Yamanashi AIRY artist in residence

Budget:
Japan Trip Duration (6 weeks): June 18- Aug. 3rd
Airy Artist in Residence Yamanashi: July 1st-31st

1. Airfare (Chicago to Osaka/ Tokyo to Chicago): $1400

2. Residency/Lodging Cost: $600

3. Food:$550

4. Transportation: $250 (JR Pass)

5. Art Supplies: $200
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$3000.00 total cost

Proposal:
I was recently invited to Yamanashi AIRY’s artist in residence program in Kofu, Japan. During the 6-week trip to Japan I will begin a series of paintings and drawings inspired by the poetry of Akiko Yosano. I will also visit biographical sites, beginning in her birthplace Sakai. Akiko Yosano was a pioneer in the feminist movement in Japan at the turn of the last century. Her poems bridge the century between us, through them she has become both heroine and friend. I find echoes in our work; in our explorations of womanhood and our female figures that function as autobiographical, portraits and semi-divine archetypes. Our works ponder love, sexuality, gender and the ache of loneliness. I hope to further unfold her poetry by visually entwining it with my painted imagery.  


 When they speak
They are looked on with
Loneliness
So it was, so it is----for those who embrace
The firebird
Yosano Akiko (Japan, 1919).

All donations will be purchases!
$25 and under will get a postcard from Japan!
$75 a drawing or watercolor on paper!
$150 get a small painting!
$600 get new work! a small painting from the Cloud of the Ideal exhibit at the Chicago Artist Coalition. 
$2500 large scale portrait commission

website: http://amandajoycalobrisi.com/section/48512-Acrylic-Flashe-Gouache.html


Thank you for your all your support and love!