Travel Scholarship 2024–25

CCA Islands offers Travel Scholarship for emerging artists, curators, architects, designers and those who aim to be a professional in various areas of contemporary art and culture, pursuing their research and creative activities in Japan.

The scholarship offers research expenses of JPY 200,000 and covers one return transportation fare (only to/from Japan) according to CCA Islands terms and conditions (In the case of residing in Japan, transportation expenses for one round trip between the two locations in Japan is provided). Preference will be given to applicants under 35 years of age.

The recipients are expected to stay in Japan, and the minimum length of stay is four weeks and eight weeks at the maximum between September 1, 2024 and March 31, 2025. In the end of their stay, the recipients are required to report the result of their research.

Application requirements
–Curator: Work experience in contemporary art or majored in art/art history.
–Architect/designer: Work experience by running a private office or being engaged in equivalent activities.
–Artist: No specific requirements.

All up to age 35.

Application materials
Please apply online and submit the following documents. The materials required to all applicants:
–Research proposal (max. 1000 words)
–Provisional research schedule
–The budget plan except for flight ticket to/from Japan
–CV

Curators/historians/researchers: Cover letter summarizing your recent professional work mainly on art exhibitions, publication and art projects, not in excess of 500 words.

Artist/designer/architects: The image of your works, for five works in minimum, and ten works in maximum, including the caption, description, title, year, materials, project description. Please do not submit more than ten images. For time-based media, such as film, video, and sound, please submit no more than five minutes of material (not five minutes for each file, the total duration of all your works must be five minutes).

Result announcement: around June 2024.