Okutama Forest Ikimono Exhibition: Sculptures and Living Things of Tama Tama
Business Overview
Aiming to realize a society in harmony with local communities, a place was created where users of Tokyo Tama Gakuen, a support facility for people with intellectual disabilities, foreign staff, local children, and artists could interact through artistic activities.
Tomohiro Nagahata, an art artist, created a collaborative work on the theme of "living things" through workshops for facility users and with local residents, carefully building relationships. In addition, the art club held regularly at the facility was managed by foreign staff and became a place for continuous creative activities.
The works created in this way were displayed in the forest space where the users were growing the raw wood shiitake mushrooms, and were presented in the open-air exhibition "Okutama Mori Ikimono Exhibition: Sculptures and Living Things of Tamatama Tamashii".
During the exhibition, visitors participated in dance workshops and shiitake mushroom work, creating a variety of exchanges.
- Period of Activity / Project
- [Workshop] Tuesday, September 23, 2025, Monday, February 2, 2026, Tuesday, March 3
[Outdoor Exhibition] Friday, March 20, 2026 - Sunday, March 22 - Venues
- Tokyo Tama Gakuen
Profile
[Social Welfare Corporation Furusato Fukuseikai Tokyo Tama Gakuen]
A support facility for the mentally challenged located in Okutama.
As a residential facility, it provides daily nursing care, and under daytime activities mainly cultivating raw wood shiitake mushrooms, the users and staff work together on daily tasks.
In addition, in order to realize a symbiotic society, the company actively engages in exchanges with the local community through the Shiitake Harvest Festival and the opening of the cafe restaurant "SAKA". At the same time, they also engage in cultural activities and expand opportunities for exchange through expression and creation.