Small Grants Archive

A sports-themed exhibition in Northern Ireland showcasing Japanese artists who incorporate sports into their work to coincide with the Tokyo Summer Olympics and celebrating Japanese sports culture.

A week long learning project for all pupils in two rural village primary schools, with origami, folk tales, calligraphy workshops and more.

MA students from The Royal College of Art in London collaborated on a project with Clare Farrow Studio and Toshiki Hirano to contribute to a project for London Design Biennale 2021, using Washi papier-mâché, 3D scans and field recording.

An exhibition and activities held in Bowness-on-Windermere, including rarely seen ukiyo-e woodblock prints, Japanese and British ceramics and a never seen before Edo period kimono.

Japanese silk painted by children was sent to Shizuoka and hand sewn into kimono, which was returned and exhibited during a kimono wearing event for local people in Torfaen, Wales.

Inspired by the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, the 2021 edition of the Japanese Avant-Garde and Experimental Film Festival explored the theme of the body and sensation.

The design and installation of a public garden in Coventry city centre, the outcome of a two-year Cities of Peace Project involving pupils from five local primary schools.

A collaborative project between practitioners and curators from both Scotland and Japan, introducing Japanese practitioners to audiences in Glasgow.

A Japan-themed afterschool club for Year 7 students in Blyth for the Spring Term, with Japanese language and arts and craft activities. Alongside a special afternoon of raku firing with an expert potter.

A week of Japanese cultural activities at a small school in Yorkshire, including dance, arts and crafts and origami.