●Residency Period: Stay by the month is recommended (a month, two months　or three months)
●Application Period: Accepts applications at all time (Open call)

20 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
The Osano Memorial Foundation

As Above

As Above

●Studios: Available
* 65 ㎡　(including terrace space) ／second floor of three-story
ferroconcrete structure
* Also used as Exhibit space
●Exhibit space: Available
* 65 ㎡ including terrace / The space is on the second floor of ferroconcrete building.
* Also used as production space.
●Accommodation: Available
○A: 42 ㎡ (including terrace)
○B: 18.5 ㎡
○C: 40 ㎡
* All of three accommodation spaces are on the second and the third floors 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.

8 minutes walk from JR Kofu Station.
* From Shinjuku to Kofu: 90 minutes by limited express train or 120 minutes 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
2015: The 10th anniversary project "WE breathe AIR'

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 30 counties since its commencement in 2005.
● 10th anniversary programs in March–May 2015
○ “Ubiquitous AIR”: Residencies of four artists in four locations in Yamanashi Prefecture were simultaneously held.
○ Editing and publication of AIRY’s 10th anniversary book WE breathe AIR

Adeleine Daysor, Amie Cunat, Angela Melt, Anna Faneli, Anna Gonzalez Noguchi, Annu Wilenius, Armagul Bolokoba, Ash Coates, Aston Creus, Audrey Chen, Bahia Haddam, Barbara Ishikura, Barry Whittaker, Berni Schulz, Betty Doll, Blanca Guerrero, Blugantuya Dechindorj, Calum Sutherland, Caroline Van Deneynden, Ceallaigh Norman, Chao Fu-Le, Charlotte Baker, Charlotte Colgate, Chelsea Coon, Courtney Batson, Darren Rigo, David Knobel, Delphine Rigaud, Derya Akay, Dre Britton, Ekaterina Smirnova, Elisabete Ericson, Elsa Guillaume, Emma Finn, Emmanuel Montiel, Enkhmaa Purevdorj, Filipe　Casaca, Frankie Backker, Ginnie Baer, Giulia Cairone, Graziano Nunziante, Hannah Casey, Hannah Dinsdale Robson, Henriette Eik, Hwang Yunju, Jeniffer Tyers, Johna Hansen, Josephine Vejrich, Joshua Hughes-Games, Julia Peintner, Juliea　Stewart, Karen Herold, Karl Patric, Kate Hill, Kimbery Grant, Kjersti Sleteland, Kohei Sekigawa, Kristine Dragland, Laura Pold/Estonia, Leah Newman, Leanne Dunick, Liisa Kruusmägi, Lilian Chaubet, Lucas Dillon, Luciana Ohira, Maija Tammi, Maike Hemmers, Marc Hartmann, Margherita Paoletti, Melissa LuiYuen, Michael Litzau, Natalie Balsan, Nicole Gibbs, Nina Forlani, Nurdin Musaera, Oscar Berglund, Peter Booth, Philipa Ramalho, Purevdorj Enkhmaa, Rahat Itikeev, Ren Yamauchi, Richard Tayler, Saori Masuda, Sarah Knobel, Sarah Lebeck-jobe, Serena Lumley, Sergio Bonilha, Shellaine Godbold, Silvia Trappa, Sophie Beneteau, Stina Lavenius, Titania Seidle, Veronique Sunatori, Winnie Truon, Yohan Han, Yvette Poorter

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

June 27, 2017