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2020.05.25 Setouchi Triennale 2022 Call for Art Proposals

We are calling for site-specific art projects utilizing the local resources of each venue of the Setouchi Triennale 2022.

Setouchi Triennale 2022 Call for Art Proposals(Japanese)

Setouchi Triennale 2022 Call for Art Proposals(English)

2020.05.07 Notice of ART SETOUCHI events and status of artworks release due to the spread of the COVID-19.

ART SETOUCHI events and artworks release will be canceled due to the spread of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). For details, please see the Artworks Calendar.

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2020.04.08 Notice of ART SETOUCHI events and status of artworks release due to the spread of the COVID-19.

ART SETOUCHI events and artworks release will be canceled due to the spread of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). For details, please see the Artworks Calendar.

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2019.11.27 【The event of ART SETOUCHI】December 8: “Island's Birthday Party”~Let's make a Christmas Ornament!~

Setouchi Triennale (Chairman: Keizo Hamada, Governor of Kagawa Prefecture) Executive Committee is working on the “ART SETOUCHI” activity, which aims to revitalize and regenerate the local vitality through art even outside of “Setouchi Triennale” held once every 3 years.
As part of this “ART SETOUCHI” event, “Island's Birthday Party” will be held on Teshima on Sunday, December 8, 2019.

This event is held once a month on Teshima for interaction of people. Local people of Teshima and visitors cerebrate to whom have birthday month. (This time is in December).

The birthday party in December will be called “Let's make a Christmas Ornament!” and invites “Setoumi clinical art society” as a teacher.

Let's make our own Christmas tree decoration and have fun together.


Date
December 8, 2019 (Sunday) 14: 00-15: 00
Location
Karato Hall (822-1 Teshima, Tonosho-cho, Shodo-gun, Kagawa)
Entry fee
Free (No prior application required)

 
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“Setoumi clinical art society”
It began in September 2018 when the member was strongly inspired by the heavy rain disaster in West Japan.
Clinical artists in Setouchi works together to help each other.
Clinical art is a technique that stimulates the brain by enjoying the fruits and vegetables of the motif and taking in the process of remembering past experiences while enjoying drawing and making sculpture. In addition to preventing dementia in the elderly and developing children's full sensibility, it is expected to be effective in reducing stress.

The following facilities and museums are also open on that day.
・ Teshima Museum 10: 00-16: 00 (last admission 15:30)
・ Teshima Yokoo House 10: 00-16: 00 (last admission 15:30)
・ Les Archives du Cœur 10: 00-16: 00 (last admission 15:30)
・ Shima Kitchen 11: 00-16: 00 (Foods Lo 14: 00 / Drink Lo 15:30)



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2019.11.15 Setouchi Triennale 2019 has been featured on the website of New York Times

Setouchi Triennale 2019, which ended on November 4th, has been featured in the article of “The 52 Places Traveler On an Art Scavenger Hunt in Japan's Seto Inland Sea” on the website of New York Times on 12 November.


In January of this year, “Setouchi Islands” was selected as the seventh place of “52 Places to Go in 2019” in the article of the same website. This time, the charms of lifestyle on the islands as well as artworks have been introduced in the article.


※Setouchi DMO is publicizing about Setouchi to Western media including this one.


The New York Times

Outline of this media
The New York Times is a major newspaper with the second largest circulation in the United States. It has won many Pulitzer Prizes (awards given for achievements of American newspapers, magazines, press and literary).


Contents of an article
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/12/travel/52-places-to-go-setouchi-islands-japan.html

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