Chapter 2. Towards the Enrichment and Spread of Culture
�1 New Creative Heights for Art and Culture
3. Fostering and In-service Training of Artists
(1) Overseas Training Program
This program was inaugurated in fiscal 1967 to provide young artists with opportunities to study overseas. By fiscal 1992, more than 700 artists had been sent to Europe, America and various other countries. These artists are presently serving as front line leaders in the cause of support for the arts in Japan.
In July 1992, a subcommittee for art creation of the Art-Culture Promotion Conference pointed out, in its report, "Various Measures for Fostering Artists", the necessity of fostering human resources in the area of art. with a special focus on the importance of art management to the support of art activities (see Section 5).In response to this report, in 1993 the total number of persons to be dispatched under the Overseas Training Program was increased and "art management" was added as a field of study.
