Children aged 10-14 will learn hair cutting techniques and customer service skills from professional hair stylists and then give free haircuts to adult customers in an actual hair salon. Planned by Canadian artists’ collective Mammalian Diving Reflex (MDR), this initiative was launched in Toronto in 2006 and has since been undertaken in 35 cities in Canada, Europe, the U.S., and Australia. As part of Socially Engaged Art: A New Wave of Art for Social Change (February 18 – March 5, 2017; venue: 3331 Arts Chiyoda) , Haircuts by Children will take place in Tokyo for the first time in Japan. Children who attend Kodomo Miraien, an alternative school in Adachi-ku will, along with visiting coordinators from Canada, undergo training at Tokyo Beauty Art College and try their hand at giving haircuts at the college’s salon. By creating “a place for unexpected encounters,” it will provide an opportunity to rethink the relationship between adults and children. MDR’s founder, Darren O’Donnell, will also visit Japan and give a talk on February 24.