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The is a venue for promoting the arts which is located in the heart of
Kyoto Experiment
has been held in late September and October. A long-running program, the Traditional Theater Training program (T.T.T.), originally started in 1985 by scholar of Japanese theater Jonah Salz, and now under the aegis of the Kyoto Art Center, gives an intensive course in a traditional Japanese theatrical form – originally
Kyoto Art Center website
KYOTO ART CENTER
– Kyoto Art Box
Kyoto Arts and Culture Foundation
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The is a venue for promoting the arts which is located in the heart of Kyoto
Kyoto (; Japanese language, Japanese: , ''Kyōto'' ), officially , is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in Japan. Located in the Kansai region on the island of Honshu, Kyoto forms a part of the Keihanshin, Keihanshin metropolitan area along wi ...
, Japan. The center, a three-story reinforced-concrete building, occupies the site of the former Meirin Elementary School (founded by the people of Kyoto during the Meiji era).
It has a studio, gallery, auditorium, Japanese-style hall, free space, library, an information corner, Japanese-style tea room, the Maeda Coffee Meirin coffee shop, a common room and shops.
Kyoto Arts and Culture Foundation manages the center, which aims to support artistic activities, act as a clearinghouse for arts information, plan artist in residence
Artist-in-residence, or artist residencies, encompass a wide spectrum of artistic programs which involve a collaboration between artists and hosting organisations, institutions, or communities. They are programs which provide artists with space a ...
programs and promote artists to the public.
In 2008 the north, south and west wings, the gate and wall of the center were registered as one of the Tangible Cultural Properties of Japan
A as defined by the Japanese government's Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties is a part of the Cultural PropertiesIn this article, capitals indicate an official designation as opposed to a simple definition, e.g "Cultural Properties" as ...
.
History
* 1869: Opening of the Sanbangumi elementary school on the site of Meirinsya, changing its name to Meirin Elementary School * 1931: Renovating the building in reinforced concrete * 1993: Closing of Meirin Elementary School * 1996: Construction of ”art and culture center” building on the site of the Meirin Elementary School under collaborative projects for re-use of sites and promoting the arts in Kyoto * 2000 (April): Renovating the former Meirin Elementary School building and opening of Kyoto Art Center * 2008 (July 23): Registered as one of theTangible Cultural Properties of Japan
A as defined by the Japanese government's Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties is a part of the Cultural PropertiesIn this article, capitals indicate an official designation as opposed to a simple definition, e.g "Cultural Properties" as ...
Activities
In addition to Japanese contemporary arts programs, a number of international events occur at the center. Since 2010, an international theater festival, thKyoto Experiment
has been held in late September and October. A long-running program, the Traditional Theater Training program (T.T.T.), originally started in 1985 by scholar of Japanese theater Jonah Salz, and now under the aegis of the Kyoto Art Center, gives an intensive course in a traditional Japanese theatrical form – originally
kyōgen
is a form of traditional Japanese comic theater. It developed alongside '' Noh'', was performed along with ''Noh'' as an intermission of sorts between ''Noh'' acts on the same stage, and retains close links to ''Noh'' in the modern day; therefo ...
, now also Noh
is a major form of classical Japanese dance-drama that has been performed since the 14th century. Developed by Kan'ami and his son Zeami, it is the oldest major theatre art that is still regularly performed today. Although the terms Noh and ' ...
and nihonbuyō, and a separate course in kotsuzumi
The or ''tsuzumi'' is a hand drum of Japanese origin. It consists of a wooden body shaped like an hourglass, and it is taut, with two drum heads with cords that can be squeezed or released to increase or decrease the tension of the heads respec ...
(drumming) – for beginners (originally 6 weeks, now 3 weeks). Approximately half the participants are foreign and half are Japanese; since 2011 the weekend workshop at the start of the program, which gives a taste of various aspects of Japanese theater, has been available separately (lectures are in Japanese with English interpretation).
Further reading
* Issue Paper of Kyoto Art Center * Matsumoto, Shigeaki. ''Geijyutsu Sozo Kyoten to Jichitai Bunka Taisaku -Kyoto Geijutsu Senta no Kokoromi-'' rts of creating arts and policy of municipally owned cultures -An attempt to Kyoto Art Center- Suiyo-sya, 2005, , * ''Kyoto Toshi Kenkyu, Kyoto'' rban Research, Kyoto Vol. 15-19References
External links
Kyoto Art Center website
KYOTO ART CENTER
– Kyoto Art Box
Kyoto Arts and Culture Foundation
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