Eligibility

Applicants must: ・have experiences in the field of visual arts. ・be at least 18 years old when starting the residency (students are not eligible). ・understand the aim of the residency program and present their results in the final week of the program. ・be able to participate in events and activities organized at Sapporo Tenjinyama Art Studio. ・be responsible for producing work, exhibiting and taking down the exhibition on their own and dis cussing with coordinators and the director of Sapporo Tenjinyama Art Studio. ・be able to attend the opening event and the final presentation ・be able to follow the regulations of the facility. ・be able to speak and understand either English or Japanese.

Number of Participants

・Family and partner are acceptable (maximum 3 people), however the amount of support is only provided for the invited artist.

Deadline

October 21, 2018 23:59 UTC

Selection Results (Announcement Dates)

November 04, 2018 04:00 UTC

Duration

January 05, 2019 - March 05, 2019

Funding

• ¥100,000 material budget (one-time)
• ¥150,000 travel budget
• ¥300,000 stipend (one-time)

Facilities

Conference Rooms, Gallery, Individual Studio, Installation Space, Large Format Printers, Library, Piano

Housing

Kitchen, Private Bathroom, Private Room

Public Programs

Community Engagement , Group Dinners, Mentors, Open Studios

Disciplines

Animation, Architecture, Book Arts, Cartoonist, Ceramics, Cinematography, Conceptual Art, Crafts & Trades, Dance, Dance Groups, Design, Digital Manufacturing, Documentary, Drawing, Fiber Arts, Fiction, Film, Illustration, Installation, Interdiscplinary Arts, Intervention, Jewelry, Journalism, Land Art, Moving Image, Multimedia, Music, Music Composition, Painting, Performance Art, Photography, Playwriting, Poetry, Printmaking, Puppeteers, Robotics, Screenwriting, Sculpture, Social Practice, Sound Art, Textile, Theatre, Video Art

Languages

English, Japanese

Program Description

Sapporo Tenjinyama Art Studio is organizing three open call programs with the theme: Winter, Snow, and the Subarctic. In their encounters with culture in Sapporo and Hokkaido as well as exchange with locals, artists are invited to develop and explore their ideas through work based on the theme Winter, Snow, and the Subarctic. 1) UCCN Program (Background Limitation) Number of artists: 2 (people or groups) This program is directed to the UNESCO Media Arts Cities and limited to the artists who are either born, live or work in any of the following 13 cities: DAKAR (SENEGAL), ENGHIEN-LES-BAINS (FRANCE), GWANGJU (SOUTH KOREA), LINZ (AUSTRIA), LYON (FRANCE), TEL AVIV-YAFO (ISRAEL), YORK (UK), AUSTIN (USA), BRAGA (PORTUGAL), CHANGSHA (CHINA), GUADALAJARA (MEXICO), KOŠICE (SLOVAKIA) and TORONTO (CANADA) Content: By the end of the residency program, artists will provide a final presentation (in any format) of the research they conducted over the 60-day residency period.