●Residency Period
○Residence Support Program: 50 days in principle (January 22, 2013 – March 12, 2013)
○Residence Fellow Program: 1-4 weeks
●Application Period
○Residence Support Program: April 2012 – July 2012
* Deadline: August 1
○Residence Fellow Program: All Year

●FY 2010
○Residence Support Program: 3 artists
○Residence Fellow Program: 4 artists
●FY 2011
○Residence Support Program: 3 artist in one group
○Residence Fellow Program: 4 artists in one group
●FY 2012
○Residence Support Program: 8 artist in one group
○Residence Fellow Program: 2 artists in one group

Residence Support Program: Young artists who are highly motivated to pursue artistic activities and exchange with the local community.
No specific age limit. English proficiency is essential.
Residence Fellow Program: Artists, researchers, and past resident artists at AIAV who are sponsored by other organizations and whose objectives and incentives for taking residency are approved by AIAV.
Public programs such as lectures and workshops are arranged.

Residence Support Program-
Travel expense: Available (fixed amount according to where each artist resides)
Production fee: Available (varies according to program contents)
Studio: Available
Living expense: Residence Support-Available (varies according to program contents)
Accommodation: Available (Accommodation Building)
Professional and staff support: Available
Opportunities for presentations/exhibitions: Available
Publication and distribution of a program report: Available
Residence Fellow Program-
Travel expense: Not available
Production fee: Not available
Studio: Available
Living expense: Not available
Accommodation: Available (Accommodation Building)
Professional and staff support: Available
Opportunities for presentations/exhibitions: Available (holding public programs is optional)
Publication and distribution of a program report: Available

Residence Support Program: Open call
Residence Fellow Program: Selection among candidates nominated through research conducted by the AIAV staff in charge

Residence Support Program: Selection committee

Akiyoshidai International Art Village (AIAV)

Yamaguchi Kirameki Foundation (Akiyoshidai International Art Village)

Yamaguchi Prefecture, Yamaguchi Prefecture Board of Education, Shuho-cho, Shuho-cho Board of Education, Mito-cho, Mito-cho Board of Education, Mine City, Mine City Board of Education

Akiyoshidai International Art Village

50 Akiyoshi, Shuoho-cho, Mine-city, Yamaguchi 754-0511

・Main Building : total area 2,882 sq. m.; total floor space 5,164 sq. m.; 3 floors and 1 basement floor(1)Hall: 482 sq. m.
*Seating: maximum 480 seats (movable seats)
*Stage (open stage)
Width: 6.3-14.4m (movable stage)
Depth: 5-6.3m, height: 12.6m (ceiling height)
*Reverberation time: approximately 2 seconds (when all seats are vacant)
(2)Amphitheater (outdoor theater): grass slope space of seating capacity of approximately 600 seats
(3)Courtyard (outdoor): 739 sq. m., stepped space with seating capacity of approximately 300 people
(4)Gallery: approximately 267 sq. m.
(5)Rehearsal / Study Rooms:
*Rehearsal / Study Room 1: 94 sq. m. (available for dance rehearsals)
*Rehearsal / Study Room 2: 162 sq. m.
*Rehearsal / Study Room 3: 94 sq. m.
(6)Studios 1-7: 20-49sq. m. (available for visual art practice)
(7)Dressing Rooms:
Dressing Rooms 1 & 2: 30 sq. m.; Dressing Room 3: 55 sq. m.
・Accommodation Building: total area 1,475 sq. m.; total floor space 2,594 sq. m.; 2 floors and 1 basement floor
(1)Guest rooms: 8 Western-style rooms, 28 Japanese-style rooms (accommodates up to 100 people)
(2)Restaurant: 250 sq. m. (seating capacity for maximum 250 people)
(3)Dark room: 10 sq. m., film developing equipment available

Lot size: 320,000 sq. m.
Parking space for approximately 250 cars (including temporary parking area) is available.

Inaugurated on August 25, 1998, the Village is set in a quiet environment surrounded by the woods, providing artists with space and time to immerse themselves in creative activities.
The neighboring Akiyoshidai (Akiyoshi Plateau), the lartest karst formation in Japan, and Akiyoshido, the largest cave in Japan, provide unique sources of inspiration for resident artists.

・From Yamaguchi Ube Airport, approximately 1 hour by car
・From JR Shinkansen “Shin Yamaguchi” station, approximately 40 minutes by car
・From downtown Yamaguchi City, approximately 30 minutes by

The Akiyoshidai International Art Village was conceived as a place to develop creative activities in various fields of arts, including visual arts, and performing arts.
The concept of a residency program builds upon two preceding local projects: the Akiyoshidai International 20th Century Music Seminar and Festival, held every summer in Shuho-cho and Yamaguchi City since 1988; and Shuho Town Cultural Exchange House, established by Shuho-cho in 1993.

1998

* The program provides artists with an opportunity to stay in an environment which is different from their everyday setting, and also secure time and space to live and work with the local community.
* The program provides local residents with occasions to interact with artists and engage in artistic activities, to nurture interest in the arts and culture among the wider public.

(1)AIAV Residence Program
The Residence Support Program invites artists who work in various genres of arts from Japan and overseas through an open call. Resident artists pursue their artistic activities and carry out projects with the local community.
The Residence Fellow Program is a short-term residency made available to artists who are sponsored by other organizations to conduct research, art creation, and exchange. Public programs that engage the local residents could be arranged.
(2)Other programs
・Seminar and workshop
・Yamaguchi Artist Support Program
・Art Village Art Room
・Education and public program
・Viewing program
・Support program

From FY 1998 to FY 2011, AIAV has invited 213 groups 157 individual artists in total (99 groups of art, 9 groups of dance, 4 groups of photography, 13 groups of music, and 2 groups of other fields).

Adriana Salazar, Anna Strand, Claire Healry and Sean Cordeiro, Heini Nukari, Jasmina Llobet & Luis Fernandez Pons, Kenji Yamada, Michiko Tsuda, Mike Bode, Rehema Chacahge, Takehito Shiina, Tiffany Chung, Varelia Roxana Primost, Wojciech Gilewicz

Akiyoshidai International Art Village (AIAV)
50 Akiyoshi, Shuoho-cho, Mine-city, Yamaguchi 754-0511 Japan
TEL： +81-837-63-0020 / FAX： +81-837-63-0021
E-mail: info(at)aiav.jp
Website: http://www.aiav.jp
Blog: http://www.aiav.jp/blog/
Contact: Takashi TOKUNAGA

August 16, 2012