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Fun with Collection 2017
Le Corbusier’s Artistic Space –His Thought Processes as Seen in the NMWA Plans

Following the last year, this year’s Fun with Collection is an exhibition considering the museum’s Main Building designed by Le Corbusier, which was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2016.

When Le Corbusier was planning a building, he would both study different ideas and create prototypes, adjusting the prototype as he considered how it would suit its intended site and environment. Working from the basis of his fundamental “unlimited growth museum”concept that allowed for the addition of galleries as a museum’s collection grew, Le Corbusier planned a museum for Ueno Park that would house and display the Matsukata Collection.

Among the 302 extant items related to the planning of the Main Building, this exhibition presents reproductions of 34 carefully selected plans and sketches as it considers how Le Corbusier responded to the Ueno Park site and to the hopes of the building’s Japanese commissioners.

Lectures and Discussions, Gallery Talks and Creative and Experiential Programs will be held in conjunction with the exhibition. All programs will be in Japanese language only.

Program A: Lectures and Discussions

June 17 (Sat.) 14:00 – 15:30
Toyo Ito (Architect)
“The Meaning of Le Corbusier Today”

July 16 (Sun.) 14:00 – 15:30
Due to the lecturer's circumstances, the date has been changed.
Yoshiharu Tsukamoto (Architect, Professor, Graduate School of Tokyo Institute of Technology)
“Facilities That Grow: A Mirror Reflecting Modern Inconsistencies”

Moderator:
Shoichiro Sendai (Associate Professor, Graduate School of Hiroshima University)

Location:
Auditorium, Special Exhibition Wing (B2 Floor)

*Lectures are free but a lecture numbered ticket and a Collection Exhibition ticket (ticket stubs are acceptable) is required.

Program B: Gallery Talks

Dates & Hours:
June 24 (Sat.), July 8 (Sat.), August 26 (Sat.) and September 9 (Sat.), 2017
18:00 – 18:40
Location:
Prints and Drawing Gallery, New Wing (2nd Floor)
Lecturer:
Yoko Terashima (Educator, The National Museum of Western Art)
Fee:
Admission to the Collection Exhibition

Program C: Creative and Experiential Programs

① July 22 (Sat.) 10:00 – 17:00
“Enjoying the Main Building Through Photo Models”
Participants will learn the instructor’s method for creating 3D models using photographs that they have taken of the Main Building.

Instructor:
Kimio Itozaki (Artist and Photographer)
Target Audience:
General (up to 15 participants)
Fee:
Admission to the Collection Exhibition

② August 5 (Sat.)
Session 1)10:00 – 12:00,  Session 2)14:00 – 16:00
“Plan Reading Club”
This program will teach participants how to read unfamiliar architectural plans and then imagine the completed form of the structure solely from those plans.

Instructor:
Megumi Okuya (Architectural Designer)
Target Audience:
General (up to 15 participants for each session)
Fee:
Admission to the Collection Exhibition
How to attend:

Program A:

Each lecture limited to 130 visitors, on a first-come, first-in basis. Lectures are free but a lecture numbered ticket and a Collection Exhibition ticket (ticket stubs are acceptable) is required. Pick up lecture tickets (one per person) at the Information Desk, starting at 12:00 noon on the day of the event.

The Auditorium will open at 30 minutes prior to the start time and visitors will be admitted in lecture ticket number order.

Programs B:

Gallery Talks are drop-in events, and participants will assemble in the lounge (2F) of the New Wing at 18:00.

Programs C:

Applications are on a first-come, first-served basis.
Application form can be downloaded from June 26 (Mon.).

Event ①: Please print out and complete the fax application 1 and fax it to the museum.
Event ②: Please print out and complete the fax application 2 and fax it to the museum.

  • ・Download fax application 1 and 2 (PDF 140kb, in Japanese only)
  • ・Fax number: 03-3828-5797

*A museum staff will contact you by telephone after receiving your completed application. If you do not receive a phone call within 3 business days of your application, please call the NMWA Education Department (03-3828-5168) to confirm.


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Fun with Collection2016

Le Corbusier and the Museum of Unlimited Growth – Understanding this Ideal

This year's Fun with Collection focuses on the museum’s Main Building designed by Le Corbusier.

Le Corbusier, the master of modern architecture who was primarily active in France, sometimes developed prototypes for his buildings, just like in the automobile or furniture design process. Le Corbusier would draw repeated images of the building he was envisioning as he planned its features. The NMWA Main Building was built on the basis of the Museum of Unlimited Growth prototype.

This year’s small exhibition begins with the history of how the NMWA was established, and then explores Le Corbusier’s theories about architecture suitable for the modern age, the concepts and features of his Museum of Unlimited Growth, and which elements of his Museum of Unlimited Growth prototype were realized in the NMWA Main Building. We hope that visitors to the museum will view this exhibition and experience the actual spaces and features of the Main Building. Slide talks and drop-in workshops will be held in conjunction with this exhibition.

Slide talks

Dates & Hours:
August 19 (Fri.) and 26 (Fri.)
19:00 – 19:30 *In Japanese language only.
Location:
Auditorium, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo (B2 Floor)
Lecturer:
Yoko Terashima ( Educator, The National Museum of Western Art)
Audience:
Limited to first 140 participants.
Lectures are free, however exhibition tickets are required.
Please assemble at the Auditorium 30 mins. prior to the start time.

Let’s Make an NMWA Main Building Badge!

Color in the picture of the NMWA Main Building and make your own unique Main Building badge.

Date & Hours:
August 13 (Sat.) and 20 (Sat.)
9:30 - 12:00 14:00 – 16:30
※500 badges are available on first-come basis.
Venues:
The lounge area on the 2nd floor in the Permanent Collection Gallery, New Wing
Cost:
Free of charge (Permanent Collection Galleries ticket needed)

2016 Summer Program

Cool and Refreshing! Art Fans!

Volunteer-Art program is no-reservations-required, drop-in activity run by NMWA volunteers.

This time, let’s make a round fan using motifs from NMWA collection art works, perfect for the summer heat! Everyone from kids to adults, feel free to drop by and participate in this fun program.

Date & Hours:
August 6 (Sat.), 7 (Sun.), 27 (Sat.) and 28 (Sun.)
11:00 - 13:00 14:00 – 16:00
※150 fans are available on first-come basis each day.
Venues:
Workshop room on the 2nd floor in the Permanent Collection Gallery, New Wing
Cost:
Free of charge (Permanent Collection Galleries ticket needed)

Museum Collection Worksheet

During the summer school holiday season, worksheets to help elementary and middle school students enjoy the Permanent Collection Galleries are available free of charge.

Date:
August 2 (Tues.) – 21 (Sun.)
※500 worksheets are distributed at the ticket booth on first-come basis each day.

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Fun with Collection2012

Fun with Collection 2012
Finding the Fascination of Sculpture
[Programs conducted in Japanese only]

In conjunction with the Traces of Hands exhibition, this year's Fun with Collection programs focus on sculptural methods and materials. We hope you will enjoy these programs and the related display.

Program A: "The Secrets of Rodin's Creativity"

How did Rodin create his art works? A lecture explaining the production process in detail will be held in the Auditorium, followed by viewing of art works in the exhibition gallery with the lecturer.

  • Date & Hours: November 17 (Sat.) 14:00 –16:00
  • Venues: Auditorium (Special Exhibition Building B2F) and Special Exhibition Galleries
  • Target Audience: General (up to 50 people)
  • Lecturer: Toru Fujiwara (Professor, Tohoku University of Art andDesign)
  • Fee: Admission to the Traces of Hands exhibition
Program B: "Casting Practicum: Let's Create Our Own Original Medals!"

There are lots of things in our daily lives that were made in molds. In this program participants will make their own molds, pour molten tin into the molds and create their own original medals.

  • Date & Hours: November 18 (Sun.)
  • Session 1) 9:30 –12:00, Session 2) 13:30 –16:00
    * The same program will be held in both sessions.
    Target Audience: 9 years and older (up to 15 participants for each session)
  • Instructor: Emu Yanagihara (Sculptor)
  • Fee: Free of charge
Program C: "3-D Copies! My Own 'Traces of Hands'"

Hands and their expression fascinated Rodin, and so he created countless studies of hands. Participants in this program will use plaster to take impressions of their own hands.

  • Date & Hours: November 25 (Sun.)
  • Session 1) 9:30 --12:00, Session 2) 13:30 –16:00
    * The same program will be held in both sessions.
  • Target Audience: 9 years and older (up to 15 participants for each session)
  • Instructor: Godai Watanabe (Artist)
  • Fee: Admission to the Traces of Hands exhibition

How to Apply: Applications are on a first-come, first-served basis.
Program A: Audience participation tickets will be distributed to visitors with Traces of Hands tickets who apply at the museum's Information Desk from 12:00 on November 17.
Programs B & C: Please print out and complete the fax application and fax it to the National Museum of Western Art.

--Click here to download fax application (PDF 140kb, in Japanese only)
–Fax number: 03-3828-5797
–A museum staff member will contact you by telephone after receiving your completed
application. If you do not receive a phone call within 3 business days of your application, please call the NMWA Education Department to confirm.

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Fun with Collection 2008

The Joy of Seeing and Knowing: Religion, Artists, and Conservation
July-August 2008

Do You Have a Favorite?
The more you like a work, the more you want to know about it, right?

Following the last year's program, this year's Fun with Collection program theme is the development of deeper artistic appreciation. Participants in this program will learn to consider art from three vantage points, namely artists, religion and conservation. Christianity is the central religion in western culture. How is religion depicted in art? How have the roles of artists changed over the centuries? What was the artist's motivations for their artistic creations? What can we do to preserve art works for the generations ahead?

By considering these and other similar questions, you may discover new and exciting aspects of your favorite work of art. Please join us.

A "Collection Galleries' Tours for Groups" [by reservation only]

Participants will explore our museum's permanent collection galleries with a member of our volunteer staff. Recommended for novice visitors. (The tour requires about 40 min.)

  • Dates & Hours: Weekday in July and August, 9:30-17:30.
  • Target audience: Groups (between 5-30 participants)
  • Fee: Admission fee to the collection exhibition

Religion's Role in the Arts

B "Gallery Talks: On Saints and the Bible"

Focusing on biblical stories and the lives of the saints, the lecturer will introduce visitors the main religious themes found in various art works.

  • Dates & Hours: 1) August 5 (Tue.); August 8 (Fri.)
    2) August 12 (Tue.); August 15 (Fri.)
      *Talks are held at 11:00-12:00 and 14:00-15:00 each day
    *Content will vary according to the lecturers
  • Venue: Collection Exhibition galleries
  • Target audience: General (up to 15 people)
  • Lecturers: 1) Iwaya Mutsuki (Graduate Student, Tokyo University of the Arts )
    2) Hakamata Hiroyo (Graduate Student, Tokyo University of the Arts)
  • Fee: Admission fee to the Collection Exhibition

The Artist's Role in Art

C "Italian Renaissance Painters, their Patrons and Society"

Focusing on Italian Renaissance painters, this lecture will explain the relationship between the artists's patrons and the creation of art works in artist studios.

  • Date and hours: August 2 (Sat.) 14:00-15:30
  • Venue: Auditorium
  • Target audience: General (up to 150 people)
  • Lecturer: Koshikawa Michiaki (Associate Professor, Tokyo University of the Arts)
  • Fee: free of charge
D "Matisse and Picasso"

Matisse and Picasso were rivals. This lecture will focus on the rivalry between these two great artists.

  • Date and hours: August 30 (Sat.) 14:00-15:30
  • Venue: Auditorium
  • Target audience: General (up to 150 people)
  • Lecturer: Seki Naoko (Chief curator of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo)
  • Fee: free of charge

Conservation's Role in the Arts

E "Tapestry Conservation"fully booked

How should textiles and tapestries be restored? This lecture and demonstration will introduce various aspects of textile conservation work.

  • Date and hours: July 19 (Sat.) 13:30-15:30
  • Target audience: Over the age of 13 (up to 20 people)
  • Lecturer: Ishii Mie (Restorer)
  • Fee: free of charge
F "The NMWA Kids Detective Company on the Trail Par 3: Protect works of art !"*Canceled

There are many secrets for protecting precious works in museums. Let's discover some of these mysteries!

  • Date and hours: July 24 (Thu.) 13:30-16:30
  • Target audience: 5th and 6th graders of elementary school (Up to 20 pupils)
  • Fee: free of charge
G "Tips for Showcasing Watercolors in Fascinating Ways : Learn more about paper"

How can you display your watercolors in more interesting ways? Learn about the nature of paper to find out ways of making your paintings look more attractive.

  • Date and hours: August 14 (Thu.) 11:00-16:00
  • Target audience: High school students (up to 20 students)
  • Lecturer: Sakamoto Masami (Restorer, Lecturer at Tohoku University of Arts and Design)
  • Fee: free of charge
H "Paper Conservation"fully booked

Methods of restoring works on paper will be taught through lectures with demonstrations.

  • Date and hours: August 16 (Sat.) 13:30-15:30
  • Target audience: Over the age of 13 (up to 20 people)
  • Lecturer: Sakamoto Masami (Restorer, Lecturer at Tohoku University of Arts and Design)
  • Fee: free of charge

How to apply: Applications are on first-come first served basis

Applying for program A:
Call us (03-3828-5198) one week in advance of your group's visit to the museum to make reservations.
Applying for programs B to D:
Audience participation tickets will be distributed at the museum's Information Desk 30 minutes before each program begins.
Applying for programs E to H:
Send a reply-paid postcard to the address below. Include the following information: The relevant program code (E-H), your name, address and phone number. One postcard (application) should be sent per person.
Address:
"Joy of seeing and knowing" event section, National Museum of Western Art
7-7 Ueno Park, Taito-ku, Tokyo 110-0007

*All programs will be in Japanese only.

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Fun with Collection 2007

Joy of seeing and knowing—art history, market, and conservation course
July-August 2007

Are there any works you like best?
The more you like a work, the more you want to know about it, right?

The theme of Fun with Collection this year is to appreciate works deeply and thoroughly, which is one step beyond the previous year's goal. Participants of this program will be able to see works from the viewpoint of art history, the art market, and preservation and conservation. How have these works been appreciated during a long history? How did the works arrive at the museums or come into the hands of people after they were created? What should we do to keep the works in good condition? After learning much about these, you may find something new on the same works that you knew before this event. Please join us.

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