HEADSPACE

The emphasis of the HeadSpace Artist Residency is for us to provide artists with a place they can feel at home in, relax, eat, explore, and be creative. We will be basing the residency at Kayamori House (www.kayamori.com), a farmhouse in the mountains of Nara. HeadSpace studio and bar down in Nara city is still available for small exhibitions and parties.

Kayamori House is a great location to relax, eat healthy home grow food, and be creative in a rural Japanese setting. HeadSpace studio and bar offers a contrasting urban view of life in Japan. We feel the balance of rural and urban that the new residency has to offer will provide artists with a more in depth experience of Japan.

We are limiting residencies to two weeks and up to 2 artists at a time. As its just a short residency it’s best to travel around japan a bit before spending time with us. We want artists to be inspired by their stay and not just continue current work. So it’s not essential to actually make finished work or exhibit while here. All we hope is artists go home with new ideas and a fresh outlook.

The residency will be open annually from April 1st until October 31st. We are closed for the winter period.

Unfortunately we can no longer provide any financial support for the residency. The residency will cost ¥3,000 per person per night including meals, accommodation and studio / workshop space. Kayamori house has lots of studio and workshop space as well as a gallery. We also have tools, equipment, and wireless internet access.

We accept applications for all creative genres and nationalities. If you are interested in participating, please get in contact. There will be no formal application process. Please include links to your website or recent work, and a few ideas about what you might like to do while you are here.

OVERVIEW:

- Open April 1st ~ October 31st
- Two weeks maximum stay
- Up to two artists at a time
- ¥3,000 per person per night
- Price includes meals, accommodation, studio space, gallery space, various tools and equipment, wireless internet access, pick-up and drop-off at the station upon request.

Please get in contact if you are interested.

Click here to view all the past HeadSpace artist residencies