ARCUS Project, approximately an hour from Tokyo, calls for applications from visual artists for their funded artist-in-residence programme from 11 September to 9 December 2026.

ARCUS Project’s artist-in-residence programme provides opportunities for artists in the field of contemporary art to cultivate their artistic creativity and vision. A residency at ARCUS Studio allows participants to come into contact with the contemporary art scene in Japan as well as devote themselves to their creative endeavours in a calm environment while interacting with the local community.

Through the support the programme offers from its dedicated team of coordinators and regular tutorials with a curator, artists are able to search for and explore approaches in their practices and undertake new challenges in their artistic expression.

The programme particularly emphasises research-based practices and presents the initial results of these processes at open studios. It welcomes ideas for artworks and projects that develop out of encounters with people, the land, and culture, and aspire to form critical spaces that are open and international.