Ito no Kai
*Information at the time of adoption.
- Name of the organization or individual
- Ito no Kai
- subsidy category
- Creation Grant
- Grant Type
- single year
Reiwa 4(2022) 2nd Term Creation Grant Category I Single-Year Grant
Business Overview
This project spent a year talking with feminists in Ecuador and Latin America, and created socially engaged art in Japan. In November, an Ecuadorian feminist artist was invited to give workshops and artist talks. Through these activities and the holding of exhibitions, the promotion of art and cultural exchange between Japan and Latin America and the creation of ties were attempted.
- Period of Activity / Project
- January 9, 2023 - December 31
- Venues
- Toshima Industrial Promotion Plaza (Toshima-ku, Tokyo) 3331 Arts Chiyoda (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo) Tokyo Women's Plaza (Shibuya-ku, Tokyo) Babildtheca (Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo) Irregular Rhythm Asylum (Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo) Quito Contemporary Art Center, Ecuador (Quito/Ecuador) Kitasenju BUoy (Adachi-ku, Tokyo) Etcetera Books BOOKSHOP (Setagaya-ku, Tokyo) Bunka Gakuen University (Shibuya-ku, Tokyo)
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Profile
【 Group of Struggling Itoh 】
The Group of Struggling Itoh was established to promote women's empowerment and international exchange through collaboration with artists and citizens from Latin America and Japan.
Through exchanges between Japan and Latin America, research will be conducted on the gender gap in each country and guidelines will be sought for practical solutions to the problem.
In addition, an art workshop will be held between Ecuadorian artists and local residents in Japan to create a network for international exchange and addressing the gender gap through art.