page_title: Asian Cultural Council
section_title: Artistic Advisory Council
hierarchical_section_title: Asian Cultural Council / Artistic Advisory Council
caption_attribution_description: Julie Taymor @ 2007 Toronto International Film Festival
context_page_description: The Asian Cultural Council is a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing international cultural exchange between Asia and the U.S. and between the countries of Asia through the arts. Founded by John D. Rockefeller 3rd in 1963, ACC has invested over $100 million in grants to artists and arts professionals representing 16 fields and 26 countries through over 6,000 exchanges. ACC supports $1.4 million in grants annually for individuals and organizations.
  ACC awards fellowship grants to artists and scholars and project grants for organizations in three categories of cross-cultural exchange: Asia-to-U.S., U.S.-to-Asia, and intra-Asia. The programming of each grant is customized to the goals of the grant recipient.
  ACC is both a grantmaking and grantseeking organization. It is supported by funding from individuals, foundations, and corporations including The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Beijing Contemporary Art Foundation, Ford Foundation, the Henry Luce Foundation, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, Newman’s Own Foundation and The Starr Foundation.
  ACC is headquartered in New York City with regional offices and affiliate foundations in Hong Kong, Manila, Taipei and Tokyo.
context_section_description: Yael Buencamino (Philippines)
  Cai Guo-Qiang, Visual Art (ACC 1995 & 2006, China/U.S.)
  Tiffany Chung, Visual Art (ACC 2015, U.S./Vietnam)
  Patrick Flores, Museum Studies (ACC 2009, Philippines)
  Oscar Ho, Visual Art (ACC 1992, Hong Kong)
  David Henry Hwang, Theater (ACC 2012, U.S.)
  Jin Xing, Dance (ACC 1988, China)
  Kengo Kuma, Architecture (ACC 1985, Japan)
  Dinh Q. Le, Visual Art (ACC 2004, Vietnam/U.S.)
  Barbara London, Film, Video, and Photography (ACC 1995 & 1997, U.S.)
  Fumihiko Maki, Architecture (ACC 1976, Japan)
  Meredith Monk, Theater (ACC 1997 & 2000, U.S.)
  Kohei Nawa, Visual Art (ACC 2004, Japan)
  Jan Leeroy New, Visual Art (ACC 2015, Philippines)
  Viet Thanh Nguyen, Film, Video, and Photography (ACC 2010, U.S.)
  Ong Keng Sen, Theater (ACC 1993, Singapore)
  Mallika Sarabhai, Arts General (ACC 2002, India)
  Sheu Fang-Yi, Dance (ACC 2006, Taiwan)
  Louisa So Yuk Wa, Theater (ACC 2008, Hong Kong)
  Julie Taymor, Theater (ACC 1980, U.S.)
  Tran Luong, Visual Art (ACC 1998 & 2008, Vietnam)
  Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Film, Video, and Photography (ACC 2004, Thailand)
  Robert Wilson, Theater  (ACC 1981 & 2004, U.S.)
caption: ACC Grantee, American film and theater director and writer Julie Taymor
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