Professor Nakajima walking around the dyeing section of recent seminar exhibition
Student gathering at Nakajima seminar roomFor many years, Nakajima silk print seminar has been the pride of art and design department at Dohto University in the suburb of Sapporo Japan where I taught sculpture before returning to Oregon. Its silk screen print program is probably one of the strongest, if not the best in entire Japan. Each year its students and graduates participate in numerous exhibitions and win many regional, national and even international awards in print competitions. Few years ago, there was one, Shuhei-kun who even won the grand prize in international competition in India with an award of trip to there. Together with professor Katsuhiro Naito, who is one of the leading lithograph printer in northern Japan teaching lithograph and etching and young stars, Izumon Mikami teaching dyeing and woodcut print and Morisako-kun teaching illustration, Dohto University probably has the best print program in northern Japan. I hope school realizes that and give them full support.
The heart of Nakajima seminar is its huge, annual seminar exhibition and photo above shows the recent seminar exhibition and gathering of students at Nakajima seminar room. When I was at Dohto, Nakajima seminar was almost always filled with students that its almost like they were working and partying at the same time. And looking at the photos that Mai Mai Sugimoto sent me lately, that has not changed.
私がオレゴンに帰る前教えていた道都大学の美術部でもっとも活躍していたのは中島プリントゼミだった。おそらく、この分野では全国でも最も優れたプログラムか少なくてもその一つだろう。 毎年中島ゼミの学生や卒業生たちは様々な展示会に参加したり、、地方や国内そして国際のプリント大会にも参加し、多くの賞をもらっている。数年前はインドの国際大会で大賞をもらった学生もいた。そのゼミの中心活動がゼミ展で今年も１２月に開いたらしい（上の写真）。私が道都で彫刻を教えていたころは中島ゼミ室にはいつも学生たちが集まっており、パーティをしながら仕事をしているようににぎやかで生徒たちは楽しんで制作しているようだった。ある札幌の教育大学から卒業後シルクプリントを学びに来学生は「毎日が祭りの中で作業しているようだ」とどう反応すればいいのかわからないように言っていた。最近、卒業生の杉本マイから送ってきた写真（上）を見ると昔とかわらないようだ。中島先生も元気でいるよう。
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