【Print maker】 Artist In Residence Program

Purpose of the Program
The purpose of this program is to discover young artists / printmakers who are active throughout the world and offer them a growing experience and an opportunity to create artwork in a communal atmosphere with other artists from different backgrounds.
The program aims to further the friendship and understanding of art and different cultures between the artists and local communities through artworks and exchanges.

This program is sponsored by the Akiruno City Education Board （ACEB） and operated by the Art Studio Itsukaichi Operation Committee （ASIOC）.

One foreign artist and two Japanese artists will be invited each year.

The invitation period of the program is from September 1, 2025 to November 30, 2025 for a total of three months.

　　● Foreign Artist
　　（1） Hold nationality of a foreign country which has diplomatic relations with Japan and be under the age of 40 in principle.
　　（2） The ability for daily conversation in English and a good health condition.
　　（3） Cooperation with the other invited artists in the course of collective life and artistic activities.

　　● Japanese Artist
　　（1） Hold a Japanese nationality and be under the age of 40 in principle.
　　（2） The ability for daily conversation in English and a good health condition.
　　（3） Cooperation with the other invited artists in the course of collective.

The invited artists will be supported in the following expenditure.
　 （1） Paid total ¥ 270,000 for three months living expenditure. （¥ 90,000 per month）

　 （2） Paid air fare for foreign artist at the maximum ￥ 120,000. This will be refunded after the artist's arrival.

   （1）Artists who meet the above conditions may apply to the program by sending attached application form, Letter of recommendation, 10 works in the form of JPEG, reference about the works to the designated Logo form （ https://logoform.jp/f/EBLYm（別ウインドウで開く） ） by June 22, 2025.

   （2）Letter of recommendation should be completed by a recommender, or by referable authorities, on the form. 

Selection of the artists will be done by ASIOC. The notification along with other necessary documents and forms will be sent by July 8, 2025.

   Ryoji IKEDA （Professor Emeritus of Musashino Art University ）

   Kyoji TAKIZAWA （ Special appointed director of Niigata City Art Museum ）

   Ayomi YOSHIDA （ Printmaker ）

   Toshiya TAKAHAMA （ Professor of Musashino Art University ）

   Yosuke IMAI （ Printmaker ）

   Masami UCHIKURA （ Tokura-West neighborhood community association member ）

　Tetsuya NAKAJIMA （ Tokura-East neighborhood community association member ）

Invited artists will be asked to contribute more than two art works created during the residency as part of the ACEB collections. Works will be selected by ASIOC at the end of the program. All rights of collected works will be reserved to ACEB.

ASIOC will take out accident insurance for invited artists. Any uncovered accidents or sickness are responsible for Invited artists.

Japanese language version（別ウインドウで開く）