Sainsbury Institute for Art explained

The Sainsbury Institute for Art (SIfA) is based in the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts at the University of East Anglia in the United Kingdom.^[1]

Organization

The Sainsbury Institute for Art is an umbrella organization that brings together the activities and expertise of the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, the School of World Art Studies and Museology (WAM), the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures (SISJAC) and the Sainsbury Research Unit for the Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas (SRU).

"The Institute works to develop an integrated approach to art as a global phenomenon through a combination of disciplinary approaches, exhibitions and programming".^[2]

SIfA was officially opened on 16 November 2011. Neil MacGregor, Director of the British Museum, gave the inaugural lecture. The institute's study area was designed by Foster and Partners.^{[3] [4]}

Centre for Archaeology and Heritage

The Sainsbury Institute has among other divisions the Centre for Archaeology and Heritage which was established in 2011. The Centre focuses on research projects in the field of archaeology in Japan as well as the cultural heritage, working as a hub of researchers and students interested in the prehistoric to historic background of Japanese culture.

The Lisa Sainsbury Library

In 2003, the facilities of the Lisa Sainsbury Library was inaugurated by Orita Masaki, the Ambassador of Japan on the Norwich headquarters of the Sainsbury Institute. Researchers of Japanese studies can make appointment to use the library for reference books and digitized materials.^[5]

Management Board

Ex-officio Members

David Richardson, Vice-Chancellor, University of East Anglia (Chair)^[6]

Valerie Amos, Baroness Amos

Peter Hesketh

Elizabeth Esteve-Coll

Masatomo Kawai

Non-ex-officio Members

Tim Lankester KCB

Stephen McEnally

David Warren (diplomat)

Ex-officio Participating Observer

Sarah Barrow

Philip Gilmartin

Simon Kaner

Nicole Rousmaniere

Japan based non-ex-officio Participating Observer

Tadashi Kobayashi

Publications

• Book: Koshashin kenkyū = Old photography study. Nagasaki University Library. Historical Photography Study Group at Nagasaki University; Nagasaki University Library; Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures. 1994. Nagasaki, Japan. 835083993.
• Book: Jeffett, William. Alain Kirili, open form sculpture: exhibition. Pierson. Douglas. Kirili. Alain. Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts. French Institute (London, England). Talbot Rice Gallery. Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, University of East Anglia. 1994. 0946009198. Norwich, England. 8 April 2019.
• Book: セインズベリー日本藝術研究所年次報告書. Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures. Norwich, England. en, ja. Annual Report, Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures. 8 April 2019.
• Book: Births and rebirths in Japanese art: essays celebrating the inauguration of the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures. Hotei Pub. 2001. 9074822444. Rousmaniere. Nicole Coolidge. Hotei academic 1, European studies on Japan. Leiden. 8 April 2019.
• Kazari: decoration and display in Japan, 15th-19th centuries. Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures. en. Videodisc. Neil MacGregor (narrator); Eye to Eye Television (production). Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures. 2003. 8 April 2019.
• Book: Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures. Reflecting truth: Japanese photography in the nineteenth century. Nagasaki University Library. 2003. Koshashin kenkyū. Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures. 2. Nagasaki, Japan. Old photography study. 8 April 2019.
• Book: Carpenter, John T. Hokusai and his age: ukiyo-e painting, printmaking and book illustration in late Edo Japan. International Hokusai Research Centre, University of Venice. Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University. Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures. 2005. 9074822576. Amsterdam. en.
• Book: 21st Century COE Program: "Kyoto Art Entertainment Creation Research", Ritsumeikan University. Ten'nō no shiika to shōsoku: Shinkan ni miru shoshiki: Fujii Eikan bunko shozō. Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures. 2006. 490344600X. Kyoto

  Norwich, UK; London

  . ja, en. Imperial calligraphy of premodern Japan: scribal conventions for poems and letters from the palace: the Fujii Eikan Bunko collection. 8 April 2019.
• Book: Kinsella, Sharon. Gendainihon ni okeru dansei-tekina bunka-teki sōzō no naka no josei-teki hanran. Dai 4-kai Chino Kaori Kinen "Shinshiten" Kōen (Chino Kaori memorial "New Visions" lecture. Chūsei Nihon Kenkyūjo josei bukkyō bunka-shi kenkyū sentā. 2007. Rush. Barbara. Chūsei Nihon kenkyūjo.
• Book: Cortazzi, Hugh. Japan in late Victorian London: the Japanese native village in Knightsbridge and the Mikado, 1885. Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures. 2009. 9780954592110. Norwich. 8 April 2019.
• Book: Bailey, Douglass W. (Douglass Whitfield). Unearthed: a comparative study of Jōmon dogū and Neolithic figurines. Cochrane. Andrew. Zambelli. Jean. Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures: Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts: University of East Anglia; Arts and Humanities Research Council, San Francisco State University. 2010. 9780954592127. Norwich; Swindon; San Francisco. 8 April 2019.
• Book: Cortazzi, Hugh. Images of Japan, 1885-1912: scenes, tales and flowers. Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures. 2011. 9780954592134. Norwich. 8 April 2019.
• Book: Cortazzi, Hugh. A miscellany of Japanese sketch books and print albums (1840-1908). Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures. 2013. 9780954592141. Norwich.
• Book: Hirano, Akira. Japan: historical images: from the Cortazzi collection. Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures. 2013. Norwich. Wright. Simon. : an exhibition catalogue at Embassy of Japan in London, between 24 June and 18 July 2013

External links

• News: The Sainsbury Institute for Art. 28 September 2016. sifa.uea.ac.uk.
• The School of World Art Studies & Museology, UEA
• Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, UEA
• Sainsbury Research Unit for the Arts of Africa, Oceania & the Americas, UEA
• Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures
• Neil MacGregor's SIfA Inaugural Lecture

__FORCETOC__

Notes and References

1. Web site: About us. Sainsbury Institute.
2. Web site: The Gatsby Charitable Foundation. Sainsbury Arts Institutes . 23 March 2012.
3. Web site: World Architecture News. An Icon Reimagined . 14 March 2012.
4. Book: Foster Associates (London, England). Foster Associates : recent works. Foster. Norman. 1992. Academy Editions, St. Martin's Press . ja. Crescent Wing, Sainsbury Centre for the Visual Arts, Norwich. 8 April 2019.
5. Web site: Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures Lisa Sainsbury Library. en. 8 April 2019.
6. Web site: Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures Management Board. en. 2019-04-08.