coconogacco exhibition 2023", an exhibition by coconogacco students of class of 2022

We are pleased to announce an exhibition by coconogacco students of the class of 2022 in the form of an installation utilizing the unique spaces scattered throughout the city of Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, from April 15 (Sat) to April 23 (Sun), 2023.

Many of the students who studied at coconogacco are now active as designers and artists in Japan and abroad. In 2021, we received the Mainichi Fashion Grand Prix Amiko Kujiraoka Award in recognition of our achievements.

This is the third year for the exhibition in Fujiyoshida City, Yamanashi Prefecture. Fujiyoshida has long flourished as a town of textile craftsmen, and even today it is one of the most important production centers in the world as a region where highly skilled and unique craftsmen gather. Thanks to the understanding and cooperation of the local community, the exhibition has been further developed this time with additional exhibition venues. This exhibition is an attempt to connect to the future, with the aim of making Fuji-Yoshida a rich place for designers to present their work, and to bring designers and manufacturing sites closer than ever before in the closest production area to Tokyo. The students of this course are also artists who will be active in Japan and abroad in the future.

We hope that you will feel the budding of new creations from
coconogacco, along with the charm of Fujiyoshida, an old town where time flows differently from the city in the warm spring.
We hope you will come and enjoy the exhibition.

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Dates: April 15, 2023 (Sat) - April 23, 2023 (Sun)
Hours: 11:00 - 17:00
※Opening hours differ only on the last day.
　　　　　April 23 (Sun.) 11:00-16:00
Venue: FUJIHIMURO and others
1-1-5 Fujimi, Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi 403-0009, Japan
＊The exhibition will be held at several exhibition sites.
Please pick up a map at FUJIHIMURO, the main venue, and visit each venue in turn.

Access: Train (approx. 2 hours) or highway bus (1 hour and 40 minutes) from Shinjuku

Co-organizer: coconogacco Fujiyoshida Settlement Promotion Center
Sponsor: Nihon Copac Co. Nanasai Corporation Yamanashi Silk Human Textile Industry Association
Grant from: Awai Hideaki Environmental Foundation

Works by Yukie Osa