[precog Co., Ltd.] “Towards a society where everyone can participate in artistic and cultural activities” Prefectural support centers and wide-area support centers from all over the country gather to exchange opinions
precog Co., Ltd. Press release: October 7, 2024 “Towards a society where everyone can participate in artistic and cultural activities” Prefectural support centers and wide-area support centers from across the country gather to exchange opinions. The Reiwa 6th National Liaison Conference will be held for the first time in Gifu from October 24th (Thursday) to 25th (Friday)! Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare “Project to support the dissemination of artistic and cultural activities for persons with disabilities” Image
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subcommittees, such as thematic exchange sessions and performing arts workshop experiences. We are planning to implement this. The symposium speakers will be people who are involved in projects within Gifu Prefecture that foster local supporters and promote the participation of diverse people in artistic and cultural activities. Motoko Nimura of TASC Gifu, Gifu, who runs Tomoni Art Supporter, which aims to utilize the power of art to create a place where people can interact with society and expand the possibilities of expression and social participation for people with disabilities. Yuki Kondo, who runs Nagara, an art communicator based at the Prefectural Museum of Art that connects people, people and works, and people and culture, is creating a space for culture and art at the Kani City Cultural Creation Center ala. Masahito Handa runs the “Machi Genki Link Worker,” which creates diverse connections between local people and energizes the area. We will deepen our discussion on the importance of working with people with disabilities, the human resources and networks that support them, based on cases unique to Gifu Prefecture. (*Refer to
Disabilities, which is a network within the prefecture consisting of welfare facilities, administration, experts, artists, etc., we have learned how to create exhibitions together, the networks that have been created, and the continued involvement. Learn about what you see inside. Speakers: Emi Miyamoto, Yoshiaki Kojima (South Kanto/Koshin Art Support Center for People with Disabilities, Saitama Prefecture Art and Cultural Activities Support Center for People with
Disabilities “Art Center Collection”) Interviewer: Torao Osawa (Cooperation Secretariat/NPO Art NPO Link)
representative of the Gifu Roaring Theater Company Ibuki. Students will experience the communication potential of physical expression and learn about the “seeing and imagining” necessary to receive what the other person wants to convey, regardless of the type of disability or the presence or absence of a disability. Facilitator: Yoriko Kawai (Gifu Roaring Theater Company Ibuki) Facilitator: Mai Hyodo, Mizuki Tazawa (Cooperation Secretariat/precog Co., Ltd.) [Related event] Gifu Roaring Theater Company Ibuki will perform the sign language play “Mysterious Reunion” by Gifu Roaring Theater Company Ibuki and Nagara High School Drama Club, which will be held at the “Land of Clear Waters Gifu” Cultural Festival 2024 (Thursday, October 24th) Venue: Gifu Seiryu Culture Plaza)
https://gifu-bunkasai2024.pref.gifu.lg.jp/koku-shou-bunsai/event/entertainment/p6448/ ○ Programs that the general public can participate in and how to apply October 25th 13:30-15:00 Symposium “Creating a network to expand artistic cultural activities for people with disabilities ~ Case studies in Gifu Prefecture” How to apply: (1) Apply using the form https://forms.gle/nVoxLTeo5S9tqXbj8 (2) Apply by email Please write your name (furigana) and affiliation (if any), and send it to the email address (welfare@arts-npo.org) with the subject line “I would like to participate in the symposium.” Application deadline: October 18, 2024 (Friday) Information guarantee: Sign language interpretation, written summary available Website:
https://arts.mhlw.go.jp/info/20241007-14073.html
participation of people with disabilities in local communities, this project will establish support centers related to artistic and cultural activities for people with disabilities across the country and develop a framework for support. It promotes cultural activities (art, theater, music, etc.). https://arts.mhlw.go.jp/ ・What is the National Liaison Conference This is an opportunity for Support Centers, regional centers, and prefectural representatives of the Project to Disseminate Artistic and Cultural Activities for Persons with Disabilities to gather and share the basic knowledge and specialized knowledge necessary to implement this project. We hold symposiums, lectures, and training programs to share information and exchange opinions. ・What is the Collaboration Office for Supporting the Promotion of Artistic and Cultural Activities for People with Disabilities? The Collaboration Secretariat for Supporting the Promotion of Artistic and Cultural Activities for Persons with Disabilities disseminates information on artistic and cultural activities carried out by persons with disabilities across the country. We work to share information on support centers, various ideas, wisdom, and experiences regarding artistic and cultural activities for people with disabilities, and to build networks of mutual support. Speaker profile: Symposium speakers: ◯Motoko Futamura/Gifu Prefecture Arts and Culture Support Center for People with Disabilities [TASC Gifu] Since 2018, she has been a staff member of Gifu Prefecture Arts and Culture Support Center for People with Disabilities [TASC Gifu]. After working as a lecturer in art classes at welfare facilities and special needs schools, since 2014 he has been in charge of planning and managing exhibitions at the Gifu Prefecture Educational and Cultural Foundation. He continues to “enjoy life through art” while doing his own modeling activities. TASC Gifu (tomoni art supporter)
https://www.tascgifu.com/soshiki/2/0000006.html ◯Yuki Kondo/Gifu Prefectural Museum of Art Born in Mie Prefecture. From May 2022, he will work as an education extension specialist at the Gifu Prefectural Museum of Art. Plans and implements various events inside and outside the facility related to the spread of education. In charge of running the Art Communication Project, which is in its fifth year this year, I am in charge of a course on accessibility to museums with art communicator “~Nagara”. Gifu Prefectural Museum of Art (Art Communicator “~Nagara”) https://kenbi.pref.gifu.lg.jp/ac/ ◯Masahito Handa (Kani City Cultural Creation Center ala Project Production Division Chief) After working at cultural facilities in Tokyo and Kanagawa, he joined ala in 2016. At ala, we hold the “ala collection series,” a theatrical residency production project, the
“multicultural coexistence project” for foreign citizens, the dance project “Everyone’s Disco,” which allows people with disabilities to participate, and the “Able Art Exhibition,” an exhibition of works created by people with disabilities. ” and the “Machi Genki Link Worker Training Course,” which trains people to use art to create connections in the community in response to the social issue of social isolation. Kani City Cultural Creation Center ala (Machi Genki Link Worker) https://kpac.or.jp/ala/event_event/linkworkerkouza2024/ ◯Torao Osawa/Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, Collaboration Secretariat for Supporting the Promotion of Artistic and Cultural Activities for Persons with Disabilities (Art Field)/Chairman of NPO Art NPO Link Cultural ecology observation. Representative and chief researcher of the Cultural Commons Research Institute and advisor of the Kyushu University Social Inclusion Design Initiative. In 2003, under the Agency for Cultural Affairs’ Emerging Artist Study Abroad Program, he received training in theater management near Seattle, USA. After returning to Japan, he served as director and secretary general of the NPO ST Spot Yokohama before assuming his current position.
Co-authored: “Future Art Management: The Road to Social Sharing,” “Culture-based Recovery Citizens, the Earthquake, and Iwaki Arios,” “Current 3 Cultural Policy Perspectives,” “Social Art Lab: Opening up Regions and Society.” ”. Subcommittee speakers: ◯Gifu Rou Theater Company Ibuki Yoriko Kawai (currently CEO of Ibuki) wanted to continue acting after graduating from a school for the deaf, but was rejected from joining the Hearing Theater Company.In 1979, the American Deaf Theater Company came to Japan, and she began to play an active role for deaf people in American society. After learning about this, they decided to form a deaf theater company in Japan and change society, and in 1982, nine people (including two with normal hearing) gathered and launched the company. “Gifu Deaf Theater Company Ibuki”, which is celebrating its 43rd year this year, is a theater company consisting of eight members, mainly deaf people but also hearing people. Activities are centered around Gifu City, but members also actively participate from Mino City and Aichi Prefecture, with a wide range of ages from 20s to 70s, and are made up of a variety of people including university students and office workers. are. ◯Yoriko Kawai (cute Yoriko) Studied Hanayagi-ryu Japanese dance from 1960 to 1975. In 1980, he participated in Tetsuko Kuroyanagi’s “Drama Seminar for the Deaf”, and in 1982 he founded the Gifu Deaf Theater Company Ibuki. This year marks my 40th year as a representative. They continue to work tirelessly, believing in their sensitivity and creativity, and with a strong desire to convey the charm of sign language to many people through the stage. He has performed as a representative of Japan in Italy, England, Berlin, and Vienna, and is currently performing all over the country. In 1994, won the Japan Junior Chamber TOYP Award (currently the Human Power Award). In addition to giving lectures and workshops at elementary, junior high, and high schools, he also provides sign language instruction to universities and sign language interpreters. I started working as a stage supervisor three years ago. ◯Mai Hyodo/Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, Collaboration Secretariat for the Promotion of Artistic and Cultural Activities for Persons with Disabilities (Performing Arts Field) / Producer of precog Co., Ltd. From 2011 to 2014, she was in charge of the school and festival business administration at the NPO DRIFTERS INTERNATIONAL. Joined precog in 2015 and was in charge of management of chelfitsch/Toshiki Okada and administration. After supervising the secretariat operation of “True Colors Festival – Super Diversity Arts Festival” hosted by the Nippon Foundation in 2019, he was in charge of planning and operation supervision at the launch of THEATER for ALL. Since 2021, he has been in charge of the National Collaboration Secretariat (Performing Arts Field) for the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare’s Support Project for the Promotion of Artistic and Cultural Activities for Persons with Disabilities. ◯Mizuki
Tazawa/Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare Collaboration Secretariat for Supporting the Promotion of Artistic and Cultural Activities for Persons with Disabilities (Performing Arts Field) / Precog Producer Co., Ltd. After graduating from Japan Women’s University of Physical Education, majoring in dance, worked as an assistant (2018-2021). Joined precog in April 2021, worked in the Artist Production Division, and then belonged to THEATER for ALL Division. In charge of projects such as Marutto Minna De Film Festival, Japan-China-Korea Art Festival 2021 in Kitakyushu (sponsored by the Agency for Cultural Affairs), TRANSLATION for ALL2023, EPAD×THATRE for ALL.