Open Call: 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. 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 endeavours 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 program particularly emphasizes research-based practices and presents the initial results of these processes at open studios. It welcomes ideas for artworks and projects that develop out of encounters with people, the land, and culture and aspires to form critical spaces that are open and international.

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

Program provisions:
Studio, accommodation, round-trip airfare, living and research expenses, as well as support from a director and coordinators, etc.

Program period:
September 7–December 5, 2023 (90 days).

Please read Program Outline and Application Guidelines carefully before applying.

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.
• have an English-language ability proficient enough to communicate with other artists and staff.

Find the application form here.