2026 Startup Grant (Part 2)
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2026 Startup Grant (Part 2)

Arts Council Tokyo

September 24, 2026 (58 publicSeo.openCall.daysLeft)Tokyo, Japan

Financial support enabling production costs, venue rentals, and exhibition logistics to bypass the prohibitive costs of Tokyo's rental gallery system.

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Financial support enabling production costs, venue rentals, and exhibition logistics to bypass the prohibitive costs of Tokyo's rental gallery system.

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Open to emerging artists, photographers, curators, and up-and-coming artistic groups seeking to develop new creative activities in the Tokyo art scene. Applicants must be based in Tokyo or demonstrate a strong Tokyo-centric operational plan. Projects must foster community involvement, international collaboration, or new modes of exhibition within the capital.

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Up to 1,000,000 JPY for collective organizations and up to 300,000 JPY for individual artists