Japan, Organisations
The Ise Cultural Foundation was founded in 1983 by the endowments from three of Ise Group Inc., which were Ise America, Seaboard Foods and Seaboard Farm in the United States. It has supported artist and scholars and has promoted the exchange of art and culture, mainly visual art, between… Read More →
Japan, Organisations
The Mori Art Museum is dedicated to contemporary international art. The Mori Art Museum provides both, a platform for discourse and contemporary art trends worldwide. The museums organises public events and research projects that provide an international platform for artists and designers throughout Japan, Asia and the world. The… Read More →
Japan, Organisations
VIDEOART CENTER Tokyo (VCTokyo) was founded in 2001 as an association dedicated to videoart and other time based arts in Japan. The aim of VCTokyo is to form an international alternative network for those arts and develop the situation. VCTokyo is managed independently as a Non Profit Organization by… Read More →
Japan, Organisations
Sapporo Artist-in-residence (S-AIR) is committed to developing its established links internationally whilst promoting and supporting the local arts infrastructure in Sapporo and appropriately, S-AIR has currently in development plans to set up an Arts Centre in Sapporo.
S-AIRs programme aims to invite talented domestic and foreign artists in order to… Read More →
Japan, Organisations
Arts Initiative Tokyo (AIT) is a non-profit organisation started by six arts coordinators and curators based in Tokyo. AIT operates from an office/ classroom/ meeting space in the Daikanyama area of Tokyo, near Shibuya. AIT receives no structural funding from public institutions in Japan.
AIT survives through two primary… Read More →
Japan, Organisations
Wanakio is a trans-disciplinary project that deals with Okinawa’s contemporary reality and the topic of the transformation of local culture and urban environment triggered by globalization and the ubiquitious process of modernization.
Artists, art curators, architects, town planners, inhabitants and local authorities collaborate in order to revitalize Okinawa’s contemporary… Read More →
Japan, Organisations
The Agency for Cultural Affairs of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) aims at making Japan a culture-oriented country. Amongst others, its activities include support of artists, creative artistic activity and culture-oriented communities. The agency is also in charge of international cultural exchange.
The Agency… Read More →
Japan, Organisations
The Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum is the first public contemporary art museum in Tokyo. It shows a major, systematic survey of contemporary Japanese art in an permanent collection. It is intended to be a site for international cultural and artistic exchange.
The Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (the new Tokyo… Read More →
Japan, Organisations
The Center for Global Partnership (CGP) was established within the Japan Foundation* in April 1991 with offices in both Tokyo and New York.
CGP promotes collaboration between Japan and the United States. It enhances dialogue and interchange between Japanese and US citizens. To carry out its mission, CGP runs grant… Read More →
Japan, Organisations
The National Theatre of Japan is a complex consisting of three halls in two buildings in Hayabusa-cho, a neighborhood in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The Japan Arts Council, an Independent Administrative Institution of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, operates the National Theatre. It primarily stages performances… Read More →
