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.
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".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.
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.
Management Board Ex-officio Members
David Richardson, Vice-Chancellor, University of East Anglia (Chair)
Valerie Amos, Baroness Amos
Peter Hesketh
Elizabeth Esteve-Coll
Masatomo Kawai
Non-ex-officio Members
Tim Lankester KCB
Stephen McEnally
David Warren (diplomat)
Ex-officio Participating Observer
Sarah Barrow
Philip Gilmartin
Simon Kaner
Nicole Rousmaniere
Japan based non-ex-officio Participating Observer
Tadashi Kobayashi
Publications
: an exhibition catalogue at Embassy of Japan in London, between 24 June and 18 July 2013
References
External links
The School of World Art Studies & Museology, UEA Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, UEA Sainsbury Research Unit for the Arts of Africa, Oceania & the Americas, UEA Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures Neil MacGregor's SIfA Inaugural Lecture
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