The house where artists in residence stay has a garage, and we were using that garage to store things that we weren’t using. So now that Hiro’s pollen allergy has calmed down a little we cleaned the garage and turned it into a new studio!

It’s no big deal but we feel the same as if we had just made a new Tate Modern.

We recently added Studio Kura to two of the most popular directories of Artist in Residence programs, hoping that more artists find us.

Res Artis is an association of over 400 centers, organisations, and individuals in over 70 countries. Studio Kura is now a member too!

Trans Artists is a website that acts as a knowledge center on Artist in Residence programs and other opportunities for artists.

Hiro recently wrote a column about Studio Kura’s Artist in Residence Program for Asahi Art Festival, a network that connects many art projects in Japan. Here is an English translation, hoping that you will understand better his feelings about the Residence Program.

After I graduated at a certain university in Hiroshima, I lived in Germany for five years as an artist. I did my best to join as many artist in residence programs in Europe as I was able to.
I was a bit jealous of Europeans having art so blended into their cities, so when I decided to come back to my homeland Itoshima I thought I would have to build an environment before working on my own art. So I decided to build a base. And remembering the residences I had been to, I thought it should be a place where artists gather and create while building a connection to the place.
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