At the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, we have set our goal to realize a society with diversity and conviviality through a higher quality of art activities.

The idea of “Accessibility” has been highlighted nowadays when we discuss what we should do for as many people as possible to participate in art activities as audience or practitioners, regardless of disability.

In this open lecture and discussion, we have experts in this subject as panelists who are familiar with accessibility issues in the field of art and have worked on various projects related to “people with disabilities and art.” They are from two cutting-edge organizations in Asian regions, ART:DIS in Singapore and No Limits in Hong Kong.

Through their case studies, in addition to those of the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan operated by Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture, we are going to seek a way for cultural administrators to handle issues about accessibility and deliver art activities with scaled-up excellence.

(Agenda)

⁃ Case study of ART:DIS about nurturing professional artists with disabilities

⁃ Case study of No Limits about 1. setting up places where artists with disabilities can be fully active to showcase their works 2. building an accessible environment where any audience member is reachable to appreciate art activities

⁃ Case study of the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan/Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture about delivering convivial projects aiming to realize a society where all people can interact with each other through music

⁃ How to obtain help from your organization and artists upon starting an art activity project

⁃ Things you should do for the artistic and social value of your project to be heard by in and out of your organization

Japanese/English simultaneous interpretation

Sign language interpretation (Japanese-Japanese sign language)

Japanese transcription

* Please refer to this user guide (only in Japanese) for viewing Japanese transcription.

Speakers:

Angela TAN (Executive Director, ART:DIS)

Eddy ZEE (Project Director, No Limits by the Hong Kong Arts Festival)

SUGIYAMA Yukiyo (Project Manager, Management Division, Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre)

Moderator: KAKITSUKA Takuma (Manager of Kobe City Chamber Orchestra/Kobe City Philharmonic Chorus Kobe Cultural Foundation)

◇View panelists profiles (PDF)

Free Participation

approx. 300 (Advance registration required on a first-come, first-served basis）

Eligibility:

⁃ People in the field of music/education/social well-being

⁃ Artists

⁃ Municipalities/cultural administration personnel

⁃ Students

⁃ Researchers

and more from such fields

Thu, Aug 10-Tue, Sep 12, 2023 18:00 (UTC+9)

* First-come, first-served basis. The registration will be closed once the registration number reaches the limit.

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Organizers: Tokyo Metropolitan Government/Tokyo Bunka Kaikan operated by Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture

* This program is held as part of Creative Well-being Tokyo.