arita/saga residency

The Saga City Residency is for designers who wish to conduct research and develop their own work during a working residency in the Japanese region of Saga, in close collaboration with a local paper producer and woodworking community.

Creative Residency Arita/Creative Residency Saga (CRA/CRS) is an international artist-in-residence programme initiated by the Saga Prefecture and various local municipalities. CRA, active for more than ten years now, focusses on Arita’s historical porcelain industry and has developed a consistent programme model for the exchange between designers, artists and local porcelain makers. CRS, starting its first residency this year, introduces a parallel residency programme focussing on other artisanal and production traditions essential to Saga - washi at Nao Tesuki Washi and the woodworking/furniture workshop in the Morodomi region. CRS is a residency programme in development, with this first edition being the pilot.

CRA/CRS is an international artist-in-residence programme of the Saga prefecture. The work period has been set up in collaboration with the Creative Industries Fund NL and the Mondriaan Fund to stimulate crossovers and experiments. The initiative aspires to familiarise international professionals with the traditional production cultures in Saga and to promote new applications, perspectives and cooperative ventures.