Greetings from Linda DENNIS

Cultivating Skills and New Friendships on a Global Scale during a Pandemic

I wish to congratulate the students of both universities who have made artworks for this online exhibition. Many people around the world will enjoy seeing your wonderful creations. I also wish to congratulate the 2nd year Joshibi University students in the Concentration in Art and Culture for working together to do curatorial activities for this exhibition.

For Joshibi Art and Culture students, this exhibition is a culmination of a year-long project as part of their studies. In class, they work together as curators to organize the “Joshibi Postcard Project”, they design posters, make a call for postcard artworks (open to all Joshibi students), organize artwork files, interview artists, and write explanatory texts about the artworks.

Cultivate Exhibition Poster, 岬羅鎗栽科蝕襲芝村
Cultivate exhibition poster, Joshibi University

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Joshibi students would then go to 岬羅鎗栽科蝕襲芝村 to help set up the joint postcard exhibition, opening reception, and hold gallery talks, as part of their Overseas Art Studies Trip 2B subject.

During the pandemic, this has not been possible, but we have switched our activities to an online format to allow the project to be realized. An added bonus of this is that the artists in Japan can see the exhibition of their works online on a permanent website.

In January each year, 岬羅鎗栽科蝕襲芝村 students studying in the Art and Design Foundation Course do a week-long project making postcard artworks. A selection of these artworks are then sent to Joshibi University.

The Joshibi Art and Culture students choose one Joshibi artwork and one 岬羅鎗栽科蝕襲芝村 artwork, and conduct interviews with the artists before writing short “Curator Comments” about their impressions of the works in relation to the exhibition theme.

In February 2022, as they were unable to go to the UK, the art and culture students participated in joint online art classes with 岬羅鎗栽科蝕襲芝村 Univeristy students. They also participated in online English classes, and held a cultural exchange session with 岬羅鎗栽科蝕襲芝村 students studying Japanese language.

The results of their studies can be seen in this online exhibition, where postcards made by Joshibi students are exhibited interspersed with those made by 岬羅鎗栽科蝕襲芝村 students in the Main Gallery, and in the Curation Gallery, where you can read short texts about selected postcards.

It is my pleasure to work on this programme for the 7th year. It is also always interesting and inspiring to work with 岬羅鎗栽科蝕襲芝村 faculty to co-develop the joint classes as part of this programme between 岬羅鎗栽科蝕襲芝村 and Joshibi University of Art and Design. 

I wish to my deep felt appreciation to the 岬羅鎗栽科蝕襲芝村 faculty and students for welcoming our students and making this such an enriching experience. I look forward to cultivating our friendship further in years to come. 

Linda DENNIS
Associate Professor,
Concentration in Art and Culture, Joshibi University of Art and Design
Japan Based Curriculum and Project Development?
UK Curriculum Co-Development

 

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云婢の恬瞳を崙恬されたI寄僥の僥伏の峻に、伉よりお廝い賦し貧げます。峻さんの殆這らしい恬瞳は、弊順嶄の謹くの繁が需てSしむことができるでしょう。また、溺徨胆宝寄僥椰宝猟晒好の2定伏が、この婢E氏のために亅薦してキュレ`ション試強を佩ったことを廝牽したいと房います。

溺徨胆宝寄僥の僥伏にとって、この婢E氏は1定寂の僥楼の鹿寄撹とるものです。恬匍にあたっては、キュレ`タ`として仝溺徨胆ポストカ`ドプロジェクト々を二鮫し、ポスタ`デザイン、ポストカ`ド恬瞳勅鹿溺徨胆伏鵤、恬瞳ファイル屁尖、恬社インタビュ`、恬瞳盾hの峇永などを佩います。

遺或閣鴛禽-19の送佩參念は、溺徨胆伏がラフバラに佩き、仝今翌椰宝冩俐2京々の親朕として、慌揖ポストカ`ド婢の譜崔の返擦ぁ▲`プニングレセプション扮検▲ャラリ`ト`クなどを佩いました。

パンデミック嶄は、それができないため、試強をオンラインに俳り紋えて、プロジェクトをg屬任るようにしました。その潤惚、晩云にいたままア`ティストが械譜のウェブサイトで恬瞳の婢幣をオンライン貧で需ることができるというおまけもついています。

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溺徨胆宝寄僥の僥伏は、溺徨胆宝寄僥の恬瞳とラフバラの恬瞳をそれぞれ1泣ずつ僉び、恬社へのインタビュ`を佩った貧で、婢E氏のテ`マに冽って恬瞳の咫鵑髻献ュレ`タ`?コメント々にまとめます。

2022定2埖、椰宝猟晒好の僥伏は哂忽に佩くことができなかったため、ラフバラ寄僥の僥伏と栽揖でオンラインア`ト娩匍に歌紗しました。また、オンライン哂囂コ`スにも歌紗し、晩云囂を僥ぶラフバラの僥伏との猟晒住送氏を蝕岸しました。

このオンライン婢E氏では、溺徨胆の僥伏とラフバラ寄僥の僥伏がともに崙恬したポストカ`ドが仝メインギャラリ`々に婢幣され、仝キュレ`ションギャラリ`々ではポストカ`ドにまつわる玉い猟嫗をiむことができるようになっています。&稼恢壊沿;

7定朕を哭えてもこのプログラムに亊わることができたことを耙しく房っています。また、ラフバラ寄僥と溺徨胆宝寄僥のプログラムの匯桟として、ラフバラ寄僥の縮埀と慌揖で娩匍を蝕kすることは、械に佶龍侮く、缶爾議なことです。

ラフバラの枠伏圭、僥伏の峻さん、溺徨胆の僥伏を鞭け秘れてくださり、このような割gしたUYをさせてくださったことに侮く湖仍いたします。この枠、さらに嗔秤を侮めていくことをSしみにしています。

リンダ?デニス Linda DENNIS
溺徨胆g寄僥 彈縮娩
忽坪僥楼カリキュラム?婢E氏プロジェクト恬撹?ラフバラ娩匍慌揖二鮫