Symposium to Commemorate 130th Anniversary of Artist Takeo Takei's Birth September 15 at Canora Hall, Okaya City Cultural Center, Nagano, Japan
~ The 130th anniversary of the artist Takeo Takei's birth, we will explore the essence of his art~.
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Okaya City Hall, Nagano Prefecture, will hold the "Symposium Commemorating the 130th Anniversary of Takeo Takei's Birth" on Sunday, September 15, 2012, under the theme "Approaching the Essence of Takei's Art.
Takeo Takei, who celebrates the 130th anniversary of his birth this year, is a representative artist of Okaya City (Nagano Prefecture), Japan. He created the term "children's picture" himself, aiming to create "pictures that touch children's hearts. He is a representative artist of Okaya City (Nagano Prefecture).
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■Event Details
Takeo Takei created a wide range of works, from children's drawings, prints, and published books to toys, poems, and children's stories. How were these works of art born, and how should they be evaluated in the future? In talks with experts in various genres, we will explore the essence of "Takei's art.
Background
Takeo Takei celebrates the 130th anniversary of his birth in 2024. Since the last symposium was held 10 years ago, new discoveries and research have been made. With talks by various experts, we will consider Takei's art once again.
■Outline of Implementation
Title: Symposium Commemorating the 130th Anniversary of Takei Takeo's Birth
Date and Time: Sunday, September 15, 13:15-16:45 (tentative)
Reception desk opens at 12:45
Venue : Okaya City Cultural Hall, Canora Hall, Small Hall
(8-1 Saiwai-cho, Okaya City, Nagano Prefecture, 394-0029 Japan)
Access: 15-minute walk from Okaya Station on the JR Chuo Main Line / 10 minutes from Okaya IC on the Nagano Expressway
Admission: Free
Conditions of Participation : No application required
Capacity : 200 people
Sponsor ： Okaya City, Ilf Children's Museum of Art, Okaya Culture Promotion Foundation
■ Program
12:45 Doors open
13:15 Concert begins
Greeting / Tadashi Fujisawa (Deputy Mayor of Okaya City)
Keynote Speech / Takeshi Matsumoto "The Wit and Humor of Takeo Takei
(10 min. break)
14:10 Research presentation by Nanako Inuzuka
14:35 Talk by the Director of the Ilf Museum of Children's Art / Yuko Takezako, Naoko Nakui
(10 min. break) 15:30 Research presentation by Nanako Endo
15:30 Research presentation by Chieko Endo
Discussion with the Director of the Ilf Museum of Children's Art／Mika Kawanishi
16:15 Q&A
16:30 Greeting / Yoshiro Yamagishi
16:45 Closing of the lecture
Profile of lecturers
Takeru Matsumoto (Standing Advisor, Chihiro Art Museum)
Born in 1951. Founded Chihiro Art Museum Tokyo in 1977 and Chihiro Art Museum Azumino in 1997. He has served as director of the Chihiro Art Museum Tokyo, director of the Nagano Prefectural Museum of Art, and president of the Picture Book Society of Japan. Her books include "Iwasaki Chihiro" (Kodansha), "From the Window of Chihiro Art Museum" (Kamogawa Shuppan), and "Why I created Azumino Chihiro Art Museum" (Shin Nihon Shuppansha), and her picture books "White Horse" (Kodansha) and "The Child from Fukushima" (Iwasaki Shoten).
Yuko Takezako (Director, Iwasaki Chihiro Memorial Foundation)
Yuko Takezako joined the foundation in 1984, and has worked at the Azumino Chihiro Art Museum (Nagano Prefecture) since 1996. As a curator, she is in charge of exhibitions both inside and outside the museum, and is involved in the collection of artworks and international exchange. Author of "Hatsuyama Shigeru Eien no Modernist", "Chihiro no Showa", "Chihiro Diary" (Kawade Shobo Shinsha), "A Journey to Visit Chihiro" (Shin Nihon Shuppansha), and others. She is a member of the Picture Book Committee of the National School Library Association, a board member of JBBY, and a board member of the Tokyo Children's Library.
Naoko Nakui (Book Designer)
Born in 1976, Naoko Nakui graduated from Musashino Art University in 1997. She won the 45th Kodansha Publishing Culture Award Book Design Prize in 2014 and the Bronze Medal in the BEST BOOK DESIGN FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD in 2022.
Chieko Endo (Research Assistant, Center for the Study of Children's Culture, Shirayuri Women's College)
Born in 1982. She is a researcher of Takeo Takei and children's paintings. D. from Shirayuri Women's University. The title of her doctoral dissertation is "Takeo Takei's Creative Activities and the Formation of 'Children's Drawings'". After working as a school librarian in Yokohama, she currently works as a part-time assistant at the Research Center for Children's Culture at Shirayuri Women's University. She is also a part-time lecturer at Aoyama Gakuin University and other universities.
Yoshiro Yamagishi (Director, Ilf Museum of Children's Art)
Mika Kawanishi (Curator, Ilf Museum of Children's Art)
Nanako Inuzuka (Curator, Ilf Museum of Children's Art)
Company Profile
Company Name: Nagano Prefecture Okaya City Hall
Location: 8-1 Saiwaicho, Okaya City, Nagano Prefecture
Representative: Kazuma Hayade, Mayor of Okaya City
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