Kyoto hotel offers space for guest-artist exchanges english.kyodonews.net

The Kyoto Shimbun - Dec 20, 2019 - 19:41 | All, Lifestyle, ArtsA facility accommodating hotel rooms and artist residences has opened in Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto as a space for exchanges between hotel guests and contemporary artists.
The Kaganhotel, refurbished from a company dormitory, has three floors for hotel guests and one floor for artists-in-residence.
The third floor offers work and living space for up to 10 artists at a monthly rent of 55,000 yen.
Toshiyo Kusakabe, co-founder of May, says it is hoped that the facility can provide artists and hotel guests with opportunities for exchanges among them, helping inspire innovative art ideas.
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