Japan

TORIGOYA Project is an artist-in-residence programme run by the Hirono Town in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. Invited artists will stay in Hirono Town for a total of 30 days between 11 December 2023 – 15 January 2024 to research the history, climate, culture or some other factor of Hirono Town and create their own site-specific artworks in collaboration with town residents

Applications are currently open for Tokyo Arts and Space (TOKAS)’s International Creator Residency Programme, targeted at individual creators working in visual arts, film, design and architecture. Residencies last three months, taking place in 2024 and 2025. Applicants should reside outside of Japan and have 5 years or more of experience in their specialised area of expertise. Both individuals and duo creators can apply.

Tokyo Festival Farm Asian Performing Arts Camp is a programme for performing arts practitioners working in various parts of Asia. Using their own personal themes and concerns as starting points, the participants conduct research and fieldwork, hold discussions with people from different countries and cultures, and participate in lectures and workshops. Activities run from 21 July – 17 October 2023. The call is open to creatives based in Asia aged 35 or younger.

Fukuoka Asian Art Museum is calling for artists to participate in its artist in residence programme 2023. 4 artists or groups from abroad will be invited for a residency of maximum of 90 days between July and December 2023 or for a maximum of 60 days between January and March 2024.

Paradise Air has held the Longstay Program under various themes and with different application requirements. The 10th edition of the program – under the theme ‘Puzzling Poly+Semy’ – is open to all people of all nationalities working in the arts field. The application will take place in two phases, with a shortlist of finalists invited to create a ‘video letter’ in early 2023 and final selected artists invited for a residency of 70-90 days in Matsudo, Japan.

Applications are currently open for Tokyo Arts and Space (TOKAS)’s International Creator Residency Programme, targeted at individual creators working in visual arts, film, design and architecture. Residencies last three months, taking place May - July 2023 and January - March 2024. Applicants should reside outside of Japan and have 5 years or more of experience in their specialised area of expertise. Both individuals and duo creators can apply.

Sapporo Tenjinyama Art Studio’s AIR programme aims to support art collectives/groups creating and exhibiting new artworks/projects taking Sapporo/Hokkaido as a starting point for various types of research; for example, learning folk knowledge, field research or engaging with local people. Two collectives/groups of artists who are mainly active in the art field will be selected for a residency from 12 October – 30 November 2022.

Tokyo Festival Farm is a new framework that brings together all development initiatives within Tokyo Festival, a festival for performing arts. Among its activities are two programmes open to applicants based in Asia: the Farm-Lab Exhibition, which will bring a group of emerging talents together, online and in Tokyo, to create a new performing arts production (September - October 2021), and the Asian Performing Arts Camp, an online programme of collective research.

Aomori Contemporary Art Centre’s artist residency programme offers contemporary artists, curators, researchers and others who are involved in cultural and artistic endeavours the opportunity to practice exhibitions, performances, workshops, talks and other activities. Non-Japanese artists can apply either for a one-month artist-in-residence programme in Japan during the period from 8 September – 14 December 2022, or a remote programme with a maximum period of around three months.

The Bioart Society is calling for Finnish artists or artists based in Finland to apply for a one-month art and science research residency in Tokyo, Japan, in autumn-winter 2022. The residency will be hosted by BioClub Tokyo in partnership with the Finnish Institute in Japan.

Fukuoka Asian Art Museum is calling for artists to participate in its artist in residence programme 2022. 4-6 artists or groups will be invited for a residency of maximum of 90 days between September and December 2022 or for a maximum of 60 days between January and March 2023.

Organised by Hiroshima Festival, H-AIR is a residency programme for people involved in the animation industry. The purpose of the programme is to invite animation artists to stay in Hiroshima City for a long period of time and engage in their new projects there. The aim is to help the invitees to build their careers and enrich the art and culture environment in Hiroshima. Period of Stay: 1 May 2022 to 31 October 2022 (184 days).