Non-Profit Organization
“CHILDREN MEET ARTISTS”

This organization holds mini-lives and workshops for children and families at a local child-rearing support center within a children’s home. It creates a lively place where children living in an orphanage, users of “A Space for Children,” and ordinary children and their families in the community gather to encourage them to foster exchanges with one another while relaxing with music. As a result, it contributes to the development of human resources who will play a role in the regional child-rearing promotion and social creation through art and culture.

Kunizukuri Kyogen Project
Executive Committee

This project is a collaborative effort between Aichi Prefecture, birthplace of Kato Kiyomasa, and Kumamoto Prefecture, where he was active, to promote exchanges between the two regions via new kyogen works that incorporate civil engineering achievements. The aim of the activities is to develop towns and people through kyogen while also spreading awareness of Kiyomasa's achievements and development of the nation. Local children create performances together with kyogen masters, contributing to the continuation of traditional Japanese performing arts.

Norishige Yamamoto
“Noh kyogen performer”

The organization of the kyogen performer brothers, Norishige Yamamoto and Norihide Yamamoto aims to promote the appeal of kyogen based on the motto “audience friendliness.” This activity creates an opportunity for even toddlers to experience art, and the performance can be enjoyed by parents and children up to junior high schoolers. The event includes a presentation and explanation of “Kakiyamabushi,” demonstration of the ohayashi music, and a noh chant workshop.

ARTS for HOPE

This organization holds inclusive exhibitions displaying works created by children with disabilities through the everyday creative efforts of groups that promote art and cultural activities, in a setting where these children's works have the opportunity to be viewed by the general public regardless of whether or not they have disabilities. They have contributed ongoing art-based support activities aimed at emotional recovery in the years following the Great East Japan Earthquake.

NPO The Private Art School Society
to Encourage International Exchange
of Children's Art (The PASS)

The exhibition was first held in 1978 when art schools from Kyoto, Osaka, and Shiga gathered for international exchange through children's art, and sent children's art to Asian and African countries. The PASS has been promoting the message “Children's art; letters that require no words.” For many years, through children's art exchange, the PASS has nurtured mutual understanding and friendship, while engaging in activities to become the cornerstone of peace for the next generation, and contributing to art education.

Non-Profit Organization “Little Creators”

A four-day camp to cultivate friendships and deepen mutual understanding through culture for young people from ASEAN countries, India, Hong Kong, and other countries. between the ages of 15 and 25. The program will include the collaborative creation of art as well as joint activities for the Arts and culture, including music and dance lessons, with recognition of diversity, self-expression, and the introduction of other countries. A concert will be held at the end as part of the presentation of the results. Young musicians from ASEAN nations and others will assist with the performance. Youngsters from children’s nursing homes in Japan are also scheduled to attend the camp.

Non-Profit Organization “Acchi Cocchi”

A project to produce works that can be enjoyed by people of all ages on the theme of “Karaoke,” which is uniquely Japanese but highly recognized abroad. The project will aim to “create a space that connects all generations with art and sound” with the collaboration of Australian artists madeleine flynn and tim humphrey. During the creation process, there will be a variety of workshops held, mainly for children, in areas such as art, music, and dance. At the end of the activities, a documentary film will be made to verify the effects of the cross-generational interactions of the project.