Mashiko Museum Residency Program Open Call 2022
Features
StudiosAvailable
AccommodationsAvailable
Presentation(exhibition, performance, and open studio)Available
Grants and subsidies for travel expensesAvailable
Grants and other financial supports/ Support by coordinators and art professionalsAvailable
Art genresCraft / Applied arts
RegionsKanto
| Program | |
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| Application period | Sep. 15, 2021 (Wed.) - Oct. 15, 2021 (Fri.) |
| Description | Mashiko Museum Residency Program began at Mashiko Museum of Ceramic Art in May 2014. It is an artist residency enterprise for inviting exceptional potters and such to stay and work in Mashiko, with the aim of furthering exchanges between foreign artists and the town. The purpose is to develop relations with local citizens and potters who reside in and around Mashiko, thus advancing and raising the level of local artistic culture. We welcome motivated artists with an interest in the pottery town Mashiko. Unfortunately, we could hold the Open Call in neither 2020 nor 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. For the year 2022, we reopen this program, limiting the applicants to the domestic residents of any nationality. We are looking forward to your application. |
| Residency location | Mashiko Arts & Crafts Residence |
| Residency period | Approximately 45 days between June 21 and August 31, 2022 |
| Qualification | (1) One position is available to potters of any age or nationality, who live in Japan (2) Minimum of conversational level Japanese and/or English (3) Ability to secure living expenses for the period of stay (4) Good health (5) Ability to meet the following conditions: 1. Agree to donate a representative work of yours to Mashiko Museum of Ceramic Art. 2. Decided upon discussion with the staff at the Museum, at least one artwork to donate to the town of Mashiko from the pieces created during the residency. The Artist-in-residence is responsible for the handling of other pieces. Also, photos of the donated artwork, artist's statement, and the record of activities will be published at a later time (in print and/or video). 3. The presentation of a slide lecture, a workshop for students and/or the general public, events of cultural exchange with the town residents, school visitations, etc. (Events may be held online.) 4. Submit an essay to the Museum on the result of the activities upon completion of the residency (no requirement in terms of format). |
| Pay by artists / Support for artists | [Content of Support] - Travel expenses* - Room during the period of stay - Free rental of the studio at Mashiko Museum of Ceramic Art as the hub for work - Project fee* (such as cost of materials and fuel) *indicates limitations of support. See below for details. [Precautions] - We will reimburse up to 100,000 yen of the travel expenses for the artist-in-residence. (a round-trip ticket between your residence in Japan and the Museum / economy class only) - The Artist must make arrangements for her/his own travel, and submit the receipt to the Museum. - The museum staff will pick up and drop off the artist to the from either Ibaraki Airport or Utsunomiya Station. - The transportation cost for the materials needed, food cost, honorarium, and other living expenses will not be provided by the museum. - The maximum limit for the project fee is 100,000 yen. The acquisition of the goods will be taken care of by the office. - As a general rule, the artist must not allow his/her friends or acquaintances to stay at the residence. - Taking measures such as getting a PCR test etc. may be required to prevent the spread of COVID-19. - Please understand that the residency program may be canceled on the grounds of the organizers and/or due to the spread of COVID-19. |
| Selection process | [How to Apply] Please fill the application form* and submit images of your original work (works should be from the past 3 years. There should be 10 photos, either digital data or printed photos)**. Please do not send any materials which need to be returned. The submitted materials will not be returned. *We will not accept any application forms other than we provide on our website (http://www.mashiko-museum.jp/en/residence/open-call.html). Application form must be typed or clear hand-written, and filled in to fit in the designated box of each item. Incomplete application will not be reviewed. Be sure to include your email address where we can reach you to inform the screening result. ** If submitted by email, files (application form, images of your original work) up to 10MB can be attached to an email. The data more than 10MB can be sent separately in several emails or all at once by file transfer service. [Screening Method] Applications will be reviewed by the museum, and we will contact all the applicants afterwards (tentative: middle of December 2021). *Any inquiries for screening process will not be answered. |
| Contact | [Mashiko Museum of Ceramic Art] 3021 Mashiko, Mashiko-machi, Haga-gun, Tochigi-ken, 321-4217 JAPAN TEL：0285-72-7555 FAX：0285-72-7600 Website：http://www.mashiko-museum.jp/ Email：residence[at]mashiko-museum.jp |