1The Nippon Foundation DIVERSITY IN THE ARTS
The 4th International Art 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 International Art Exhibition?
The Nippon Foundation DIVERSITY IN THE ARTS conducted by The Nippon Foundation is the project aims torealize an inclusive society in which everyone can participate through the support for the realm of artistic
activities of people with disabilities.
We have been conducting various projects such as exhibitions and projects that are not bounded by existingmodels, offering proactive and cross-sectional information to convey the significance and value of diversity to awider audience in society.
The Nippon Foundation DIVERSITY IN THE ARTS International Art Exhibition is a part of this project.
This project leverages the power of art to encourage interaction among all people, with or without disabilities,
share the excitement and joy, and help people with disabilities discover 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.

■ Entry and Selection Procedures
Overseas entries

Domestic entries[Application Period] From July 1 (Thu) to July 15 (Thu), 2021↓
Primary screening (Document screening) :mid-AugustPrimary screening: early September↓↓

Notification of results of the primary screening:
early September

Notification of results of the primary screening:late September↓↓

Deadline for the original artworks to arrive inJapan: October 15 (Fri)

Deadline for the original artworks to arrive:
October 20 (Wed)↓↓Final Selection (Selection by original artworks): early NovemberAward-winning Works, Overseas Works Award, Winning Works and Honorable Mentions will be selected.

↓Notification of results of the final selection: mid-November↓Awards Ceremony & Exhibition of Selected WorksAwards Ceremony & Exhibition of Selected Works will be held in Tokyo and Yokohama in spring 2022.

* Award winning works are scheduled to be returned in May 2022.

2■ Guidelines for Overseas Entries
Regulations

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

Eligibleapplicants

1. Artist responsible for creating the artwork
2. Person with the parental responsibilities and rights for the artist (if the artist is a minor)
3. Artist’s legal guardian
4. Juridical person entrusted with the right to use the entered artwork.

Number ofentries

Up to three works per artist
Categories
Painting, illustration, graphic design, calligraphy, photography, three-dimensional artworks,etc. There are no restrictions on materials and subjects.
Unacceptable entries include :- Works that have won any kind of awards previously- Perishable materials (e.g. natural flowers)- Hazardous materials (e.g. explosives, poison)- Fragile materials not suitable to be kept and displayed- Infringement of any kind of rights: privacy, publicity, copyright, trademarks of third parties* Please ask the relevant rights holders for the permission if you use materials protected bycopyright before submitting your application.
* The Nippon Foundation DIVERSITY IN THE ARTS (hereinafter referred to as "theorganizer") is not responsible for any damage or loss caused by the infringement.
Entries will be cancelled if :- Your application arrives not during the application period.
- Any sections in application form are blank.
- No photos of the artwork attached to the application form.
- The submitted artwork is not eligible for entry.
- The submitted artwork does not meet the requirements given on the guidelines.

Specifications

Framing
Do not frame any artworks. Frames can be very fragile, and besides, you will have to pay
relatively high shipping cost.
Size and Weight
Due to limited exhibition space, please follow the size requirements below.

* Length of a longer side must be within 200 cm. Sum of two sides must be within 320 cm.
* Photography artwork must be larger than yotsu-giri (254 x 305 mm) size. The method of
printing is also considered an aspect of the work.
Application fee

Free (The applicants have to pay shipping cost for submitting artworks.)

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By entering this competition, you must agree to:

Application
conditions- Lend the winning works (Award-winning Works / Overseas Works Award / Winning Works /Honorable Mentions) to the organizer for up to one year.
- Allow the winning works for following purposes:
Being displayed at the Exhibition of Selected Works and publicity.
Being published in the catalog of Selected Works.
Being used in records of this project by the organizer.
Being published in the website and SNS of the organizer, and other media.
- Confirm and agree on the regulation, specifications and conditions.

Primary screening (Document screening)
Selection
methodScreening based on submitted application form in A3 size (297mm x 420mm).
* Photographs or any documents not attached to the prescribed application form will not be accepted.

Final selection (Selection by original artworks)
Selection based on original artworks.
Publication andproffering of
the catalog of
Selected Works

Display atthe Exhibition of
Selected Works

Invitation tothe Awards
CeremonyAward-Winning Works (6)Overseas Works Award (1)◯◯◯Winning Works (43)

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Honorable Mentions (50)◯------Awards(Projected number of awards)

Award winners’
privileges* The awards ceremony is scheduled to be held in Tokyo. Travel and accommodation forattending the Awards Ceremony will be paid for by the organizer.
* The shipping cost for returning artworks will be paid for by the organizer.

Application
periodFrom July 1 (Thu) to July 15 (Thu), 2021
Email Application Deadline : 5 p.m. on July 15 (Thu), 2021 in Japan Standard Time* Applications arrived not during the application period will not be accepted.

Complete the application form, with photos of the artwork attached, and send it bypostal mail or email.
-Application
method--An application form is required for each artwork entered.
Photocopy the completed application form and keep it at hand. Application materials andattached photos are non-returnable.
Do not resize the application form when you use a photocopy to fill in. The application form
must be in one sheet of A3 size (297mm x 420mm) or in two separate sheets of A4(297mm x 210mm).
Letters in “Details of Artist” and “Details of Artwork” must be legible if you paste printed
document in the form.
If you are submitting two or more artworks, fill out one application form per one artworkand send the application forms in one delivery. The number of the artworks has to be
specified by writing it down on the backside of the envelope or in the email.
Original artworks arrived before the primary screening will be returned by cash ondelivery.

Application form can be downloaded from here:
The Nippon Foundation DIVERSITY IN THE ARTS website
https://www.diversity-in-the-arts.jp/en/news

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Email: contest@diversity-in-the-arts.jp
Postal mail: The Nippon Foundation DIVERSITY IN THE ARTS
Mailing address

Chiyoda North Building 4F-E, 13-38, Naniwa-cho, Kita-ku, Osaka,530-0022, JAPAN* Please do not send artworks to this address. The applicants shortlisted for the final

selection will be informed of the address to send artworks.
The applicant's personal information will be used for:Privacy policy[1] Sending to the applicant: notifications regarding this project, artworks and documents,information on this project and other projects conducted by the organizer (including thenext fiscal year and onwards)[2] Publishing the name of the artwork, the name and the pen name of the author in theExhibition of Selected Works, the catalog of Selected Works, website, and otherinformation media issued by the organizer.
[3] Research and analysis for the improvement of this project and other projects conductedby the organizer.
[4] Providing applicants' personal information to the outsourcing company within the scopenecessary to achieve the purpose to carry out this project and other projects conductedby the organizer. The organizer will conduct appropriate supervision, such as
establishing a manageable contract with the outsourcing company regarding handling.
* The organizer will give individuals the opportunity to explicitly consent to the use of the information

for a purpose other than the purposes written here, except for the cases where the personal
information is requested under the laws and regulations.

[Applicants shortlisted for the final selection]
Please send the original artwork (actual, physical item) to the organizer for the final selection, following theinstructions below.
Applicants are responsible for packing and arranging for the delivery of their artworks to the organizer.
Deliverymethod- To protect artwork from damage during transit, applicants are asked to ensure that their artwork
securely packed.
- Please fill in the delivery slip so that the total price of the artworks enclosed in one package does
not exceed 10,000 Japanese yen. There is a risk that customs duties will be imposed on
packages worth more than 10,000 Japanese yen. If the duty is imposed, the applicant will haveto pay.

Shippingcosts

The applicant is responsible for the cost of sending the artwork to the organizer. The organizer isresponsible for the cost of sending the artwork back to the applicant.

When andhowartworks
are returned

Unselected artworks will be returned after the final selection in November, 2021. Award-winningWorks, Overseas Works Award, Winning Works and Honorable Mentions will be returned after theexhibition scheduled in spring 2022.
Notes: As a rule, artworks will be returned in their original packing materials to the name and address
given on the shipping label.

Others

While the organizer shall exercise due care to prevent damage to delivered artworks during handling,damage to artworks while in the organizer’s care shall be compensated within the coverage of themovables comprehensive insurance or the transport insurance insured by the organizer.

5■ Jury Panel (Japanese alphabetical order by surname)
Yuji Akimoto
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 responsiblefor organizing, among others, Kanazawa Art Platform 2008, International Triennale of Kogei in Kanazawa, Art Crafting
Towards the Future and INOUE Yuichi Centennial Exhibition. He was the Director, Professor of The University Art
Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts from April 2015 until March 2021. Since 2017, The Tokyo Organising Committeeof the Olympic and Paralympic Games, Culture Education commission. Since April 2018, he has been Nerima Art
Museum director.

Baron Ueda
Founder of FR/LAME MONGER / Illustrator
Baron Ueda is born to a family whose grandfather was an artisan of Nishijin-Ori [Traditional textile produced in Kyoto].
Since 2000, he has created character illustrations with unique eyes branded as "Baron-Eye" in solid bold lines bymaking full use of digital tools. His works are popular for the composition where one can perceive aggressive depth
and space while with flat expressions, and for pop & cartoonish style. His works appeared in various advertisements
and publications, games, media, and large wall paintings throughout the world. He also designed characters for
Gentosha's interactive psychology game series "JIN-ROH" [Werewolf]. He created works using traditional Japanesetechniques, foil and digital expression including huge silkscreen print "HACHI" at a tea ceremony house in Kyoto, Fujin
Raijin-Zu [Wind God and Thunder God], and golden Maiko [apprentice geisha in Kyoto]. He ranked 3rd in the LIMITS
Digital Art Battle World Grand Prix 2017. His first anthology EYES was released by Genkosha.

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

Hiroaki Nakatsugawa
Artist / Art Director
Besides his creative activities as an artist, Nakatsugawa engages in efforts that question the relationship between art
and society in a wide range of fields. Through initiatives such as expression activity workshops, barrier-free art studios,art history workshops, and lectures, he conveys the meaning and importance of human expression. He has been
involved in art studio direction and exhibition planning, production, and curation—including serving as curator for theTaro Okamoto et L’Art Brut at Taro Okamoto Museum of Art in Kawasaki and art director for the BiG-i Art Project
Selected Works Exhibition. He currently holds the positions of president of Hyogenkatsudo lab Lascaux, president ofArt InterMix, director of Get in touch, director of Art de Vivre, and director of Able Art Japan.

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.

6Kyoshu Mochizuki
Calligrapher
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. He 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.