From:
jesse salisbury <jesse@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:
Mon, 20 Jan 2003 23:57:09 -0500
Subject:
symposiums
On Friday, January 17, 2003, at 09:15 PM, George Graham wrote:
Quoted text begins.I'm very interested in your experiences in Japan. How was the symposium
in Japan run, what did you do, how were travel and living issues
handled? Did you take your own equipment? Stuff like that.
End of quote.
Thanks for the feed back everyone. There are hundreds of symposiums in
Japan many of them continuing every year or every other year. The first
one was started in the early 70s in a town called Iwate. It is still
going on every year. They pick several foreigners every year. Many
foreigners who go on to other symposiums in Japan start at Iwate. I
believe their address is on traces. Most symposiums cover travel, room
and board, and pay an artist fee. The artist fee varies greatly from a
few thousand dollars to 15 thousand or more. Japan has been in
recession for the past ten years so some symposiums have stopped or
become more frugal. Generally participants bring their own tools. Most
symposiums are granite or another local hard stone. Most symposiums
are started and initially organized by artists and then at some point
are adopted by the city government. I apprenticed and worked for a
variety of artists in Japan in the 90s. In 1998 I was hired by the City
of Yonago to translate and be a carving assistant for the four artists,
3 japanese, one french, for their 45 day symposium.
There seems to be a lot of interest in Maine to start a symposium
but it is hard to find people willing to organize one and it is hard to
get the money. Materials are no problem. Plenty of granite. Like most
other artists I would rather be on the carving end then the organization
end. Most symposiums in Japan have some teaching as a part of the
symposium. It is free and is usually a minor event.
Jesse
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