In this project, we exchange opinions with Artist in Residence (AIR) and independent printmaking studios that function as social systems for dissemination and awareness of watercolor woodblock prints.　

– Dialogue with printmaking studios and Artist in Residence

a) Printmaking studio-AIR liaison committee
Persons in charge of the management and planning of AIR and printmaking studios that provide the space for printmaking overseas gather to exchange opinions on the future program and interaction.

b) Open forum World Printmaking Studios/AIR
Presentation through studios and AIR in participating countries in the liaison committee and the interaction between them.

c) Exhibition of works and catalogues provided by printmaking studios and AIR: Inter-nation & Interpretation
An exhibition that features the expression (replaced work) developed out of technical training and expansion of the expression through new inspirations acquired by the experience in the different environment (such as studios and AIR). Various catalogues concerning watercolor print is introduced.

d) Dialogue between paper manufacturers and artists; exhibition and sales of paper
When making watercolor prints, appropriate selection of printing paper (Japanese paper), which is the medium of its expression, is important for the print artist. The participants experience the exhibition of various printing paper. Artists and paper manufacturers exchange their opinions.