March 31, 2015
Arts Council Tokyo,
Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture
Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture

Arts Council Tokyo: Creation Program
FY2015 Program Line-Up Announced
On April 1, 2015, the new incarnation of the Arts Council Tokyo will be launched, following a restructuring of arts andculture programs and the body’s integration with the Tokyo Culture Creation Project in order to strengthen and enhance
its organizational structure and functions as an organization playing a key role in Tokyo’s cultural policies. The revamped
Arts Council Tokyo will develop a variety of programs to encourage the creation and dissemination of arts and culture andto promote Tokyo as an international city of artistic and cultural attractions.
The program line-up for the Creation Programs – one of its main initiatives – for FY2015 has just been finalized.

■ Create and disseminate diverse culture through various programs in cooperation with other artistic and culturalorganizations and arts NPOs.
The Creation Programs undertaken in partnership with organizations and NPOs involved with culture and the arts. We facilitate
the active involvement of people in art and culture, by forming hubs for culture creation across the city and providing children
and young people with opportunities to take part in creative experiences as well as organizing festivals in a wide range of fields
including traditional culture, theater, music, visual art, and film, in order to create new Tokyo culture and disseminate it to theworld.

■ Festivals and Community Engagement Programs Covering an Array of Fields, and Projects in the Run-Up to 2020
We enhance and develop artistic and cultural activities by organizing festivals in a wide range of fields including traditional
performance and culture, theater, dance, music, visual art, and film, and by carrying out public programs for children, youngadults, and people from overseas. In addition, looking toward 2020, we are implementing major preliminary projects to engage
diverse creative professionals, talents, and cultural resources.
In addition to Traditional Arts Program aimed at highlighting the appeal of Japan’s traditional culture and performing arts toJapanese and foreign audiences and developing new audiences, we will implement Traditional culture and performing arts
experience programs, which are accessible short programs that offer foreign visitors the opportunity to gain authentic firsthand experience of traditional culture and performing arts. Moreover, as well as launching a Street Dance Festival in the Shibuya
area, we will hold a variety of programs in the Roppongi area that spotlight media art as part of Roppongi Art Night 2015.

■ Forming Hubs for Cultural Creation: The Tokyo Artpoint Project
Tokyo Artpoint Project aims to create and disseminate Tokyo’s diverse attractions through art projects in local communities. By
carrying out and expanding art projects that engage artists and local residents, we create a platform that enables sustainable
activities and cultivates NPOs that will enrich the local community.
We will run 14 diverse programs at various locations in the metropolis, including the ongoing TERATOTERA, Art Access Adachi:
Downtown Senju – Connecting through Sound Art, and Toshima Art Station Koso programs, as well as the Relight Projectfocused on lighting up Tatsuo Miyajima’s work Counter Void once again, and the Tokyo Diversion Research program, which
explores social inclusion.

■ Applying Tokyo’s Cultural Power to Earthquake Recovery
We will also continue to work on Art Support Tohoku-Tokyo, a Tokyo Metropolitan Government initiative to support areas
affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake, through arts and culture. The project aims to support the recovery of vibrantcultural environments in affected communities by implementing arts programs in partnership with local arts NPOs and otherorganizations.
For details on individual projects, please refer to the attached project summary.
*For an overview of the Arts Council Tokyo, please see the attached press release entitled Announcing the Merger of Arts
Council Tokyo and the Tokyo Culture Creation Project.
●Arts Council Tokyo
Arts Council Tokyo develops a variety of programs to encourage the creation and dissemination of arts and culture and to promote Tokyo
as an international city of artistic and cultural attractions. In order to improve the infrastructure and environment for new artistic andcultural creation, Arts Council Tokyo plays a key role in Tokyo’s cultural policies by implementing programs that explore Tokyo’s originalityand diversity, promoting international cultural exchange, and providing opportunities for promising young people who engage in a varietyof artistic and cultural pursuits. Furthermore, Arts Council Tokyo will carry out major cultural projects to prepare for the 2020 Olympicand Paralympic Games in Tokyo.

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Ryuichiro Mori/Satsuki Asano, Public Relations Team,Arts Council Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture
TEL +81 (0)3-5638-8805, Email press@artscouncil-tokyo.jp