暮らす LIVE

2019.10.29

『羽高「湖畔の家」』アート活動を通して社会とつながる

アート活動を通して社会とつながる

標高480mの高地に建つ『羽高 湖畔の家』。簡易宿泊施設であり、障害者福祉の関連施設でもあるこちらでは、地域で暮らす障害者の生活・就労支援を行っている。かつての支援活動は農作業など体を動かすことが主だったが、施設利用者の高齢化に伴い、現在は「年齢に関係なく、また体の負担も少なく取り組めるものを」とアートの創作活動にシフトチェンジ。
「利用者の皆さんが制作した作品をたくさんの方に見ていただいて、社会とのつながりを増やしていけたら」と話すのは、生活支援員の内海誠二さん。施設内に利用者の作品を展示するだけではなく、府中市内外で展覧会を開催するなど、アートを通じて“つながり”の種をまいている。

大日学園

突き抜けた作品をマイペースに創作

「心がけているのは、本人に納得いくまで創作してもらうこと。こちらから必要以上の介入はしません」と内海さん。当初こそ細やかにサポートしていたものの、利用者一人ひとりの自主性に任せるようになってからは、突き抜けた表現がぐっと増えたそう。“猫のミーコちゃん”というオリジナルキャラクターを美しい色彩で描いた連作、細かくちぎった大量の段ボール片をボンドで重ね貼りした存在感あるオブジェ、キャンバスが破れようがおかまいなしに何度も墨汁を塗り込めた絵画など、パワーと独創性あふれる作品が次々と生まれているのだ。そんな山の上の“アトリエ”には今日もアーティストたちが集い、のんびりと、時には熱く集中しながら思いおもいのアートを制作中。

大日学園

営業時間:11:00から14:00

定休日:月・火曜日

TEL:0847-49-0085

広島県府中市諸毛町12944-1

http://www.seiwakai-hiroshima.jp/shop/shop02

This is the lodging facility and the facility of welfare for people with disabilities, located in Moroke-cho, Fuchu-shi which is rich in nature. Here, people with disabilities are creating artworks. In order to increase the connection between facility users and society through art, they support daily creative activities and also hold exhibitions etc.

Connect with society through art activities.

“Hadaka kohan no ie”. This is the facilities standing at 480m above sea level. As lodging facility and the facility of welfare for people with disabilities, they provide living and employment support for people with disabilities living in the area. The former support activities were mainly to move the body such as agricultural work, but with the aging of the facilities users, now it has changed to art creation activities regardless of age and less burdens on the body. Seiji UTSUMI, support staff member said that he would like to increase the connection with society by having a lot of people to see the work produced by the users. They not only display the works of users in the facility, but they also expand the connection through art, such as holding exhibitions both inside and outside Fuchu City.

Creating new and uniqe works at own pace.

“What I am paying attention is to let them do it till it is convinced, and not to help more than necessary” UTSUMI-san said. Although I was supporting firmly at first, since I began to let the user voluntarily, the number of unique expressions has increased much more than before. For example, A series of the original character named “Neko no mi-chan” with beautiful color, Art work with presence that superimposed pasted a large number of small corrugated cardboard pieces with bond, Picture painted in ink over and over on a torn canvas, etc. Works full of power and creativity are born one after another. The artists are always gathering in the atelier to concentrate to creat own art works at own pace.

Opening hours: 11: 00 to 14: 00

Closed: Monday · Tuesday

TEL: 0847-49-0085

12944-1 Moroke-cho Fuchu-shi Hiroshima Pref

http://www.seiwakai-hiroshima.jp/shop/shop02