1The Nippon Foundation DIVERSITY IN THE ARTS
The 2nd Open-call Exhibition
Call for Entries

Organizer: The Nippon Foundation DIVERSITY IN THE ARTS
Production Cooperation: International Communication Center for Persons with Disabilities (BiG-i)■ What is The Nippon Foundation DIVERSITY IN THE ARTS Open-call Exhibition?
With a view to realizing an inclusive society in which everyone can participate, The Nippon Foundation
DIVERSITY IN THE ARTS works on a project that conveys the significance and value of diversity to the wider
public, breaks down boundaries and spurs interaction, with a focus on the area of artistic activities of people withdisabilities. We started The Nippon Foundation DIVERSITY IN THE ARTS Open-call Exhibition in 2018. This
Project leverages the power of art to encourage interaction among all people, with or without disabilities, sharethe excitement and joy, and help people with disabilities discover and fulfill their potential. To that end, the Projectis committed to providing opportunities for people with disabilities to engage in artistic activities, unearthingartistic talent, and supporting and showcasing activities of these artists, thereby conveying the significance andvalue of diversity to a wider audience in society.

■ Entry and Selection Procedures
Original works will be judged to ensure that their true appeal is not lost in or misrepresented by photographs.
Overseas entries[Entry Period]
From July 2 (Tue) to July 25 (Thu), 2019↓
Photographic Selection: early August

Japanese entries

Results will be notified to applicants in the middle of[Entry Period]

AugustFrom September 1 (Sun) to September 20 (Fri), 2019↓↓
Judging of original works: middle of OctoberAward-winning Works, Winning Works and Honorable Mention will be chosen. Results will be notified toapplicants in the middle of October.
↓Award Ceremony & Exhibition of Selected WorksAward Ceremony & Exhibition of Selected Works (Award-winning Works, Winning Works only) will be held inTokyo and Yokohama.

2■ Guidelines for Overseas Entries
Regulation

Artworks produced by people with disabilities inside or outside of Japan. Works that havepreviously won awards are not eligible for entry.

Eligible
applicants

Artist responsible for creating the work; person with the parental responsibilities and rights forthe artist (if the artist is a minor); artist’s legal guardian; or juridical person entrusted with theright to use the entered artwork.

Number ofentries

Up to three works per artist will be accepted for consideration.
Categories
Painting, illustration, graphic design, calligraphy, photography, 3-D objects, etc. There are norestrictions on materials or subjects.
- Works using natural flowers and other perishable materials as well as firearms and hazardous
materials will not be accepted.
- Works that violate copyrights or publicity rights of others are not accepted for consideration.
- For submitted art works including portraits, privacy and copyrights of third parties, pleaseapply after obtaining prior permission and approval from the relevant rights holder regarding theapplication and use by the organizer. The organizer can not take responsibility for any damages
caused to the applicant and third parties by the use of the entry.
- If it is found that the work is an Award-winning work or that it infringes a third party's right suchas copyright, the award may be cancelled.

Specifications
Framing
Works do not need to be framed. Please remove any glass before sending framed work.
Size and Weight
Due to limited exhibition space, works must conform to the following dimensions.
Two-dimensional works

Maximum height 200 cm × width 120 cm

Three-dimensional works

Maximum height 200 cm × width 150 cm × depth 150 cm, weight 50 kg

Please give thought to print size as well when submitting photography work, because themethod of printing is also considered an aspect of the work. Normally, print sizes equivalent toor larger than yotsu-giri (254 x 305 mm) are advisable but not mandatory.

Application
periodFrom July 2 (Tue) to July 25 (Thu), 2019

Application fee

FreeApplication
conditions*Being able to agree to the use such as recording images of this project.
*Being able to let The Nippon Foundation DIVERSITY IN THE ARTS have the winning work
(Award-winning Works / Winning Works / Honorable Mentions) for up to one year, and agree tothe use such as the display at the exhibition, Selected works catalogue and the media.

Application
methodComplete the application form, attach a photo of the work, and send by email or postal mail.
An application form is required for each work entered.
- Application materials and attached photos are non-returnable.
- The application form can be downloaded from The Nippon Foundation DIVERSITY IN THE
ARTS website https://www.diversity-in-the-arts.jp

3Preliminary Selection
A photographic selection will be made by a panel of seven judges.
Results will be emailed to applicants starting from around the middle of August. Successful
applicants will be asked to submit original works to arrive at The Nippon Foundation
DIVERSITY IN THE ARTS no later than September 20 (Fri).
Selection method
Final Selection
Entries from both Japan and overseas will be subjected to a judging of original works, in whicha panel of seven judges will choose the Award-winning Works (7 works), Winning Works (43works) and Honorable Mentions (50 works).
Results will be emailed to applicants starting from middle of October.

Award winners’
privileges*Winners of the Award-winning Works will be requested to attend an award ceremony (to beheld in Tokyo). Travel and accommodation for attending the award ceremony will be paid for by
the organizer.
* Exhibition of Selected Works…Award-winning works and Winning Works are scheduled to be
displayed at Exhibition of Selected Works to be held in Tokyo and Yokohama.
*Selected works catalogue …Award-winning works, Winning Works and Honorable Mentions
will be published in the art catalogue.

[Applicants shortlisted for the final selection]
Please send the original work (actual, physical item) to The Nippon Foundation DIVERSITY IN THE ARTS for the final
selection, following the instructions below.
Applicants are responsible for packing and arranging for the delivery of his/her work to The Nippon
Foundation DIVERSITY IN THE ARTS.
- To protect work from damage during transit, applicants are asked to ensure that their work isDelivery
securely packed.
method- Please fill in the delivery slip so that the total price of the work enclosed in one package does notexceed 10,000 yen. There is a risk that duties will be imposed on packages filled in beyond thisamount. If the duty is imposed, the applicant will pay.

Shipping costs

When andhow works are
returned

Others

The applicant is responsible for the cost of sending the work to The Nippon Foundation DIVERSITY
IN THE ARTS. The Nippon Foundation DIVERSITY IN THE ARTS is responsible for the cost ofsending the work back to the applicant.
Unselected works will be returned after the screening in the middle of October 2019, followed by
Honorable Mentions in early December 2019. Award-winning Works and Winning Works will bereturned after the exhibition.
NB: As a rule, works will be returned in their original packing materials to the name and address
given on the shipping label.
While the organizer shall exercise due care to prevent damage to delivered works during handlingand judging, damage to works while in the organizer’s care shall be compensated within thecoverage of the “all risk” policy purchased by the organizer.

[Applications]
Email: contest@diversity-in-the-arts.jp
Address:The Nippon Foundation DIVERSITY IN THE ARTSInternational Communication Center for Persons with Disabilities (BiG-i)
1-8-1 Chayamadai, Minami-ku, Sakai City, Osaka 590-0115 JAPAN
Phone: 81-72-290-0962 Fax: 81-72-290-0972

4■ Judging Panel (Japanese alphabetical order by surname)
Yuji Akimoto
Director, Professor of The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts / Director of Nerima Art Museum
Born in Tokyo in 1955. Upon graduation from the Department of Painting, Faculty of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of theArts, he worked for the Benesse Art Site Naoshima project in 1991 and thereafter. He was appointed to the posts ofDirector of the Chichu Art Museum and Artistic Director of Benesse Art Site Naoshima in 2004. During his service as
Director of the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa from 2007 to March 2017, he was responsible
for organizing, among others, Kanazawa Art Platform 2008, International Triennale of Kogei in Kanazawa, Art Crafting
Towards the Future and INOUE Yuichi Centennial Exhibition. Visiting Professor at Akita University of Art from April
2013 to March 2017. Visiting Professor at Tokyo University of the Arts from April 2013 until March 2015. Since 2015 heis the Director, Professor of The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts. Since 2017, The Tokyo
Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, Culture Education commission. Since 2018, he holds
Nerima Art Museum director.

Baron Ueda
Founder of FR/LAME MONGER / Illustrator
Baron Ueda is known for his character illustrations with unique eyes and of aggressive style represented by bold lines.
Active both inside and outside Japan mainly in the fields of advertising, publishing, games, and other media.
In a masterpiece McDonald's collaboration, Google Chrome artist theme, character design for ichikoro, art works for
Tomoyasu Hotei, EXILE and Perfume, and and character artwork for the superhit series Interactive PsychologicalGame JIN-ROU. He also produced interior wall paintings for the popular cheese tart cafés PABLO. He won K-DesignAward 2017. For the 400th anniversary of the Rimpa, he painted a large picture of Fujin (Wind God) and Raijin(Thunder God), which was exhibited at Toraya Kyoto Gallery. He was invited as a guest artist with Red Bull Ignition. Healso ranked 3rd in the LIMITS Digital Art Battle World Grand Prix 2017. His first anthology EYES was released byGenkosha.

Edward M. GómezSenior Editor of RAW VISIONEdward M. Gómez is an arts journalist, critic and graphic designer. He is the senior editor of the London-basedoutsider-art magazine RAW VISION and the New York correspondent of the American magazine Art & Antiques. He
has written and provided photography for The New York Times, Art + Auction, Metropolis (U.S.A.) Folk Art Magazine,Hyperallergic, The Japan Times (Tokyo), Reforma (Mexico City), Jamaica Observer (Kingston) and many otherpublications. His new film about the artist Valton Tyler was released in 2017. He is based in New York. Member of theAdvisory Council of the Collection de l’Art Brut in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Emi Zouza
Director, Human Rights, Fukuoka
In 2000, Emi Zouza became a curator and librarian at the Contemporary Art Museum Kumamoto. At an exhibition tocommemorate the museum’s founding in 2002, she met residents of National Sanatorium Kikuchi Keifuen, the largest
national sanatorium for people with Hansen’s disease in Kumamoto. This encounter acted as a trigger for her to gain
new insights. From 2015 to the present, she serves as Director, Human Rights, Fukuoka and in that capacity has been
involved in the study and preservation of paintings by Kikuchi Keifuen art club Kinyoukai. She also makes every effort

5to Investigate and keep a record at Matsuoka health garden, Nagashima-Aiseien, Hoshizuka Keiaien and AmamiWakouen. Art exhibitions of Kinyoukai are held in various regions such as Inochi no akashi ten (2016), Furusato
Amami ni kaeru (2018), Shiranai wo miniikou (2018) and Shiranai wo miniikou -E no naka no furusato- (2019) .

Hiroaki Nakatsugawa
Artist / Art Director
While creating his own artworks, he involves in art projects that question the relationships between art and society invarious fields. Through expression activity workshops, barrier-free art studios, art history workshops, and lectures, hetells the meaning of human expressive activities and its importance. He has worked on many art studio directions,exhibition planning, production, and curation. Among others he served as a curator for Taro Okamoto and Art Brut at
Taro Okamoto Museum of Art in Kawasaki and as an Art Director for BiG-i Art Project Selected Works Exhibition. He
currently holds several positions, as Director, Able Art Japan; Director, Art de Vivre; Director, Get in touch; andPresident, Art InterMix.

Ikko Nagano
Photographer
Member of Japanese Professional Photographers Society (JPS). Representative for Kyoto Yomiuri Photo Club. Judgeof photo contests, etc. Born in Kyoto in 1945. Became a freelance photographer after working in the planningdepartment of a printing company. Based in Kyoto and has provided photographs of fine arts and antiques,architecture, food, traditional crafts, and people for numerous publications and magazines.

Kyoshu MochizukiCalligrapher
Born in Himeji City in 1949 and graduated from Department of calligraphy, Faculty of Education, Niigata University.
Currently, he is a lecturer at Himeji Municipal Koko Gakuen College and serves as executive committee member of theKansai Exhibition of the Mainichi Shodo Exhibition. He took this position after serving as an administrative committee
member and Grand Prize selection committee member of the Mainichi Shodo Exhibition. Has also serves as General
Manager of Kinki Region of the Kinki branch of Dokuritsu Shojindan Foundation, administrative committee member ofHimeji Bijutsu Kyokai, and chair of Kyoshu Shohokai. His Awards include the Mainichi Shodo Exhibition Grand Prizeand Dokuritsu Shojindan Foundation Member Award. As a calligraphy artist and commentator, Mochizuki lectures
extensively on rinsho as well as creative calligraphy and continues to develop his unique calligraphy theory throughresearch compilation, etc. He has authored books such as Kotsu ga wakareba daredemo kakeru.