Higashikurume Art Project vol.1
Maki Okojima
Painting ceiling paintings in the worship hall of Minamizawa Hikawa Shrine
"Feast of Living Things"

*Information at the time of adoption.

Name of the organization or individual

Higashikurume Art Project

subsidy category

Support for Regional Arts and Culture Activities

Grant Type

single year

2015 Tokyo Area Arts and Culture Grant (Third Application)

"Feast of Living Things" 2015, cloth, pencil, acrylic paint on panel 316 x 490 cm. Higashikurume Art Project in Minamizawa Hikawa Shrine ©Maki Ohkojima

"Feast of Living Things" 2015, cloth, pencil, acrylic paint on panel 316 x 490 cm. ©Maki Ohkojima

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Business Overview

Blessed with rivers and springs, Higashikurume has been inhabited by humans since the Paleolithic period, about 30,000 years ago, and remains everywhere. There is an exhibition of ceiling paintings by Maki Okojima, an artist who lives in Higashikurume, in this area where spring water still flows from about 70 places. Minamizawa Hikawa Shrine is located in a place where clear and cold water gushes out. In this headwater where human activities have continued since long ago, we will open a place to enjoy ceiling paintings with the theme of "the root of life."

implementation period

Wednesday, November 25, 2015 to Sunday, December 6

Place of implementation

Minamizawa Hikawa-jinja Shrine (Higashikurume City, Tokyo Prefecture)

*Information such as project outlines is provided by organizations and individuals providing subsidies.

Profile

【 Higashikurume Art Project 】
In Higashikurume City, which does not have a museum, this art project aims to provide wonderful art and culture that can be left to children. Even though the members are not experts in art, they came to this form while pursuing the development of their respective fields, and are promoting this project by going back and forth between their own expertise and art.