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Calling all artists!
An art organization in Fukui Prefecture is looking for artists to stay and work in Eiheiji Town, Fukui Prefecture. We invite you to experience the climate, scenery, people and food in the town at the foot of Eiheiji Temple, the head temp... -
“I want to make a smell waft out from a large piece of cloth.” – FUKUDA Hiromichi, a graduate student at the University of Fukui
-Please tell me about the process by which you went from high school to the Faculty of Education at the University of Fukui. I was in my third year at Wakasa High School (Fukui prefecture, Japan) when I decided to go to the university. I... -
“Let’s live cheerfully and freely, get along well, encourage each other, help each other, and have fun!” – Ay-O “Paradise of Peace”
There is a mural that remains in my memory. The mural has not lost its vividness after nearly half a century. The mural is the work of Ay-O, a Japanese contemporary artist. I was interested in the background of the mural. So, I interview... -
I wanted “unquestionably clear black lines. When I saw the black edge of the stained glass, I realized, “That’s it! That’s what I realized. The artist, Sayaka Yamahashi
-Sayaka, can you tell us about your journey from encountering paper cutouts to acquiring them as a method of expression? After graduating from high school, I went to Tamagawa University. I was very influenced by the art department at Tam... -
When I decided to open a restaurant, I decided to ask Sayaka for help. Katsumi Kitano, restaurant owner
-The cat sign in your restaurant is very impressive. How did you meet Sayaka Yamahashi, the artist who created it? I know Sayaka's brother. She is also a good friend of my sister. We have always had a brother-sister relationship. Sayaka ... -
“I am happy that it is in a place where everyone can see and enjoy it. That makes me happy.” – Terashi Isaka, owner of coffee shop Kanzan
ーA coffee shop in the basement, I heard it was a familiar place. "It was a place where customers would ask, "If that seat is taken, can I move? A couple of years before I closed the coffee shop, it started to be featured on Instagram. H... -
When I open the door and jump into the picture, it gives me the “power of the day’s mood. Noriko Saito, hair stylist
-How did you find out about Aoyama Madoka's paintings? I think it was five or six years ago.I saw her at the Gekko Cafe in Echizen City. It was love at first sight. -Have you ever bought any of his paintings before? This is the first tim... -
“I want to take a positive view of life and death. I wanted to create an existence that would become a symbol of prayer” – Koichi Matsufuji, glass artist
ーYou have been in Ono City since 2003. Can you tell us about your work as an artist-in-residence? At the time, I was working as an artist in Nagoya. I was invited by Kazumi Tsuji, a glass artist. It was a project where I rented a house ... -
“Create from dialogue with your own memory. Create scenic works” -Artist Toru Shirasaki
Fragments Series 2020-I," taken at Mr. Shirasaki's studio. Photo:TATORI Naoki(Studio IKKEI) -What did you learn in Shiga as a student? I was quite shocked to be exposed to an art artist.Not necessarily because of what I learned from M... -
My thoughts, which I could not put into words, were there. Hiroyuki Kubota, owner of Kubota Sake Shop
I went to the Kubota Sake Shop in front of JR Sabae Station. I happened to find a print by Mitsuru Ezaki.It was a print of a living creature displayed with old tools of the historic Kubota Sake Shop.I loved the golden ears of rice in th... -
“Questioning the event at hand. the act of broadening one’s thinking” (3) – Dancer Iwamoto Aki
From Fukui to overseas. I got information that there are dancers in Europe where contemporary dance is popular and I got in touch with them. Iwamoto Aki(岩本亜樹) interviewed overseas about what she thinks, what she thinks, and what sh... -
“Questioning the event at hand. the act of broadening one’s thinking” (2) – Dancer Iwamoto Aki
From Fukui to overseas. I got information that there are dancers in Europe where contemporary dance is popular and I got in touch with them. Iwamoto Aki(岩本亜樹) interviewed overseas about what she thinks, what she thinks, and what sh...