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The 2025 Asia Grant Cycle application portal is now available! Applications will be accepted from October 1- November 18, 2024.

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2024 Grantee Announcement

ACC is proud to announce our 2024 awardees! Click the link below to learn more about each grantee and their upcoming projects.

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Ushio Shinohara

ACC 1969 | Japan | Visual Art | Fellowship to pursue art activities and observe contemporary art developments in the United States.

Ai Iwane

ACC 2022 | Japan | Film/Video/Photography | Fellowship to conduct field research on salmon and community culture in the Pacific Rim and observe ecological art practices on the West Coast of North America.

Ying-Ying Lee

ACC 2022 | Taiwan | Dance | Fellowhsip to study traditional Noh in Japan and explore the similarities and dissimilarities of embodiment in different Eastern performance practices.

Nigam Bhandari

ACC 2022 | Nepal | Film/Video/Photography | Graduate Fellowship to complete graduate education in Film at New York University Tisch School of the Arts.

Cheuk Wing Nam 

ACC 2020 | Hong Kong | Visual Art | New York Fellowship to pursue interdisciplinary research on interactive media, electronic arts, and experimental music in the U.S.

Asian Cultural Council

The Asian Cultural Council advances international dialogue, understanding, and respect through cultural exchange activities in Asia and the United States to create a more harmonious and peaceful world. This mission is accomplished through fellowships and other programs that support individual artists, scholars, and arts professionals. 

ACC Programs

The Asian Cultural Council connects artists, humanities scholars, and arts professionals across Asia and the U.S. Through fellowships, grants, achievement awards, public programs, alumni engagement, and other cultural exchange initiatives, ACC aims to build global arts communities whose individual and collective work serves to advance international understanding and respect.
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