2024 Arts Council Forum

Held forums on contemporary and important topics in the field of arts and culture. Through discussions among arts councils, arts and cultural exchange facilities and institutions, artists and researchers in Japan and overseas, the conference aims to become a forum for communicating and discussing arts and cultural activities suitable for an international city.
International collaboration of arts and culture is an important factor in enhancing the creativity of the city and creating new values in Tokyo. This forum will invite international experts to delve deeply into the situation of artists and cultural institutions in the global arts scene, the importance of international networking, and the role of cultural policy.

Time of the event

Thursday, February 20, 2025 17:00~20:00

Venue

Arts Council Tokyo 5th Floor Conference Room

Sponsor

Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture Arts Council Tokyo

Director of the Amsterdam Arts and Culture Bureau
After working as a policy advisor for the Amsterdam Arts and Culture Bureau, he became Director of the Bureau in February 2021. She has extensive experience in international cultural policy, fundraising, entrepreneurship and policymaking in the creative industries, and is dedicated to creative (and digital) innovation and music production. He led the city's first "Night Vision," which saw night culture as part of its cultural policy and positioned the development of night culture as an artistic driver in Amsterdam.

Artistic Director of the Seoul Performing Arts Festival (SPAF)
Festival Director, Producer and Researcher. Artistic director of the Seoul Performing Arts Festival (SPAF) (2022 – 26). Creative director of the Seoul Performing Arts Fair (PAMS) (2020 – 22). He currently devises and implements numerous projects, including festival programs, creative research residencies, labs, and workshops, focusing on key themes in Seoul contemporary art. He has served as festival director and creative director for the UK/Korea Season Festival 2017-2018, Chuncheon International Mime Festival and Ansan International Street Drama Festival. He founded Asia Now Productions (AsiaNow) in 2005 to develop, produce and perform innovative Korean/Asian contemporary physical theater and interdisciplinary art. In 2013, he founded the Asia Producers Platform (APP), a collective network of independent producers in Asia, and more recently co-founded the Asia Pacific Festival Connection (APFC) with the aim of promoting Asian artist mobility and Asian perspectives.

CINARS Executive Director
After serving as CINARS International Development Director, he became CINARS Executive Director in March 2022. Over the past 25 years, he has gained solid experience in art management and international development of the performing arts. He has been General Manager of Art Circulation, a non-profit organization for contemporary dance, Financial Director of the dance company O Vertigo, and General Manager of Theatre Sans Fil (Caserne Letourneux). He has also consulted for the Arts Council of Quebec (Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec), the University of Montreal, the Arts Council of the City of Laval and several music and theatre companies.

President and Executive Director of the Open Network for Performing Arts Producers (ON-PAM)
2006 – 17 He was involved in the international platform business as a TPAM in Yokohama Program Officer at PARC – International Center for Performing Arts. He was involved in the establishment of the Open Network for Performing Arts Producers (ON-PAM) and has served as Executive Director and Secretary General since 2013. He assumed his current position in April 2019. Stayed in Edinburgh and London as a trainee under the Agency for Cultural Affairs' Overseas Study Program for Upcoming Artists in 2009. Director of ST Spot Yokohama, an accredited NPO. Member of the Council for the Development of Appropriate Contractual Relationships in the Culture and Art Field of the Agency for Cultural Affairs.