●Residency Period: Two month between April 2010 to March 2011.

60 artists in 2010

●Age limit: No
●Specification of Countries: No
* Some programs are only applied to specific countries.
* It is required to use the studio more than 60% of the time during the residence.

●Traveling expense: Available
●Production fee: Available
●Living expense: Available
●Professional and staff support： Available
●Opportunities for presentation/exhibitions: Available
●Publication and distribution of program report: Available
* Special instructions：Depends on the program

Open call
* Special instructions：Some programs are open for only appointed artists.

Screening of the application documents

BankART1929

BankART

APEC-Creative City Headquarters of Yokohama City

BankART Studio NYK

see "Inquiry"

●Exhibit space: Available
* 2,000m2
* Special instructions: Project planning documents are required
●Production area: Available
* 700m2
* Special instructions：Project planning documents are required
●Accommodation: Available
* 3 rooms
* Special instructions：at BankART kamome-so
* Two shower rooms are available in the studio NYK.

Located in the old city center of Yokohama City with many governmental buildings. The city has a population of 3.87 million. Major cultural facilities in the district include Kanagawa Prefecture Museum of Culture History, Yokohama Archives of History, Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse, and Yokohama Museum of Art. In recent years, Yokohama City has been focusing on its “Creative City” theme, under which a number of art-related facilities were created, including Steep Slope Studio; Kitanaka School; Honcho Building 45; Graduate School of Film and New Media, Tokyo University of the Arts; Koganecho Bazzar; and Zou-No-Hana Terrace. Yokohama Triennale will mark its fourth time in the next event in 2011.

Four minute walk from Bashamichi Station (Exit 6) on Minato Mirai Line

Started as a pilot program in March 2004 and relaunched as a regular program in fiscal 2006. As part of Yokohama City’s Creative City project, the program’s activities have been carried out at two studios in the city: BankART 1929 Yokohama (formerly Daiichi Bank’s building) and BankART Studio NYK (formerly NYK Line’s warehouse in the bay area). Today, the program sites have converged into the latter studio.
With its missions of “Building networks with other cities in and outside of Japan,” “Establishing a sound financial base,” and “Realizing its role as a frontrunner of art creation,” the program has been making major contributions to building a Creative City of Yokohama, particularly since its relaunch as a regular program, by aggressively attempting to attract art creators to this area. Also, active in implementing off-studio events and activities, and collaboration with other organizations including those in other fields. Examples of such events and activities include the Earthquake Expo( a large-scale exhibition on disaster preparedness and arts), the Landmark Project (to realize potentials of unknown space), and the Food and Contemporary Art Exhibition ( to find out the relation between culinary culture and art). The latter two programs are annual events. Its offshoot facilities include: BankART Tsumari, BankART Sakura-so, and Honcho Experimental Gallery. BankART became an incorporated nonprofit organization in April 2007.
BankART particularly focused on the studio programs since its foundation. As soon as its launch in 2004, BankART invited artists such as Michiyoshi Isozaki and Satoshi Miyagi to carry out projects with the local community. In the following year 2005, BankART started "Kitanaka Brick & White", creator’s studio collective in a renovated building, with Mori Building Co., Ltd. and invited 253 creators. Since then, BankART has always been encouraging artists to have their studios and homes in the city, and engaging in on-going projects within and outside the facility.

2004

BankART1929is a pilot program of Yokohama City’s Creative City project that aims to revitalize the central area of the city by transforming historical buildings and old port facilities to facilities of arts and culture. Working with Yokohama City and its expert committee to promote the Creative City concept, the project is exploring an innovative way where the facilities constructed by the public sector and operated by the private sector can work best. In addition to regular activities, such as the operation of art studios, art courses, coffee shops/bars, and art book shops as well as the production of media content, the project is actively engaged in operating original events and coordinating and collaborating with other organizers, irrespective of the event’s genre whether arts, architecture, physical performance, or music. Over 300 programs are offered annually with approximately 120,000 visitors.
Artist-in-Studio program has been conducted since the beginning of BankArt1929. Under the mission to provide artists with production space at low renting fees, the program invite artists to the town and grow and communicate together with them. The number of international exchange programs is also increasing.

Two month residencies in the studio space in BankART Studio NYK, with welcome party at the beginning and open studio at the end of the residency. Resident artists will have various opportunities to meet and exchange with people from different backgrounds as BankART always operates a variety of programs including school, cafe, pub, shop, and exhibitions in addition to the residency.
"BankART Kamome-so", an affiliated accommodation in the neighborhood, is also available for artists from distant regions in Japan and increasing participants from abroad.

FY 2004: 21 groups invited（Isozaki Michisyochi, “hide-and-seek in Yokohama 2004” ; Pepin Structural Design “ Legend”; “Food and Contemporary Arts”, etc.）
FY 2005: 20 groups invited（Artist Exchange program between Yokohama and Taipei：Chen Yen-Yi,“ Photo of Japan(collage of fragmented silhouette---shapes in my mind”); off Nibroll, “public=un+public”; “Photographers’ gallery: an exhibition in Yokohama—space borrowed, time borrowed”; “BankART Life” , etc. ）
FY 2006: 51groups invited(Artist Exchange program between Yokohama and Taipei：Lai Pei-yu , “Another Homeland”; joint open studio; etc.)
FY 2007: 67 groups invited (Artist Exchange program between Yokohama and Taipei: Ho Ming-Kue, “ Final train for romantically inactive women”; open studio “Explosion”; joint open studio: “Food and Contemporary Arts”, etc.）
FY 2008: 8 groups invited(Artist Exchange program between Yokohama and Taipei：Chen Wan-Ling, “Microcosm”; BankART Life II; joint open studio; exchange program between the University of Sunderland and BankART1929; etc.)
FY 2009: 24groups invited （Artist Exchange program between Yokohama and Taipei：Chou Yu-Cheng, “Residency Goods”; Noriyuki Haraguchi,“ Society and Material” ; Takayuki Fujimoto (Dumbtype) + Daito Manabe + Motoi Ishibashi, “Time Lapse Plant”; exchange program between the University of Sunderland and BankART1929; Mio Shirai Exhibition; Erika Tan Exhibition; etc. ）
* The exhibitions and performance above are residency program related only.
* Artist exchange program in partnership with Taipei is co-organized with Art Commission Yokohama and the City of Yokohama.

Arica, Asao Tokolo, Aya Takano, Chen Wan-Ling, Chen Yen-Yi, Chou Yu-Cheng, Erika Tan, Ho Ming-Kuei, Junko Maruyama, Koki Tanaka, Lai Pei-Yu, Luise Curham, Megumi Nakamura, Miaca, Mihokanno, Mineki Murata, Mio Shirai, N-Mark, Nobianiki-Ryo Kaneko, Noriyuki Haraguchi, Off Nibroll, Rintaro Hiramine, Shimurabros., Takayuki Fujimoto, Tatsuji Ushijima, Tomoko Oshika, Yoshiaki Kaihatsu, Yusuke Asai

BankART1929
BankART Studio NYK , 3-9, Kaiagan Dori, Nakaku, Yokohama City, 231-0002
TEL: 045-663-2812 / FAX: 045-663-2813
E-mail: studio(at)bankart1929.com
Website: http://www.bankart1929.com
Blog: http://bankart1929.seesaa.net/
Contact Person: Studio manager

June 10, 2010