Tokyo Arts ans Space
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HIRAMATSU Kanako, installation view at “TOKAS-Emerging 2024 ‘heap up sand’,” Tokyo Arts and Space Hongo Photo: KATO Ken
Overview
Tokyo Arts and Space (TOKAS) is an arts center dedicated to the creation and promotion of contemporary artistic expression from Tokyo, and supports a wide spectrum of artistic activities including crossover and experimental projects. Established in 2001 as Tokyo Wonder Site (TWS), an initiative for the support and nurturing of young artists, it was renamed Tokyo Arts and Space in 2017.
With its mission to provide ongoing support for emerging and mid-career artists, promote creative international cultural exchange and offer support for cutting-edge and experimental creative projects, TOKAS is implementing a variety of programs including presenting works by young creators, themed exhibitions, performances and open call contests, as well as operating artists-in-residence programs for international and local creators in Japan working in a variety of fields. With two main venues, TOKAS Hongo, as a facility for presentation of works, and the TOKAS Residency, where residing creators can create works, TOKAS provides ongoing support for contemporary creative activities through various programs, and will continue to nourish the rich culture of the metropolis of Tokyo, where diverse expressions are welcomed. In addition, Tokyo Metropolitan Government and TOKAS have established the "Tokyo Contemporary Art Award" in 2018, and hold an exhibition of works by the winners at Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo.
Tokyo Arts and Space Hongo
- Address
Tokyo Arts and Space Hongo 2-4-16 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033
- Access
7minutes' walk from:
・Ochanomizu Station (Ochanomizu-bashi Exit, JR Chuo Line, Sobu Line/ Exit 1, Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line)
・Suidobashi Station (Exit A1, Toei Subway Mita Line/ East Exit, JR Sobu Line)
・Hongo-sanchome Station (Exit 3, Toei Subway Oedo Line/ Exit 1, Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line)*No parking is available at the venue. Visitors are encouraged to use public transportation.
*TOKAS Hongo’s building is old and has no elevator, so visitors with wheelchairs or baby strollers can only access the ground floor space.- Opening Hours
11:00 - 19:00 (Last Entry: 18:30)
- Closed
Mondays (First weekday after national holidays),
Exhibition preparation periods, and Year-end and New Year Holiday.
- Phone Number
03-5689-5331
- Fax
03-5689-7501
- Others
Since its opening in 2001, this facility has served as the presentation venue for the wide variety of Tokyo Arts and Space programs, ranging from exhibitions, performances, workshops and the like. Based in a building built in 1928 with a quaint atmosphere and a long history of use as a vocational school and the Education Bureau office, we aim to implement programs in the contemporary spirit that promote creativity.
Tokyo Arts and Space Residency
- Address
Tokyo Arts and Space Residency 1F, 2-14-7 Tatekawa, Sumida-ku, Tokyo 130-0023
- Access
・9 minutes' walk from Kikukawa Station, Exit A1 (Toei Subway Shinjuku Line)
・11 minutes' walk from Morishita Station, Exit A5 (Toei Subway Shinjuku and Oedo Line)
・15 minutes' walk from Ryogoku Station, (East Exit, JR Sobu Line/ Exit A5, Toei Subway Oedo Line)*No parking is available at the venue. Visitors are encouraged to use public transportation.
- Opening Hours
*Open to the public only when events are held.
- Phone Number
03-5625-4433
- Fax
03-5625-4434
- Others
The Creator-in-Residence Program launched in 2006 was moved to this base in Tatekawa, Sumida-ku, Tokyo, in 2014 and here it has received many artists from abroad and creators working in numerous genres and functioned as a place for exchange in international activities. The studio spaces are also used for activities such as OPEN STUDIO and workshops that encourage interaction between the artists and creators and the community.
