OPEN CALL: ARCUS PROJECT 2025 IBARAKI

ARCUS PROJECT 2025 IBARAKI
ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM (full-funded)

Application Period: February 21 through March 25, 2025

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ARCUS Project’s Artist-in-residence program is dedicated to supporting artists engaged in creative activities worldwide by providing time, space, and a contemplative environment for in-depth fieldwork and research. Through financial and practical support, the residency program offers from its dedicated staff members of directors and regular tutorials with a curator, artists can explore approaches in their practices and undertake new challenges in their artistic expression.

This program particularly emphasizes research-based practices and presents the initial results of these processes at open studios. We welcome ideas for projects that develop out of encounters with people, the land, and culture, and aspire to form critical discourse that are open and international.

Program Period: August 29 through November 26, 2025 (90 days)

Program Features:

- Stipend: 540,000 JPY
- Round-trip airfare
- A private studio (67.5m2)
- A private furnished apartment
- Support (coordination, studio visits, translation)

Application Period: February 21 through March 25, 2025
Application Deadline: March 25, 2025 (23:59:59 UTC+9)

To apply:
https://www.arcus-project.com/en/open-call/ (for artists residing outside Japan) https://www.arcus-project.com/open-call/ (for artists residing in Japan)

For more information about our program and past resident artists:
https://www.arcus-project.com/en/residence-program/artist-in-residence-program/

About ARCUS:

Since 1994, ARCUS Project has supported artists engaged in creative activities worldwide by providing time, space, and a vibrant community to foster exchange through residencies and public programs. Today, ARCUS is the most prominent and longest-running residency program in the field of contemporary art in Japan. Located around an hour from Tokyo and a half hour from Tsukuba City, known for hosting one of the largest accumulations of science and technology institutes in the world, the program allows artists to come into contact with the contemporary art scene and leading research institutions, as well as devote themselves to their creative endeavors in a calm environment.

ARCUS Project
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ARCUS Studio
2418 Itatoi, Moriya, Ibaraki
302-0101 Japan
Tel : +81(0)297 46 2600
www.arcus-project.com