As a part of the course of study, MAU invites specialists active in Japan and abroad in their respective fields, to give lectures and hold critiques as visiting professors. To date prominent artists and designers have conducted numerous lectures, critiques, open symposiums, etc., on a wide variety of topics.
The visiting professor program also encompasses theme-based workshops, and experiments in collaborative art making and critiques.
Visiting Professors 2016
Kate Burnett
U.K. / Theatre Designer, Reader in Theatre Design at Nottingham Trent University
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- April 18th to 22nd, 2016
Tricia Austin
U.K. / Research Leader and Course Leader in MA Narrative Environments, The Spatial Practices Programme at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London
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- May 16th to 21st, 2016
Chen Qiang
China / Associate Professor of Department of Art at Shanghai Jianfeng College
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- 6 days during June 27th to July 8th, 2016
Scott Eaton
U.K. / Director of Eaton Media Limited
Rebecca Wade
U.K. / Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at Henry Moore Institute
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- July 11th to 16th, 2016
Laurence Madrelle
France / Director of LM Communiquer
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- September 12th to 17th, 2016
Ingrid Ledent
Belgium / Artist, Professor at Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp
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- September 23rd to 29th, 2016
Scott Darlington
U.S.A / Pratt Fine Arts Center Studio Manager, Glass Artist
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- October 11th to 15th, 2016
Philip Samartzis
Australia / Associate Professor of School of Art at RMIT University
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- November 28th to December 3rd, 2016