The Japanese painting has changed in long time as it takes in foreign fine arts. Especially, the Japanese painting was deeply influenced by Western modern fine arts and changed rapidly. However, on the other side, an original attraction such as the beauty of a line or margin and symbolic expression has been lost recently. This course aims to broaden and deepen students' horizon from classic to modern, and from the West to the East, Japanwhile looking back upon the history of Japanese painting once again and going back to the starting point in order to develop the radical possibility that Japanese paintings has naturally, aim modern Japanese paintings which can be accepted internationally and pursue creative self-expression which is not limited by the stereotype.

This course aims to broaden the possibility of expression by experiencing various techniques and materials.
In the freshman year, basic education such as treatment of materials and description is thoroughly performed. In the sophomore year, students experience other fieldworks. On the junior year, students are divided into three classes and learn sketching and classic technique research, etc. in seminar-like system. Moreover, all classes help to broaden students' knowledge about techniques and materials and enhance the contents of pictures.

Oil Painting Course

To draw a picture considering the meaning of life
In this course, students verify the 20th century's expression of pictures and study the scheme of pictures while connecting it to the social background and phenomenon of the time when the work was produced. In drawing oil painting pictures, it is encouraged to do so while being strongly aware of a relationship with the modern society, and considering the meaning of life besides delving into internal stock. In fine arts research, each writer's ways of thinking and work process are studied, and making a portfolio and presentation training are performed.

Sculpture Course

3-dimensional molding cannot be impressive artistic expression by just making solid things. It is essential to include our own world on solid things and to stir up imagination of watchers. In this course, basis for molding is studied in the first year and lessons that heighten sensitivity, invoke experience and memory, and connect them to creation are performed. For example, students go to mountain stream to search motifs such as driftwood, or go out to a town with a recorder to gather various sounds. Like this, an image is evoked by experiences and the form is considered. Through lessons using five senses, students open themselves and develop "the power to feel".

From the third year, Students chose one seminar and explore their theme.
In the junior or senior year, students can chose one seminar teacher freely, develop individuality and quality, and explore their theme by taking communication with him/her and touching quality as a writer. On the other hand, a clear frame is given to work desire increasing for four years, and a research note is made as training that develops the thinking power to molding. Moreover, the curriculum where students can experience exhibitions and workshops outside the universityis performed. For example, students participate in the lesson of a glass studio at the town artist residence of Kanazu-cho, Fukui. Through the work production program produced in local activation or an industry-government-academia joint project, students work graduation productions, while growing up socially.

Ceramics Course

In this course, students concentrate on manufacturing "works" which heighten and develop human life.
To make vessels and ornaments by kneading and burning clay has been one of the irreplaceableand valuable deeds from immemorial time. It is the collaboration between the "human" and "clay" given from nature, and human attitude toward ceramic art is unchangeable in all times. For our life, ceramics is required most and makes human life brilliant. This course nurtures students who can manufacture the "work"that truly heighten and develop human life, not just the ceramic arts with the empty "beauty" away from human life nor the formalistic and conceptual "vessels" and "works".

This course adopts the studio system, the style where techniques and knowledge are handed down.
Predecessors' techniques and knowledge have been handed down from a long time ago. This course adopts the studio system so that various techniques, thoughts, and attitudes toward works handed down, learned and accumulated, can be passed on effectively in this traditional town, Kyoto. In the freshman year students can chose "vessel studio" or "clay-work studio" by every person's concern and awareness of issues and pursue each expression there. However, students can also changetheir studio in the junior year. Moreover, the studio is irrespective of age. All years'students work in the same studio so that they can learn various techniques and ways of thought and attitudes toward works.

Textile Course

Regarding experience as important, students do the dyeing of textile from the freshman year.
Textile is the most familiar material for human life. In this course, various long-established expressions are studied, andthe beauty of the dyeing and weaving with materials, techniques and designs is pursued. This course's specialty is that experience is regarded as important. So, this course offers the basic educational curriculum where students can actually dye and weave in a studio from the freshman year. In the sophomore year, this course offers the chance of learning in another course and workshops such as dyeing with a frame, a wooden frame machine and a basket, in order to expand the width of self-expression. After the junior year, each student tries a free work with his/her own theme or new concept's "textile" by collaboration between industry and academic. By doing this, students seek textile work suited to modern age.

Using a geographical advantage of Kyoto, students can learn worldwide textile.
Kyoto has been called the capital of textile for many years and is full of textile culture without parallel in the world. Taking the advantage of this special environment, students study worldwide textile from many aspects on a campus of Kyoto. For example, many artists and researchers of textile visit Kyoto from overseas every year. By using these chances, this course offers the special lectureswhere students can know the foreign situation of textile. Moreover, this course also gives chances of visiting studios of artists and touring the traditional industry or production area of textile. In Kyoto, the exhibitions of high quality textile are held all the year round in some art galleries and art museums. In such Kyoto, students can extend the view of textile and study while gaining new inspiration.