[Important] Meet Talents Overflowing in Tokyo's Downtown Fukagawa Area at "Art Para Fukagawa Chatty Art Festival 2026" - Call for Entries for "Art Para Fukagawa Grand Prize 2026," Japan's Largest National Competition with Approx. 200 Selected Works and 50 Awarded Works!!

The Art Para Fukagawa Chatty Art Festival Executive Committee (Executive Committee Chair: Osamu Fukushima) and Art Para Fukagawa General Incorporated Association (Representative Director: Hiromi Hojo) will hold the "Art Para Fukagawa Chatty Art Festival 2026" (hereafter, Art Para Fukagawa), a citizen's art festival that exhibits works by artists with disabilities in the streets of Tokyo's downtown Fukagawa area. The festival will be held from September 5 (Sat) to 13 (Sun), 2026, @ Toyosu, and from October 17 (Sat) to 25 (Sun), 2026, @ Monzen-Nakacho, Kiyosumi-Shirakawa, and Morishita. Street Art @ Monzen-Nakacho (Tomioka Hachimangu Shrine Approach)

Street Art @ Toyosu

Since its first event in 2020, Art Para Fukagawa has welcomed a cumulative total of 646,000 visitors (according to our organization) and will celebrate its 7th year this year. It is a citizen's art festival that aims to create a society where people live together, by allowing visitors to encounter the colorful art created by people with disabilities while strolling through the town, fostering interest in the artists' backgrounds, and encouraging people to connect and understand each other through conversation. Art Para Fukagawa Chatty Art Festival 2026 Main Visual: Nozomi Tokuhara "Journey to Japan's World Heritage Sites" (2024 Art Para Fukagawa Grand Prize National Competition, Runner-up Prize)

This year, we will hold the "Art Para Fukagawa Grand Prize 2026," a national competition held every two years. To shed light on more talents, we will significantly expand the number of selected works to approximately 200 and awarded works to approximately 50, making it one of the largest competitions of its kind in Japan. The total number of applications for the first to fourth national competitions was 2,366.

In addition to providing grants for artistic activities such as one Grand Prize (500,000 yen), one Runner-up Prize (300,000 yen), and four Special Jury Prizes (50,000 yen each), we will also offer benefits such as the production and presentation of postcards of the awarded and selected works.

Please apply through the application form on the official website (https://artpara-fukagawa.tokyo/). Art Para Fukagawa Grand Prize 2026 Topics

The Grand Prize will be awarded in 2027, and the Runner-up Prize...