We are pleased to announce an exhibition Does this make you happy? by Allison Kovar on September 21(Sat.) – 23(Mon., national holiday), as a result of her activity during her stay at Studio Kura. Allison Kovar is a multidisciplinary artist who is a by-product of her residing in many different countries. She sees her body […]
Our residence artists in December joined Shimenawa (the Sacred Rope) making for Masue Inari Shrine on Dec 10th in 2017. Shimenawa means to represent a sacred place where a god is enshrined. The rope takes the role of demarcating the shrine and precincts from the every-day world, and avoiding impurity. Artists helped to find fine […]
We are pleased to announce an exhibition Komorebi by Anne-Sophie Guillet on August 26 (Sat) and 27 (Sun), as a result of her activity during her stay at Studio Kura. Anne-Sophie Guillet is a French photographer, born in Oxford, UK. She graduated from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in 2013 with an MFA in […]
We are happy to announce 今 now, an exhibition by Stefano Buro, as a result of his activity during her stay at Studio Kura. Stefano Buro is an animator and illustrator artist based in Verona, Italy. He completed his Bachelor of Art in Painting at Cignaroli Fine Art School in Verona and he has been […]
Hello, everyone! I am KUSU!!! It is getting colder and colder, i can not get out from KOTATSU!! well, I would like to report about NEWS from STUDIO KURA. We had visitors from Studio Kura had visitors from NISHI-KARATSU nursery as a field trip. They are students there and walked to STUDIO KURA from IKISAN […]
HI, this is AYAKO from STUDIO KURA! This is the report from Mr. KUSU!!! I translate into ENGLISH and sharing His&residence artist experience here~! ↓here, it is his report!!!! enjoy reading!!!! ___________________________________________________________________________ Hello, How are you, everyone? this is TAKUYA KUSU, one of staff at STUDIO KURA. I am experiencing my first winter in ITOSHIMA… […]
Current residence artist Jen Hitchings draws a wonderful map, Studio Kura surrounding!!! No one will get lost to Studio Kura from NOW ON!!!! From November, we have 4 artists each month. Definitely, we will be having FUN a lot with everyone. SO…We bought air conditioners, not only one, THREE of them!!!! WOW WOW WOW such […]
Let’s spend a post sharing Antariksa’s Indonesian translation for a blog post. Hai! Ini Hiro. Sekedar untuk Anda tahu, ada sebuah bukit di belakang Studio Kura. Tapi belakangan ini jalurnya menjadi begitu curam dan lebih mirip peluncuran. Ini bukan tempat bermain anak-anak.
Hi! This is Hiro. You know, there is a hill behind Studio Kura. But recently the path had become so steep that it felt more like a slide. It was no place for children to play anymore.