruction include videography, broadcast production and narrative studies. Mr. Carr's background includes professional broadcasting experience as a writer and producer, and documentary filmmaking. Art History Noriko Murai, PhD in art history from Harvard University, specializes in modern Japanese art. Her areas of interest include the construction of cultural identity through visual representation and the artistic exchanges between modern Japan and the West. She teaches art history and Japanese culture at TUJ. Paul Sutcliffe, PhD, Chelsea College of Art and Design, University of the Arts London, specializes in contemporary Japanese art and popular culture. His areas of interest include Japanese manga and anime. He teaches art history at TUJ and courses on manga and anime at two other universities in Japan. HOUSINGStudents may choose to take advantage of housing arranged by Temple University or to make their own housing arrangements. More detailed housing information describing the housing facilities and amenities is provided to all accepted students in one of the pre-departure Web postings . COSTS
* Please not that this fee is based on last year's costs and will be updated. The Japan fee includes housing, orientation activities, and a three-day excursion to Kyoto. In addition, students will need to budget money for personal expenses including meals, health insurance, local travel in and around Tokyo, any personal travel outside of Tokyo that students wish to undertake, the International Student Identity Card (currently $22), and transpacific travel to and from Tokyo. More information will be provided in one of the pre-departure web postings, but meals, personal expenses and local Tokyo travel are estimated at about $400 a week.
2008 CALENDAR (Summer I)Dates are tentative and subject to change
ELIGIBILITY & APPLICATION REQUIREMENTSPlease see General Summer Information for program eligibility and application requirements that apply to all programs. In addition, for the Tyler Summer Workshops, the following is required:
APPLICATION DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 15For more information, please contact Steven Berkowitz, Temple University, Tyler School of Art, 215-204-7191, steven.berkowitz@temple.edu.
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