2022 ACC Japan Grant Program

ACC will be accepting new proposals from Japan starting January 13 to February 3, 2022. Application guidelines and forms are now available. Applications from all other countries/regions to come in March 2022...

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Ignite Change with ACC

Please consider making a gift to ACC this year. Your gift directly impacts our ability to continue supporting artists who share our belief that cultural exchange is the most powerful vehicle for global connectivity, mutual understanding, and respect...

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Alumni ACCess

Asian Cultural Council has launched #AlumniACCess, a new social media series featuring global perspectives from our alumni community. Listen, learn, and connect with alumni on their artistic processes, fellowship experiences, interests, insights, and more...

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ACC Announces New Executive Director

The Asian Cultural Council (ACC) is pleased to announce Judy Kim as its Executive Director, effective July 6, 2021. Kim brings to ACC over 25 years of dedication to arts and cultural institutions and a first-hand knowledge of the profound impact of cultural exchange...

2021 Grants Announcement

The Asian Cultural Council is proud to announce our roster of 2021 fellowships and grants in support of programs and projects connecting artists, scholars, and arts professionals across Asia and the United States...

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Ushio Shinohara

ACC 1969 | Japan | Visual Art | Fellowship to pursue art activities and observe contemporary art developments in the United States.

Chankethya Chey

ACC 2009-2013 | Cambodia | Dance | Fellowship to pursue a M.F.A. degree in dance from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Wu Chi-Tsung

ACC 2013 | Taiwan | Visual Art | Fellowship to observe contemporary art and meet artists in a range of disciplines in New York.

Ronnarong Khampha

ACC 2012 | Thailand | Dance | Fellowship to participate in the 2013 International Choreographers Residency Program at the American Dance Festival.

Cho Mi Young

ACC 2014 | Korea | Visual Art | Fellowship to observe contemporary art and meet artists in New York.

Keiko Fukazawa

ACC 2015 | United States | Visual Art | Fellowship to enable participation in a two-month residency at The Pottery Workshop in Jingdezhen, China.

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The Asian Cultural Council advances international dialogue, understanding, and respect through cultural exchange activities in Asia and the United States to create a more harmonious and peaceful world. This mission is accomplished through fellowships and other programs that support individual artists, scholars, and arts professionals.

2022 Application Schedule

ACC will be accepting new proposals on a rolling schedule, with applications from Japan available January 13, and applications from all other countries/regions in March 2022...

2022 ACC Japan Grant Program

ACC will be accepting new proposals from Japan starting January 13 to February 3, 2022. Application guidelines and forms are now available...

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Support the next generation of artist and scholars working to advance international dialogue, understanding, and respect...

ACC Taiwan Newsletter: Winter 2021 (English + Mandarin)

Featured grantee stories include Borneo Laboratory and The Corridor's exchange bridging indigenous knowledge in Taiwan and Malaysia, Taoyuan Museum of Fine Arts online symposium, recent performances by Cheng Tsung-Lung, and DJ Hatfield joining NTU's faculty...

Finding Humanity in History: Museum Programming in Southeast Asia

Sofia Santiago and Ana Tamula (ACC 2020) founded The Museum Collective to provide support to museum educators in the Philippines. To expand their knowledge of museum practices within the region, they embarked on an ACC Fellowship researching historiography and memorialization in Cambodia...

Reaksmey Yean: Letter - Peace, Subjectivity, and Power

Reaksmey Yean (ACC 2018) commemorates the works of the late Srey Bandaul (ACC 2011) in his recent #AlumniACCess post...

ACC Supporters Around the World: Group 33

ACC’s offices are supported by local patrons with their unique activities. The first feature article introduces the activities of Group 33, a group of art patrons in ACC Taiwan.

Reprinted from Japan Tsushin Vol. 2, September 2021
Image: ACC Taiwan 25th Anniversary Celebration in August 2020 with ACC Taiwan Board and Group 33.

2019-2020 Annual Report

It is with gratitude we share this 2019-2020 Annual Report, detailing the innovation, flexibility, creativity, and constancy of our international network of grantees, supporters, Board, and staff that have supported ACC through these past two years...

Michiko Tsuda: "Beyond a Little Awareness"

Michiko Tsuda stayed in the U.S. for six months just before the pandemic began.
In this interview, she reflects on her time in the U.S., her thoughts on creation and social activities.

Reprinted from ACC Japan Tsushin, Vol.2, September 2021.
Image: Portrait of Michiko Tsuda
Photo by IIKAWA Takehiro

Art Making & Self-Discovery During the Pandemic

Reflections from Filipino ACC Graduate Scholars Charles Yee (ACC 2020, 2021) and Radnel Ofalsa (ACC 2021)...

East-West Dialogue with Viet Thanh Nguyen & Tiffany Chung

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen (ACC 2010) and multidisciplinary artist Tiffany Chung (ACC 2015) reflect on their work around the experience of Vietnamese refugees through the context of personal, historical, and political narratives...

Mu Qian: "My View on Music and Culture"

Mu Qian (2013 Fellow) is an ethnomusicologist, music producer, performing arts curator, and writer who is dedicated to promoting traditional folk music in China...

Fumi Yokobori: "CHÀO CHÀO! Vietnamese Water Puppetry!"

Fumi Yokobori, Program Director of NPO Dance Box, writes about the background of her project and her impressions of the online program introducing Vietnamese water puppetry and the Vietnamese community in Nagata Ward, Kobe City.

Reprinted from ACC Japan Tsushin, Vol.1, May 2021.

Asian Cultural Council & Henry Luce Foundation

The Asian Cultural Council is pleased to announce the continuation of its partnership with the Henry Luce Foundation to provide cultural exchange opportunities across the U.S. and Southeast Asia region...

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ACC Taiwan Newsletter: Winter 2021 (English + Mandarin)

Finding Humanity in History: Museum Programming in Southeast Asia

Reaksmey Yean: Letter - Peace, Subjectivity, and Power

ACC Supporters Around the World: Group 33

2019-2020 Annual Report

Michiko Tsuda: "Beyond a Little Awareness"

Art Making & Self-Discovery During the Pandemic

East-West Dialogue with Viet Thanh Nguyen & Tiffany Chung

Mu Qian: "My View on Music and Culture"

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