About AAF
Asahi Art Festival (AAF) is a network uniting art projects all over Japan.
The projects are conducted by local citizens trying to create better future with the power of art. Each projects are independent and connected as a network. Their activities have made steady results to rejuvenate communities and have led to a major movement.
Their projects have a common goal to tie art and the society and
rejuvenate the local community.
AAF started under the theme of "art festivals led by local citizens"
with the support of Asahi Breweries Ltd. and art-related non profit
organizations and citizen groups around Japan. Various art projects of
many genre are conducted every summer, AAF has eventually evolved from
a temporary event projects to a nation wide cooperation of activities
to revitalise locals.
"Festival" is the ultimate citizen involvement and ultimate community
art. Participation of the people improves the art literacy of citizens
and creation of communities."
About AAF
■ Organization Chart
Executive Committee
AAF Network
Interchange Support Program
■ Annual Schedule of AAF
■List of AAF related organizations
Its Perspective and Methods
Creating opportunities to cultivate community future AAF, which connects art and society reacts quickly to the change in the time and society.Recently, the lifestyles have become monotonous. At the same time, local communities have collapsed.and localities have been worn out. These are problems we have to solve. Art has the power to provide creativity needed to rejuvenate communities by intuitively finding the core problems, discovering forgotten possibilities and recovering disconnected ties of people. We believe art has the power to cultivate the community future. AAF can serve the role to cultivate community future with its personal and community networks it has built.
The way of management itself is a societal experiment
AAF has a horizontally open management to allow anyone to participate. Everyone who wants to take a part in the management voluntary can take a part in the AAF executive committee. We discuss and come to agreement of the management method at the committee. Also, people can apply by starting art projects. Also, people are welcome to participate as a volunteer for the operation of projects around the nation.We believe independence and network by public governance is necessary to revitalize the community. Through this method, we expand the public activities led by the public voluntarily and make steady results to revitalize the community.