ARCUS Project 2023 IBARAKI Artist-in-Residence Program

ARCUS Project 2023 IBARAKI Artist-in-Residence Program now is over!

ARCUS Project 2023 IBARAKI Artist-in-Residence Program: ARCUS Project’s artist-in-residence program provides opportunities for emerging artists in the field of contemporary art to cultivate their artistic creativity and vision.

➜ Short description

ARCUS Project’s artist-in-residence program provides opportunities for emerging artists (a 100 days artist-in-residency program in Ibaraki, Japan) in the field of contemporary art to cultivate their artistic creativity and vision.

Located around an hour from Tokyo, a residency at ARCUS Studio allows participants in the program to come into contact with the contemporary art scene in Japan as well as devote themselves to their creative endeavors in a calm environment while interacting with the local community. Through the support the program offers from its dedicated team of coordinators and regular tutorials with a curator, artists are able to search for and explore approaches in their practices and undertake new challenges in their artistic expression.

The applicant must:

➜ be an emerging artist engaged in contemporary visual arts or other related fields.
➜ possess a nationality other than Japanese.
➜ be resident outside Japan and able to enter Japan legally.
➜ not be enrolled at an educational institution during the program period unless it is a PhD program.
➜ be in a state of good health and able to carry out daily activities on his/her own.
➜ have an English-language ability proficient enough to communicate with other artists and staff.

The program particularly emphasizes research-based practices and presents the initial results of these processes at open studios.

The program has a total of three individuals/groups staying at one time (one Japanese national and two non-Japanese nationals).

➜ Who may enter?

ARCUS Project’s artist-in-residence program is dedicate for emerging artists that possess a nationality other than Japanese.

➜ Prize:

The participants receive stipends of 630,000 JPY (approx. 4300,00 Euros), a private studio, accommodation, round-trip airfare, living and research expenses, as well as support from a director and coordinators, etc.

➜ Entry fees:

The application fee is 3,000 JPY (approx. 20,00 Euro).