SHIRO ONI STUDIO-FREEMAN ASIA INTERNSHIP-

Chase Bandolik & Christina Fitsalos

Recap of our trip!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2xfwcn8EPtecFZDVWN6eWhaWDQ/view

Where was our internship?

Onishi, Japan

What is an Artist Residency?

● An artist residency is a 6-7 week program where an artist works on their

craft and participates in different workshops.

● The end goal is to put on an exhibition highlighting what the artists have

worked on and typically all the art work shows influences from their

stay & the different workshops they participated in

● We arrived during the exhibition week of one group of artists, giving us

great insight on what we were working towards with the next group.

● More ideas to help expand and improve the program

Workshops we participated in!

Zen Meditation

Workshop where we

learned about buddhist

monks & the concept

of nothingness with it’s

relation to the moon

History of the tea

ceremony

Elementary Workshop

where we participated

in painting and

drawing with the kids.

This is one of the few

times that they were

able to use their

imagination in school.

Dancing

Workshop where

one of the artists

showed us how

much of dancing

involves not being

afraid to take up

space.

Tofu Workshop where we

had the opportunity to go

to a Tofu Factory and see

the procedure to making

Tofu, and we even had

the chance to make our

own!

Pictures from the Exhibition

What did our work consist of?

● Editing/improving the website

● Using different programs like Photoshop, Illustrator, and Premiere

● Photographing the artists in their studios & workshops

● Running the new Instagram page and current Facebook and twitter page

● Editing the mailchimp newsletter

● Creating feedback forms for future improvement

● Managing the calendar and communication with the artists through the

app, time tree

● Grant research

● Creating a promotional video for the program & future artists

applications

● Different administrative and marketing tasks.

● Liaison between the artists and the community, helping the residents to

feel comfortable and gain the most out of their experience.

How this Internship will help

us in the Future

● This internship was essentially a creative collaboration environment in

which we got to learn not only from the staff, but from the participating

artists

● We learned firsthand, the importance of relationships in terms of the

business world and in the community.

● We noticed the correlation between internal business operations and

marketing, seeing how they align.

People we came across along

the way!

WE WANT TO GIVE A HUGE THANK

YOU TO THE FREEMAN

FOUNDATION FOR THE TRIP OF A

LIFETIME!