Socially Engaged Art Support Grant FY2023

【Application Overview】
OCIALLY ENGAGED ART SUPPORT GRANT will support Socially Engaged Art projects that will take place in Japan and commit to the community and society; implement activities together with communities and residents; and aim to build and demonstrate models of a better society. This would further enhance in-depth relationships between art culture and the society and will contribute in cultivating higher cultural developments in Japan.

* About recruitment for the Fiscal Year 2023
In light of the current situation with the spread of the new coronavirus, the Foundation is also seeking project ideas for a “Socially Engaged Art Project in the COVID-19 Pandemic,” as in previous years. The selected grant recipients will be required to present a report on the completion of the implementation of the project or a prototype (preliminary workshop, prototype, lecture, video, etc.) in FY2023.

【REQUIREMENTS (project content)】
* Applications need to fulfill requirements below to be acknowledged legitimate:
- A socially-engaged art project that includes new suggestions for the community, social life, and social systems in the COVID-19 Pandemic (or “With/Post-COVID”).
- Projects applying strikingly new methods or ways of expression
- Socially Engaged Art projects that would be newly implemented in Japan
- Projects that would become a catalyst towards social changes
- Projects aiming to build and demonstrate models of a better society
- Projects with artists taking initiatives as its leader
- Dialogue based projects which focus on building continuous partner relationships with communities
- Projects which include a collaborative production process with participants

【deadline】October 9th, 2022 [Sun] *18:00 Japan Time

【web】http://www.kacf.jp/guideline?lang=en