Outline
We are happy to announce “Call for Entries” to the subject workshop. Any Tokyo Tech student, who fall under the categories below, are being encouraged to apply the workshop.
- Any graduate student who applied to ToTAL courses of Fundamental Group Work for Leadership I/II(S), (Master’s/Doctoral) Essential Group Work for Leadership(S)
- Any student (both graduates and undergraduates) who is interested in the workshop on ad-hoc basis (no credit and GA will be given)
- Any student (both graduates and undergraduates) who is interested in fostering your own entrepreneurship and/or leadership skills
- Any doctoral student who is a member of “Cross the border! Tokyo-Tech pioneering doctoral research program”
■Outline of the workshop:
- ‘See’ art with your heart, not your head. Let go of your assumptions and free your mind. ‘Creating’ art isn’t about drawing well. It’s an invitation to explore different expressions and expand your mind and senses – to see more and feel more. EGAKU is an art program which unleashes and nurtures the creativity we all possess through the repeated practice of ‘seeing’ and ‘creating’ art. Creativity is like a muscle, it requires training and continued practice. It’s an exciting and never-ending journey – a creative journey. What potential will you uncover inside yourself? Where will this journey take you? Start your journey – channel your inner child and follow your curiosity.
- While it is important for you to enhance your creativity through this workshop, verbalization of such creativity should be one of the important purposes of this workshop. How you inform others that what you feel in heart, and how you inform others of what you create in words? Verbalization should be equal to your logic capability, which should be very important function of your leadership.
- In addition, by repeatedly observing, creating, and reviewing, you may find the source of your motivation that you have not noticed before.
This time, it will not be held in Ookayama, but at White Ship’s gallery studio in Akasaka. Enjoy free ideas and new discoveries in a different atmosphere than usual. Every year, there are more applicants than the capacity. Early registration is recommended.
Details
| Date and Time | Saturday, August 5, 2023 13:45-17:45 |
| Venue | “9201 Gallery” White Ship, Inc. (address) Terasawa Building 6F, 7-17, Moto-Akasaka 1-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0051 |
| Eligibility | Tokyo Tech students (Capacity: around 25 seats) *In case of oversubscription, selection will be made. |
| Language | Japanese and English |
| Registration | Please apply from Google Form below: [Application form] https://forms.gle/4UdVWXddRwKFN37r9 Whether or not you can actually join the workshop will be informed later to the applicants. |
<Voices of students who joined the previous workshop>
- Do you have any special image about “drawing pictures”? Don’t you believe you are not good at “drawing” in comparison with others? Don’ you think it might be shame for you to show your pictures to others? During the workshop, you are being requested to show your mind, not objects which you can see. Please do not mind if you are not good at drawing. No right answers. Even if your thoughts may not reach to others, the process to have communication with yourself may become “art” which should be a unique in the world. (M2, Male)
- First I heard from my friend about EGAKU, that how great the workshop was despite having held it online. But this year, I was lucky to join the workshop in person and I really enjoyed it. I enjoyed it for it was not only a drawing workshop as some might misinterpret, but it was open for everyone, and felt more like a meditation, or getting to know yourself time. So regardless of it’s being held online or offline, I totally recommend this workshop. (M2, Female)
- Everybody can learn from this workshop. I can recommend this workshop for, especially, people who cannot understand yourself, want to review yourself, or are not good at expressing yourself. (B3, Male)
- EGAKU is not just a workshop on painting, it’s much bigger than that: it’s about learning to communicate with colors and shapes. We spend so much effort on verbal communication but not nearly enough on non-verbal communication. Painting a few strokes of color on a blank canvas can express so much, it’s difficult to imagine until you try it for yourself. EGAKU is one of those unique opportunities to try it out, so I really hope you’ll join the workshop in future! (D3, Male)
- You will find that you have a variety of output methods！(B4, Male)
[Contact]
Prof. Keisuke Yamada, Tokyo Tech Academy for Leadership (ToTAL)（Room S6-309B, South Bldg. 6）
e-mail: yamada.k.be@m.titech.ac.jp
