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2023 ACC Japan Grant Program Grants Announcement

• ACC Tokyo
• yang02
• Takahiro Yamaguchi
• Nile Koetting
• Kan Fukuhara
• Shumpei Mitsuhashi
• Yuni Hong Charpe
• Yuki Kobayashi
• Madoka Mori
• Yuka Shimura
• Kentaro Shimura
• SHIMURAbros
• OFFICE ALB
• Akiko Kitamura

We are pleased to announce the grantees of the 2023 ACC Japan Grant Program, as listed below. We are also publishing the names of our Japan Grant selection panelists as well as comments from representative panelists of each field.

2022 ACC Japan Grant Program Grants Announcement

• ACC Tokyo
• Yuta Hagiwara
• Haruchi Osaki
• Suzuki Elico (suzueri)
• Sho Akita
• Ai Iwane
• Arata Mori
• Maho Watanabe
• PARC

We are pleased to announce the selection of the 2022 ACC Japan Grant Program, as listed below. Starting this year, we are also publishing the names of panelists as well as comments from representative panelists of each field.

*This announcement refers to the February 3rd, 2022 deadline. For applicants who submitted applications for ACC's March 31st deadline, an announcement will be released in late summer 2022.

ACC Japan Alumni Interview Videos ~Vol.2: Yoji Sakate~

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• Yoji Sakate

Theater director and playwright Yoji Sakate (ACC1998 Grantee) talked about how his fellowship experiences influenced his later activities and shared his thoughts on the importance of cultural exchange as well as the role of artists in society.

ACC Japan Alumni Interview Videos ~Vol.1: Makoto Aida and Hiroko Okada~

• ACC Tokyo
• Makoto Aida
• Hiroko Okada

ACC Japan Foundation is pleased to announce a new series of interview videos featuring ACC Alumni. 

In the first interview, artists Makoto Aida and Hiroko Okada (both ACC1999 Grantee) talked about how their fellowship experiences influenced their later activities and shared their thoughts on working across borders.

ACC Japan newly launched a Newsletter "ACC Japan Tsushin"

• ACC Tokyo
• ACC Japan Tsushin
• Voices from Grantees
• Kota Takeuchi
• Fumi Yokobori

ACC Japan Foundation has newly launched a newsletter “ACC Japan Tsushin”!

This newsletter will be published two to three times a year to introduce activities of ACC Japan and ACC grantees and alumni.

inDialogue: Shirotama Hitsujiya, Daisuke Muto, Fumi Yokobori -Dance in the Time of COVID-19: Choreography of Site-

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• inDialogue
• ACC Event
• Shirotama Hitsujiya
• Daisuke Muto
• Fumi Yokobori

Join ACC Japan's inDialogue on Thursday, October 8th, 6PM (JST) featuring playwright and director Shirotama Hitsujiya (ACC 2000), dance critic Daisuke Muto (ACC 2005) and NPO Dance Box Program Director Fumi Yokobori (ACC 2008)...

ACC Japan Online Talk Series #2 “Contemporary Art in the time of Covid-19 “ - Mizuki Endo × Koki Tanaka × Aya Momose”

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• ACC Event
• Mizuki Endo
• Koki Tanaka
• Aya Momose

ACC Japan Office is hosting a series of interactive online conversations with ACC Grantees entitled "ACC Cultural Conversations -Series: Thinking About Art in the Time of “The New Normal.” 
The second session, "Contemporary Art in the Time of Covid-19”, starting at 4 p.m.  (JST) on Sunday, July 26, will feature Mizuki Endo (Curator, ACC Grantee 2006), Koki Tanaka (Artist, ACC 2003), and Aya Momose (Artist, ACC2016).

Live Streaming Date&Time: Sunday, July 26, 2020, 4-5 p.m. (JST)

ACC Japan Online Talk Series #1 “Theater in the time of Covid-19 – Kyoko Iwaki × Akane Nakamura × Suguru Yamamoto”

• ACC Tokyo
• ACC Event
• Akane Nakamura
• Kyoko Iwaki
• Suguru Yamamoto

ACC Japan Office will host a new series of interactive online conversations with ACC Grantees entitled "ACC Cultural Conversations -Series: Thinking About Art in the Time of “The New Normal.” 
The first session, " Theater in the Time of Covid-19," starting at 6:00 p.m. on Friday, June 26, will feature Kyoko Iwaki (Researcher in Performing Arts (PhD), ACC Grantee 2017), Akane Nakamura (Performing Arts Producer, ACC 2016), and Suguru Yamamoto (Playwright, ACC2018). 

Rewind / Fast-Forward / Press Play

• ACC Manila
• ACC Tokyo
• Grantee Highlight
• Aki Onda
• Jose Maceda
• University of the Philippines
• Takahashi Yuji
• Josefino Toledo

Curator and composer Aki Onda (ACC 2017) brings José Maceda’s work to TPAM 2019.

East-West Dialogue: Kengo Kuma's Vision of Architecture Beyond 2020

• East-West Dialogue
• ACC Event
• Kengo Kuma

ACC alumnus and renowned architect, Kengo Kuma (1985), speaks at our East-West Dialogue.

East-West Dialogue: Fumihiko Maki & Peter Grilli

• ACC Event
• East-West Dialogue
• ACC Tokyo
• Fumihiko Maki

On November 14, the Asian Cultural Council convened its third East-West Dialogue lecture at International House in Tokyo.

ACC Alumni Feature: Ai Iwane

• ACC Alumni
• Ai Iwane

Ai Iwane (ACC 2022) is a Japanese photographer who began her career in 1996. Iwane’s ACC Fellowship allowed her to conduct fieldwork and interviews on the Mattole River and its surrounding area in Humboldt County, Northern California, and learn about the regional community culture of salmon and people. In this video, she speaks briefly on her ACC grant experience.

Michiko Tsuda: "Beyond a Little Awareness"

• ACC Tokyo
• Voices from Grantees
• Michiko Tsuda

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
 

Kota Takeuchi : "What I Got From ACC"

• ACC Tokyo
• Voices from Grantees
• Kota Takeuchi

As an ACC grantee, Kota Takeuchi undertook research in the United States for six months in 2017-2018.
In this interview, he reflects on those days and his work.

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

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

• ACC Tokyo
• Voices from Grantees
• Fumi Yokobori

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.

Nobuyuki Sugihara: Researching Taiwan’s Indigenous Culture

• ACC Tokyo
• Grantee Reflection
• Voices from Grantees
• ACC Taiwan
• Nobuyuki Sugihara

Visual artist Nobuyuki Sugihara reflects on his eight-month ACC Fellowship in Taiwan, continuing his research on Taiwanese indigenous culture and festivals…

Suguru Yamamoto: Humor Transcends

• Grantee Reflection
• ACC Tokyo
• ACC New York
• Voices from Grantees
• Yamamoto Suguru
• Catherine Filloux

Playwright and director Suguru Yamamoto reflects on his six-month ACC Fellowship in New York, exploring how narratives can transcend race and generations...