History

History of art for the hospital project

2002
  • Inaugurated by volunteer students and graduated students of junior college at Nagoya Zokei University  of Art & Design. Started as extracurricular activity in collaboration with Aichi Koseiren Asuke Hospital.
2003
  • Reorganized as a project of the social exchange center at Nagoya Zokei University of Art & Design.
  • Started a coordinate team to rent artworks by constructing a artists network both inside and outside the  campus.
  • Held a friendly art exhibition at Zone Gallery in Aichi (re-exhibit in a gallery space the artworks exhibited  at hospital)
2004
  • Began to work by the request of Komaki City Hospital (under consignment contract)
  • Started a design research team in response to the request of the hospital.
  • Applied for the proposal competition at Art Festival to the Earth, Echigo-Tumari Art Triennial 2006, and selected as a prospective artist.
2005
  • Continued activities at Asuke Hospital and Komaki City Hospital.
  • Held a Friendly Art Exhibition at Gallery Do, Aichi (Panel exhibition of the photos showing the arts within  the hospital)
2006
  • Continued activities at Asuke Hospital and Komaki City Hospital.
  • Participated in Arts Festival to the Earth Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2006.
  • Started a collaboration project (private) with Niigata Prefectural Tookamachi Hospital. *Activity already finished.
2007
  • Continued activities at Asuke Hospital and Komaki City Hospital.
  • Design research team installed, on 60 beds at Asuke Hospital, the bedside multi-tool boxes “My Personal  Art Museum” developed jointly. Deployed postcards workshops for the multi-tool box at various places.
  • Started an activity at the Child Development Center Chiyoda. Deployed a expression workshop for school  aged children with special needs.
  • Selected as a support program for contemporary educational needs (called GendaiGP) of the Ministry of  Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.