President Adi Stern of Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design visited Tokyo University of the Arts (TUA) with a delegation of academics and students of his institution from the end of January to the beginning of February.

TUA and Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design have already paid several visits to each other, but a plan to rapidly increase mutual exchange of students and staff between two institutions has been drafted, backed by a decision of the Japanese ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology to provide support for our plan under the 2015 Enhancing Global Competitiveness in Higher Education project.

This visit was organized concurrently with the Graduation Works Exhibition by our Faculty of Fine Arts, during which various activities were planned and implemented including a visit to the exhibition by the Israeli group and a subsequent public talk by students of both institutions. A lecture to introduce Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design was also held.

We held an in-depth discussion about our future activities and also deepened our already established friendship through a convivial party. At the successful completion of the visit, we were determined to further promote academic collaboration between TUA and Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, and eventually cultural diplomacy between Japan and Israel.

Left：Dean Hoshina Right：President Adi Stern

<![CDATA[]]>