Artists-in-Residence in Mashiko Open Call 2018 in Japan

Mashiko Museum Residency Program is conducting an artist residency enterprise (Artist in Residence) that provides the opportunity for cultural exchanges for overseas ceramic artists, and to aim of developing and raising the level of art culture. This time, we advertise for a few ceramic artists to participate Open Call program in spring 2018. We are looking forward to your application.

Application Details

Application Form (Download).pdf

Mashiko Museum Residency Program was initiated in May 2014 by the town of Mashiko and Mashiko Museum of Ceramic Art. The artist-in-residence program invites active artists from outside Japan to stay and work in Mashiko. Through this enterprise, we are aiming to deepen the exchanges between international artists and creative people in and around Mashiko. We also hope that ceramics and other crafts of Mashiko will be shared widely both nationally and internationally, and that this program will be a springboard for new creative paths.

Mashiko Arts & Crafts Residence has been built with the generous donation from Minoru Otsuka, a Mashiko-born businessman and the founder of Otsuka Shokai Co., Ltd. The facility was completed in spring 2014, and stands in the premises of Ceramic Art Messe Mashiko. It is a one-story building with red tiles for the roof, which uses minerals from Ashinuma in Mashiko. The facility includes a living space for the artists-in-residence as well as a multi-purpose atelier.

Deadline: September 17, 2017

Cost/funding for participants:

Content of Support

  • Airfare
  • Room during the period of stay
  • Free rental of the studio at Mashiko Museum of Ceramic Art as the hub for work
  • Project fee* (such as cost of materials and fuel)

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