Hands across the ocean
We’re just back from Japan where, as we do each October, we celebrated the winners of the Art Contest sponsored by our associates, Kodansha Famous Schools (KFS). Each year, KFS invites its current students and alumni to submit their artwork for evaluation by a panel of judges which includes some of Japan’s foremost painters, graphic designers, and cartoonists, along with the supervisors and instructors on the KFS staff. This year, there were 1979 submissions in three categories: Graphic, Painting, and Doga (fantasy illustration, a Japanese genre). There are two top awards or “Grand Prix”: one, given by the US Famous Artists School, is a one-week trip to New York (all expenses paid, including guide/translator, visits to museums and artists studios, etc., as well as side trips to Boston and Washington, DC); the other, given by KFS, is a cash prize. There are a number of other prizes, as well.
This year, the winner of the Famous Artists School Grand Prix is a young woman from the west of Japan, Reiko Kumagai. She’s a talented artist (watch this blog for a copy of her winning painting). What’s more, she speaks very good English, having studied for a year in New Zealand! We’re all looking forward to her visit next April. 
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