The application deadline is approaching on Wednesday, October 15th.
The application deadline is approaching on Wednesday, October 15.
https://www.geijutsu.tsukuba.ac.jp/~awa/
Application information is here.
Application Guide
https://www.geijutsu.tsukuba.ac.jp/~awa/Pages/guide.html
The High School Student Art Writer Award is an essay contest that develops the ability to think and communicate about art in one's own words.
2024: English Essay Contest
2025: Japanese Essay Contest
2025 assignment: Write your thoughts about art in Japanese of no more than 2000 characters.
Recruitment theme
Creative experience / Art exploration / Art support
Application deadline: Wednesday, September 2025, 10
Results announcement February 2026 on the web (planned)
Award (Certificate, art supplies provided by partner companies, commemorative gifts from the university)
3 Grand Prize Winners / 17 Excellence Prize Winners / 30 Selected Prize Winners / School Prize Winners
The Art Writer Award for High School Students is an essay contest on art.
It allows students to develop the ability to convey their ideas and think about art in their own words.
2024: Contest of essays in English
2025: Contest of essays in Japanese
2025: Write an essay about your view on art in Japanese within 2000 characters.
Topic Themes
Creative Experience / Work Research / Artistic Support
Application Deadline: Wednesday, October 15, 2025
Announcement of Results: March 2026 (online)
Awards: Grand Prize – 3 entries / Award for Excellence – 17 entries / Winning Entries – 30 entries / School Award
The winners will receive certificates, art materials provided by the sponsor, and some university gifts.
Tsukuba University Art and Design 50th Anniversary Project
Exhibition Information
Exhibition title:
"Expanding research into arts support"
Studies in Art Environment Support: Practices in Education and Society
Session:
April 2025, 4 (Monday) - May 7, 5 (Thursday) 29:9-00:17
Closed: Saturdays, Sundays, and public holidays
For inquiries, please contact the University Hall Office (TEL: 029-853-7959)
Access: Kanto Railway Bus: Tsukuba University Central bound or Tsukuba University Circulator Bus "University Hall 
Get off
Venue:
Tsukuba University Art Space (inside the University Hall)
If you come by car, please use the visitor parking lot.
Overview:
This exhibition will focus on graduates and those who have completed their studies in the field of arts support, and will introduce the research and practices they have undertaken through panel displays and materials.
Please take a look at the diverse approaches being implemented in the fields of education and society.
Tsukuba University Art and Design 50th Anniversary Project
Organized by: University of Tsukuba Art Support Lab
Download flyer:Expanding research into arts support
In the High School Student Art Writer Award,Collection of Excellent WorksHas been released.
The Grand Prize and Excellence Prize winning works can be viewed in PDF format.
The Art Writer Award for High School Students:the collection of award-winning essays from the previous contest is now available.
You can view the Grand Prize and Excellence Award entries in PDF format.
10th Collection of Excellent Works from High School Student Art Writers (PDF)
Award-winning essays from the 10th Art Writer Award for High School Students (PDF)
View all past award-winning works
View all past collections of award-winning essays
