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Funding: Japan-US Friendship Commission Grants
http://www.jusfc.gov/ JUSFC accepts grant applications in the following areas: 1) Exchanges and Scholarship 2) Global Challenges 3) Arts and Culture 4) Education and Public Affairs Which organizations may apply? Any non-profit organization in the United States or Japan that deals with Japanese … Continue reading
Funding: Japan-United States Friendship Commission Creative Arts Program
http://www.jusfc.gov/creative-artists-programs/ The Japan U.S. Friendship Commission offers leading contemporary and traditional artists from the United States the opportunity to spend three months in Japan through the U.S./Japan Creative Artists Program. Cultural understanding is at the heart of this program. Artists … Continue reading
Posted in announcements, culture, funding, living abroad, useful links
Tagged artists, Creative Artists Program, fellowship, grant, Japan, Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission, US
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Managing your Digital Reputation
For better or for worse, the days are gone where we were judged purely by our CVs, job interviews, and the like – today, despite laws prohibiting them from doing so, potential employers look at our Facebook profiles, and Google … Continue reading
Blog Review: Spoon & Tamago
As someone who works for an art magazine, I try to keep abreast of the latest in Japanese design. One website that I am particularly fond of is Spoon & Tamago. Created by husband-wife team Johnny (Tamago) and Tomomi (Spoon), this … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, art, blog, contemporary art, Design, fine art, graphic design, Japan, Johnny Strategy, photography, produc design, Spoon and Tamago, Tomomi
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Translation services and the video game industry
Today we’re featuring a guest post by Natalie Jones, who works at the marketing team of Quick Lingo, a translation services company. In her article, she discusses video game translation as one avenue for aspiring translators, and talks a bit … Continue reading
Posted in jobs, main posts, useful links
Tagged employment, Japanese, jobs, Quicklingo, translation, translation services, video games
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Funding: Anne van Biema Fellowship: Japanese Visual Arts
Announcing competition for the Anne van Biema Fellowship for reseach and publication on Japanese Visual Arts, Frere and Sackler Galleries, The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC Location: District of Columbia, United States We welcome applications for the 2013 competition for the … Continue reading
Resource: The Obakemono Project
Happy Halloween, everyone! You’re probably working on a costume for some party this weekend, so we’ll keep today’s resource brief. The Obakemono Project! Okay, so this isn’t a traditional resource per se, but it’s a really fun site having to … Continue reading
Funding: American Association of University Women [general] [women]
Graduate, post-graduate, and professional ladies will be interested in the various large and small fellowship and grant opportunities offered by the American Association of University Women, which aims to advance equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, philanthropy, and … Continue reading
Funding: United States-Japan Foundation Grants
http://www.us-jf.org/grants_programs.html The United States Japan Foundation offers a number of grants to educators and organizations seeking to promote pre-college education, communication & public opinion, and US-Japan policy studies. Their grants include:
Resource: Japan Artists Information Directory (JAID)
Paula just alerted me to the existence of this new and exciting resource. The Japan Artists Information Directory (JAID) is a website organized by the Five College Consortium (based in Western Massachusetts), listing teachers and practitioners of Japanese traditional arts … Continue reading
What can I do with a B.A. in Japanese Studies? 