Intellect

Makoto Ishikawa is Professor of Art Education at the Graduate School of Education, Kyoto University of Education, Japan. He researches art appreciation for lifelong learning. His research focuses on advancing the collaboration between schools and museums. In 2008, he carried out the trial exhibition, Between Kaku (Writing) & Kaku (Drawing): Children and the MOMAK Collection at the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto in collaboration with the museum, his seminar students and schoolteachers. His ongoing project is to expand a range of context for art appreciation through creating opportunities for children to encounter with contemporary art and calligraphy. He was on the bord of InSEA Osaka, 2008.