Grow your confidence in expressing yourself through creative work.
Overview
Have you ever felt the desire to express your thoughts and feelings and share them with others? In this workshop, you will create artwork based on several familiar themes, share them with other participants, and engage in dialogue.
| 📂 Category | Motivation |
| 📌 Keywords | Creation, self-expression, dialogue, communication |
| 🎯 Objectives | The aim is to encourage the participants for self-expression. Through feedback from other participants, we hope to help participants discover new directions and gain confidence in expressing themselves. |
| 🌐 Language | Japanese |
| 👥 Target Participants | Graduate & Undergraduate Students |
| 🗓 Format | 2 sessions (4 hours x 2, attendance for all sessions required, in-person) |
| ✅ Past & Upcoming Sessions | #1; Saturday, July 18, 2026, 13:00-17:00 #2; Saturday, July 25, 2026, 13:00-17:00 |
| 📍 Venue | S6-309A, Ookayama Campus |
| 🌟 Recommended for | ・People who want to express their thoughts and feelings but do not have the opportunity, or lack the confidence. ・People who like or are interested in creative work. |
| 📊 Points | 8 points (4 points x 2 times) (Points to be awarded to students enrolled in the courses for credits. Please refer to the syllabus for details.) |
| 🎟️ Capacity | 12 participants |
Main Content
The workshop consists of two main sessions.
In the first session, participants bring something they like and introduce it to the group. Through conversation, they explore and express their own sensibilities and interests. They then take part in a series of creative activities based on several themes, using familiar materials such as paper clay, paints, blocks, and other craft supplies. This process helps them expand their ideas, discover the themes and images they want to express, and prepare for creating their final work in the second session.
In the second session, each participant creates a piece based on their chosen theme, and the completed works are then displayed. Afterwards, participants view one another’s work and engage in dialogue, sharing the thoughts and feelings behind their expressions. Finally, the workshop concludes with a reflection session.
Facilitator
Yuta Murao
PhD student, Graduate Major in Life Science and Technology, School of Life Science and Technology, Institute of Science Tokyo,
Academy for Leadership (ToTAL) student
Yuri Matsuzaki
Specially Appointed Associate Professor, Academy for Leadership (ToTAL), Institute of Science Tokyo
Contact Faculty
Yuri Matsuzaki, Specially Appointed Associate Professor, Academy for Leadership
📩 matsuzaki.y.77a9 [at] m.isct.ac.jp