subjects

// WP_Term_Query arguments
$args = array(
	'taxonomy'               => array( 'subject' ),
	'search'                 => 'search term',
	'name__like'             => 'art',
	'hierarchical'           => true,
	'order'                  => 'ASC',
	'get'                    => 'all',
);

// The Term Query
$term_query = new WP_Term_Query( $args );

// The Loop
if ( ! empty( $term_query ) && ! is_wp_error( $term_query ) ) {
	// do something
} else {
	// no terms found
}