Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts

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[6]

Peter Hesketh[6]

Elizabeth Esteve-Coll[6]

Masatomo Kawai[6]

Non-ex-officio Members

Tim Lankester KCB[6]

Stephen McEnally[6]

David Warren (diplomat)[6]

Ex-officio Participating Observer

Sarah Barrow[6]

Philip Gilmartin[6]

Simon Kaner[6]

Nicole Rousmaniere[6]

Japan based non-ex-officio Participating Observer

Tadashi Kobayashi[6]

Publications

The SIfA mezzanine designed by Foster + Partners

References

  1. ^ "About us". Sainsbury Institute.
  2. ^ "Sainsbury Arts Institutes". The Gatsby Charitable Foundation. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  3. ^ "An Icon Reimagined". World Architecture News. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
  4. ^ Foster Associates (London, England); Foster, Norman (1992). "Crescent Wing, Sainsbury Centre for the Visual Arts, Norwich". Foster Associates : recent works (in Japanese). Academy Editions , St. Martin's Press. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  5. ^ "Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures | Lisa Sainsbury Library". Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures | Management Board". Retrieved 8 April 2019.

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