Created more than 300 years ago, the beautifully intricate piece of art shown to the right is a Japanese narrative scroll, which was likely created for a lady’s trousseau. It is now part of the library collection at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. While a visitor or student may be able to study and […]
JUSFC Fireside Chat: Thursday, November 19 from 7:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m. ET/Friday, November 20 from 9:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m. JST Registration is required in advance for this meeting: After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting, including a password. U.S.-Japan Creative Artists Program Fellow Gene Coleman in conversation with Miho Walsh, […]
Live karate routines, original music performed by outstanding Japanese traditional musicians a renowned string quartet, and audio-visual projections of EEG brainwave activity throughout – these are all components of the cutting-edge “media opera” brainchild of JUSFC’s U.S.-Japan Creative Artists Fellowship Program grantee Gene Coleman. His live performance, entitled KATA, was originally scheduled to take place […]
**JUSFC U.S.-Japan Creative Artist Grantees are available for remote interviews and demonstrations. B-roll is also available.** More Information: Karen Bate kbate@kbconcepts.com 703.402.2672 The 2020 Olympics and Paralympics may be postponed until next year due to the ongoing global pandemic, but five teams of creative artists from the United States and Japan (NichiBei Artists) continue working […]
Washington, D.C., July 8, 2020: The Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission (JUSFC) and the National Endowment for the Arts (Arts Endowment) announced today that a group of five outstanding artists from the United States have been selected to participate in the 2021 U.S.-Japan Creative Artists Program. The artists will travel to Japan during the 2021 calendar year […]
The Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission’s institutional grant deadline for FY2021 has now passed. The deadline for FY2022 is 5:00 p.m. on July 1, 2021.
Something of a modern Renaissance man, Jesse Schlesinger has a plethora of artistic passions, from sculpture and woodworking to architecture, interior design, drawing and photography. A second-generation carpenter with a degree in Art, his work and career focus on an underlying theme of “place,” exploring how the natural environment, architecture and historical precedent contribute to […]
The Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission is hosting a webinar on June 1, 2020 1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m. (EDT) for representatives of colleges and universities, who have experience, or are interested in organizing faculty-led student exchanges between the United States and Japan. Would a consortium of colleges and universities offering faculty-led student exchanges to Japan strengthen Japan […]
The Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission (JUSFC) is hosting a grants information session on May 27th from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. EDT The webinar will take place on Zoom, and participants must register in advance. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington, D.C. May 1, 2020: The Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission (JUSFC) and the U.S. CULCON Panel are pleased to announce the appointment of new Chair, Dr. Sheila A. Smith. CULCON and JUSFC have also appointed Prof. Samuel C. Morse, Professor, Amherst College, and Prof. William M. Tsutsui, who most recently served […]
