Kobe City: The 49th Kobe Citizens’ Art Exhibition [Notice] – Nitten and Kobe Exhibition

Press Release (September 25, 2023)
Culture and Sports Bureau, Cultural Exchange Division
The Kobe Citizens’ Art Exhibition began in 1974 and will be held for the 49th time this year. The purpose of the exhibition is to provide an opportunity and venue for the presentation of daily art activities and to further promote the culture of the citizens. It has become established as the “Spring City Exhibition,” and every year we receive many entries from people of all ages.
　This year, the traveling exhibition of the 10th Nitten will be held at the Museum of Art Kobe and the Kobe Fashion Museum (Nitten Kobe), and the Kobe Citizens’ Art Exhibition will be held at Rokko Island, as in the previous year, in conjunction with the Nitten Kobe.

Dates

　February 23 (Friday, national holiday) to March 3 (Sunday), 2024

2. Venue

　Atrium Plaza, 1F, Kobe Fashion Mart
6-9, Koyo-cho Naka, Higashinada-ku, Tokyo
(close to Island Center Station on the Rokko Liner)

3. Admission

　Free of charge

4. Exhibits

(1) Accepted Divisions
Seven divisions of Japanese-style painting, Western-style painting, sculpture, crafts, calligraphy, photography, and design (limited to one entry per person)
(2) Eligibility
Applicants must be at least 15 years old (excluding junior high school students) and live, work or study in Kobe City or its vicinity (must be able to bring in and out the exhibition on the designated date and time)
(3) Application Guidelines
To be distributed in November 2023
( (4) Exhibit fee
3,000 yen (no charge for those under 20 years old)
(5) Exhibit application
Applications will be accepted in early December 2023 * Details will be posted on the city website as soon as they are determined.

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(Reference) Outline of the 10th Nitten Kobe Exhibition

　This year marks the 116th anniversary of the Nitten, Japan’s largest public exhibition, since the first Bunten exhibition in 1907. Once again, the 10th Nitten (five sections: Japanese-style painting, Western-style painting, sculpture, craft art, and calligraphy) will be held at the National Art Center, Tokyo in November, and will then travel to Kyoto, Nagoya, Kobe, and Kanazawa. The traveling exhibition in Kobe will feature works by artists from Hyogo, Osaka, Nara, and Wakayama, in addition to the basic works from the Tokyo exhibition.
(1) Dates (tentative)
February 17 (Saturday) to March 24 (Sunday), 2024
(2) Venue
Museum of Contemporary Art Kobe and Kobe Fashion Museum
2-9-1, Koyo-cho Naka, Higashinada-ku
(close to Island Center Station on the Rokko Liner

)

Other details to be announced later