Rimas VisGirda on sat 26 mar 11
dwide Artist in Residence programmes
FYI, got this this morning, seems like a good thing... -Rimas=3D0A=3D0A--- =
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at, 3/26/11, Markus B=3DF6hm wrote:=3D0A=3D0A> Hi eve=
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,=3D0A> this week I received an email from Masakazu Kusakabe. His=3D0A> Wor=
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p is 40 km away from the nuclear power plant=3D0A> Fukushima 1, but he is s=
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e in Turkey. He wrote that he is=3D0A> "very happy and very glad feeling". =
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ny of his potter=3D0A> friends from outside Japan said that he could visit =
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em any=3D0A> time and as long as he would wish. Probably much more than=3D0=
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e would be able to visit.=3D0A> But like him some potters who lived nearby =
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e nuclear=3D0A> power plant have to leave Japan also because it is very=3D0=
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ifficult now to "find ceramic action in Japan", but do not=3D0A> have his i=
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ernational relationships.=3D0A> To me it looks as if there is the wish to h=
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p with hosting=3D0A> Japanese colleagues as well as the wish to accept this=
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elp.=3D0A> And it seems that there is a lack of information.=3D0A> =3D0A> T=
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we created a website that brings possible hosts and=3D0A> guests together:=
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=3D0A> www.japan.woodfire.net=3D0A> This could be seen as some kind of priv=
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artist in=3D0A> residence programme, the headline could be "Potters Aid".=
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This website is open to everybody who would like to post an=3D0A> offer or=
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ho would like to leave Japan or who would like to=3D0A> provide information=
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about AIR programmes, travel grants,=3D0A> visa regulations and so on. The =
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te is organised as a=3D0A> forum.=3D0A> =3D0A> Please feel free to register=
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ost. The website is one=3D0A> day old so right now there is not too much. P=
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ase forward=3D0A> this information to everybody who might be interested.=3D=
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Please feel free to link this site or to use facebook,=3D0A> twitter, the t=
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ephone or other channels to announce it.=3D0A> =3D0A> This is an email we o=
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send once. We think the situation=3D0A> justifies this.=3D0A> =3D0A> Thanks=
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