In retrospect: Art education program for students a success in 2014

For many years now, the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum has engaged in community outreach initiatives, with our art education program for young people of all ages among the most prominent of them.

In 2014, 1,392 students from 18 elementary and junior high schools in the Hachioji area took part in our program, which offers free tours of our exhibitions, including visits to “backyard” operations and other activities rarely extended to a general viewership. The 2014 attendance figure was some 500 more than in 2013, while the number of participating schools also grew by eight over last year.

And by sponsoring a work experience program for university-level students and hosting a variety of school vacation events, our Museum welcomed a total of 1,882 youth, for a total of more than 3,000 students over the past two years.

As successful as such programs have been, TFAM looks forward to enriching existing initiatives and developing new ones so that many more young people can feel more familiar with and interested in art and in the museums that exhibit the priceless cultural works of humanity.