●Residency Period: Stay by the month is recommended
●Application Period: Accepts applications at all time (Open call)

Ten artists each year

●Age limit: No
●Specification of Countries: No
＊Others: One-month stay or more is required.

●Traveling expense: Not available
●Production fee: Not Available
●Living expense: Not Available
●Professional and staff support: Available
* Advice and coordination for production and daily life
●Opportunities for presentation/exhibitions: Available
* Proffered to hold workshops, talk or final presentation
●Publication and distribution of program report: Not available

Open call or recommendation

Screening of the application documents

ARTIST IN RESIDENCE YAMANASHI ［AIRY］

As Above

NPO Association of Yamanashi Support of the Arts (Association of Yamanashi Support of Arts and Culutre),
Yamanami Cultural Foundation

As Above

As Above

●Studios: Available
* 65 m2　(including terrace space) ／second floor of three-story
ferroconcrete structure
* Also used as Exhibit space
●Exhibit space: Available
* 65 m2 including terrace / The space is on the second floor of ferroconcrete building.
* Also used as production space.
●Accommodation: Available
○A: 42 m2 (including terrace)
○B: 18.5 m2
○C: 40 m2
* All of three accommodation spaces are on the second floor of ferroconcrete building.
* Each space is equipped with shower, bathroom, and kitchen.
●Other: A 40 year-old former Ob/Gyn clinic building (closed in 1999) is used for the residency program, after professional renovation work and a wall painting workshop in which anyone could participate in 2009.

Kofu City has a population of approx. 200,000 people. This regional city is located in the center of the Kofu Basin, surrounded by Japan’s renowned mountains, such as Mt. Fuji, Minami Alps, and the Yatsugatake mountains. AIRY is right across from an elementary school; this location allows artists to feel seasonal changes when working on their artwork. Convenient location with a railway station and a library nearby.

Two minute walk from JR Kofu Station.
* From Shinjuku to Kofu: 90 minutes by limited express train or 120 minus by long-distance express bus.

AIRY was established to meet growing needs for providing contemporary artists in a regional city with opportunities to expose various expression styles that can inspire their artistic activities.
2005: AIRY was established
2008: An old house was rented to start activities
2009: Relocated to the current site

FY 2005

○Support artists in developing a network, exposing to a variety of expression styles, meeting with local people and staying in an unfamiliar place through their art creation activities.
○Showcase contemporary art created in a regional area by nurturing artists, curators and other cultural and artistic leaders.

○Residence/home
○Residence/away
* Two exchange programs are called “home” and “away”.

Increasingly recognized as a center for various art expression activities utilizing local resources such as culture and natural environment. Expanding the breadth of its activities by not only exhibiting the art works of resident artists but also showing local artists’ works, organizing workshops, and offering educational programs. Has been welcomed artists from a total of 13 counties since its commencement in 2005.

Annu Wilenius, Barry Whittaker, Blugantuya Dechindorj, Enkhmaa Purevdorj, Filipe　Casaca, Hwang Yunju, Juliea　Stewart, Karen Herald, Karen Horold, Kate　Hill, Natalie Balsan, Nurdin Musaera, Purevdorj Enkhmaa, Ren Yamauchi, Saori Masuda, Yvette Poorter

ARTIST IN RESIDENCE YAMANASHI ［AIRY］
2-37-2 Marunouchi, Kofu-shi, Yamanashi Pref.
TEL: 090-6152-2786
E-mail: izumi2500(at)apost.plala.or.jp
Website: http://air-y.net
Contact Person: Izumi Sakamoto

December 29, 2011