TNUA’s School of Fine Arts hosted the “2011 International
Forum for Art Education in Asia” (2011
FAEA) on May 5, bringing together scholars from Asia to
discuss such issues as globalized cross-disciplinary trends
in contemporary art and the influence of arts education.
The event also positioned itself as a cross-cultural,
cross-region and cross-community platform for arts institutions
share their experiences in arts education.
The forum served also as a prelude to the “HaikuSculpture
2011” exhibition, which opened on May 6 at
the Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts (KdMoFA), featuring
artists from 26 arts universities from five countries.
Six sessions were featured in 2011 FAEA that focused
on three themes: “Globalization of interdisciplinary vs.
Modern art education in Asia”; “In-between Asian Culture
Differentiation & Art Education Form”; “The strategy
& completion for Academic Art Education in Korea.
The speakers included: Prof. Takeda Mituyuki from
Tama Art University, Japan; Prof. Kamijo Fumiho, chairman
of Sculpture Department, Okinawa Prefectural Uni-versity of Arts, Japan; Prof. Thattchai Hongpaeng from
Chiang Mai University, Thailand; Prof. Liu Po-Chun,
chair of Sculpture Department, National Taiwan University
of Arts; Prof. Lee Soo Hong from HongIk University;
and Prof. Kim Jung Hee, dean of College of Art, Sung
Shin Women’s University
Prof. Takeda noted that learning art is like climbing
mountains: when you reach the top of a hill you find that
another mountain is awaiting. He hopes that all young
artists can do their utmost while still young and create
the works that they want. Prof. Kamijo noted how his department,
with only 30 students, overcame the shortcomings
of its small size by extending its reach to the community
Prof. Lee explained the philosophy of his school’s new
enrolment strategy which emphasizes applicants’ creativity,
adaptability, leadership and power of observation
rather than techniques. Prof. Kim, using Korea’s arts curriculum
as an illustration, stressed that university education
should focus on ways to help students discover their
potentials.