Shinano-Omachi Artist in Residence

Host organization
NORTHERN ALPS ART FESTIVAL Executive Committee
Address
2794-1 Omachi, Omachi city Nagano 398-0002 Japan
Website
https://shinano-omachi.jp/asahi-air/

Overview
AIR Program information

Objective	Omachi City has a history of welcoming numerous artists, actively led by residential artistic and cultural activity associations. These include the annual Mendocino International Exchange Program, launched in 2007, which brings together artists from the U.S. county of Mendocino with artists from the Daihoku area, including Omachi City, as well as inviting artists from Japan and abroad to the SHINANO Primitive Sense Art Festival, which has been held every year since 2009. Furthermore, 2015 was positioned as "year one of the era of artistic and cultural promotion," and the city is promoting revitalization through art and culture in preparation for Northern Alps Art Festival 2020, to be held in 2020, whose executive committee is headed by Toru Ushikoshi, mayor of Omachi City. This project will not only coordinate with other projects to invite artists and support cultural exchange with the community, but will also strive to promote artistic and cultural activities throughout the region, exploring the new regional possibilities opened up by arts and culture.
Organization activities	-Artist in residence program -Workshops for students and members of the community -Social networking events for local residents -Exhibitions showcasing creations of artists in residence
Founded in	2015
Background	Asahi AIR was founded in October 2015 and was run by the Shinano-Omachi Artist in Residence Committee. It is now run by NORTHERN ALPS ART FESTIVAL Executive Committee. We support the creative activities of artists staying in Omachi City, Japan. This includes inviting international artists and connecting them with the local culture of Omachi. Our program is granted by the Nagano prefectural government and has been established as the model program of "Artist in Residence in Shinshu (AIRIS).
Location / Environment	Asahi AIR is a community artistic activity center creation project focused on the artist in residence program that was launched in Omachi City, Nagano Prefecture, in January 2016. The Asahi-machi Teacher's Housing built in 1971 was renovated and converted into six buildings -- four lodging facilities, a creation building, and a communal building. It is a small site that supports the artistic activities of the local community.
Contact	NORTHERN ALPS ART FESTIVAL Executive Committee Office 3887 Omachi, Omachi city, Nagano 398-8601 Japan TEL：0261-22-0420／FAX：0261-23-4304 E-mail：asahi-air(at)shinano-omachi.jp Facebook�https://www.facebook.com/asahiair/ Contact person：Endo, Tanaka