Next month sees the full opening of a new art center in Tokyo’s “Electric Town” district of Akihabara. Previously a junior high school, the buildings that make up the new 3331 Arts Chiyoda complex have been renovated to accommodate “a range of different project and exhibition spaces,” not to mention offices, a café, lounge, rooftop garden allotments and more. In addition, a number of the former classrooms have been leased to all sorts of creative types, NPOs and other organizations, making for a fairly lively vibe. Although the gallery space has been open since March this year, the official opening of the whole site will be held on Saturday, June 26 and will consist of an exhibition, opening party and talks, with a series of further events to begin from the following day. See here for more details.
3331 Arts Chiyoda is also calling for applications for its inaugural artist-in-residence program, which is basically a user-pays deal that, at 500,000 to 600,000 yen for one month seems a little steep to us, but hey, if you’re dying to have an exhibition in Tokyo and have got the cash lying around, why not? Check out what’s on offer and download the application form here.
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