The Thirty-second Children’s Art Exhibition at MOA Museum of Art
About MOA Museum of Art Children's Art Exhibition
The 32nd Children’s Art Exhibition
As Japan, like many other countries, moves fast into highly diversified society through globalization and changing demography, our children need to develop adaptive strengths. School education must play a pivotal role in ensuring that children have ample opportunities to develop intellectual abilities and emotional sensitivities, as well as attain sound physical growth, all in good balance.
The Children’s Art Exhibition is a program which MOA Museum of Art organizes as an opportunity in which school children can develop their perceptive minds and creativity by expressing, through paintings or calligraphy, their inner experiences as they learn from the natural environment, social communities, and social activities.
Creative activities can be outlets of their disposition to make their dreams come true or to achieve their goals. The Exhibition also serves as an opportunity for these children to foster an awareness of their own national cultures by discovering what other entrants have brought to the forum. These experiences will be invaluable assets for them with their future endeavors in culturally diverse contexts.
This initiative is supported by countless volunteers throughout the country. These people communicate and work with various individuals and groups in their local communities to organize events to exhibit children’s artworks at nursing homes, community centers, and other venues. They also offer educational programs for local residents on appreciating arts. Their efforts are very important to bring schools, families, and communities together to support children’s sound development as well as to lay foundation for a vibrant society.
Despite the coronavirus pandemic that has imposed various restraints on our lives for some time, the 32nd Children’s Art Exhibition has had 238 local initiatives for participation, including 14 in 7 countries beside Japan. A total of 165,061 entries were made, and the number of schools involved was 4,884. Each initiative selected their best entries to enroll in the national contest, where a panel of judges has chosen the works to be included in the exhibition at the Museum. The prize-winning paintings and calligraphies are displayed in the dedicated gallery area in the museum. We hope that you enjoy and be pleasantly surprised by the children’s unique and enchanting perceptiveness and creativity.
We are grateful to all those who contributed to making the exhibition possible. We will continue these efforts to ensure children of future generations will enjoy, in their turn, cultivating their ideas and attaining their goals through this initiative.
MOA Museum of Art
Event Dates
January 8 to February 16, 2022
300 prize-winning paintings and calligraphies are exhibited in the gallery at the Circular Hall
Organizer
Mokichi Okada Art and Culture Foundation (MOA Museum of Art)
Supporters
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA)
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW)
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF)
Ministry of the Environment (MOE)
Japanese National Commission for UNESCO
Japan PTA Association
The National Association for the Education of Young Children
Scout Association of Japan
Japan Newspaper Press Council
The Association of NIKKEI & Japanese Abroad, and
National Association of Elementary School Principals
Participants
238 local initiatives, including 14 in 7 countries beside Japan, culminated in a total of 165,061 entries from across the world.
Prizes were awarded to 300 entrants.
A total of 4,884 schools were involved.
The panel of judges
Drawing Section
KOBAYASHI, Yasuyo (Dept. for Curriculum Development, MEXT)
TANIYAMA, Kazuya (Child and Family Policy Bureau, MHLW)
YAHAGI, Kazunari (Nature Conservation Bureau, MOE)
OKADA, Kyoko (Tokyo Kasei University)
MURAKAMI, Hisanori (Vice-president, International Pacific University)
ENDO, Tomoyoshi (Advisor to the Children’s Art Exhibition)
Calligraphy Section
TOYOGUCHI, Kazushi (Dept. for Curriculum Development, MEXT; Bunkyo University)
OTSUKA, Kentaro (Dept. of Curriculum Development, MEXT)
TANIYAMA, Kazuya (Child and Family Policy Bureau, MHLW)
YAHAGI, Kazunari (Nature Conservation Bureau, MOE)
NAGANO, Hideaki (Prof. Emeritus, Tokyo Gakugei University)
KATO, Yasuhiro (Tokyo Gakugei University)
Group Participation
TOYOGUCHI, Kazushi (Dept. for Curriculum Development, MEXT; Bunkyo University)
KOBAYASHI, Yasuyo (Dept. for Curriculum Development, MEXT)
TANIYAMA, Kazuya (Child and Family Policy Bureau, MHLW)
NAGANO, Hideaki (Prof. Emeritus, Tokyo Gakugei University)
KATO, Yasuhiro (Tokyo Gakugei University)
ENDO, Tomoyoshi (Advisor to the Children’s Art Exhibition)
SAITO, Yasuhiko (Mokichi Okada Art and Culture Foundation)
AWARDS
Drawing Section (220 winners)
- MEXT Awards: 6 winners
- MOFA Awards: 3 winners
- MHLW Award: 1 winner
- MAFF Award: 1 winner
- MoE Award: 1 winner
- PTA Award: 1 winner
- The National Association for the Education of Children (NAEC) Award: 1 winner
- The Scout Association of Japan Award: 1 winner
- Judge Panel Awards: 2 winners
- Gold Prizes: 5 winners
- Silver Prizes: 18 winners
- Bronze Prizes: 30 winners
- Runners Up Prizes: 150 winners
Calligraphy Section (80 winners)
- MEXT Awards: 6 winners
- MHLW Award: 1 winner
- MAFF Award: 1 winner
- MoE Award: 1 winner
- PTA Award: 1 winner
- NAEC Award: 1 winner
- The Scout Association of Japan Award: 1 winner
- Judge Panel Award: 1 winner
- Gold Prizes: 2 winners
- Silver Prizes: 5 winners
- Bronze Prizes: 10 winners
- Runners Up Prizes: 50 winners
Group Participation
- MEXT School Awards: 6 winners
- MHLW Local Organizer Awards: 2 winners
⇒Links to Children’s Art Exhibition Local Organizer Groups
Get involved!
You can support our Children’s Art Exhibition and other activities of the Museum with your donations.
