Artists’ opportunity available for residency in Japan
The National Endowment for the Arts, in cooperation with the U.S. Japan Friendship Commission, has implemented the U.S/Japan Creative Artists’ Program, which provides support for up to five outstanding contemporary or traditional artists from the United States to spend a three- to five-month residency in Japan.
Eligible applicants are architects, choreographers, composers, creative writers, designers, media artists, playwrights, visual artists, or solo theater artists who work with original material (including puppeteers, storytellers and performance artists). Multidisciplinary artists and artistic directors of theater or dance companies are eligible.
The next deadline is Feb. 1 for residencies in 2017.
The program is extremely competitive; applicants should have regional or national recognition and anticipate a highly rigorous review of their work.
Additional information, including guidelines and the application, can be found at http://www.jusfc.gov/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/How-to-Apply-20161.pdf.
