AIT is a not for profit contemporary art platform which creates a range of programmes and events in Tokyo. It is the first initiative of its kind to be set up in Tokyo, where the situation for contemporary art is changing dramatically with new museum laws and increasing public interest.

AIT works to make contemporary art more accessible and relevant to society through four key areas:

EDUCATION
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
BI-LINGUAL PUBLICATIONS
PUBLIC ACCESSIBILITY

We operate from a library/ seminar Room in Daikanyama, Tokyo where we hold classes, lounges and symposiums.

We offer two apartments in downtown Tokyo as artist in residencies.

AIT otherwise keeps its activities un-rooted, working without a costly infrastructure. We collaborate with other organisations to make symposiums, club nights, slide talks, curators talks, and exhibitions in different sites around Tokyo.

AIT works through a variety of ways: we run educational courses (MAD) offering four courses (including a one year Curation course, the first of its kind in Japan), organise symposiums and slide talks, offer residency space and support in Tokyo for artists and curators, curate exhibitions, organise regular parties and lounges, link art volunteers with projects and publish bi-lingual materials about contemporary art from Japan, including a quarterly newsletter. All of these activities are needed now in Tokyo. Our aim is to develop these activities professionally, within an international context.

Funding and Support.
AIT is an officially registered non-profit organisation (NPO) from The City of Tokyo. As such we must abide by the guidelines set for NPO's. We operate through several sources of funds - fees from educational programmes, symposiums and sales from booklets, fees from the artist-in-residence programme (through foreign cultural foundations and institutions), a yearly individual supporters scheme and business patronage.

Supporters Programme.
The aim of this programme is to create greater public access to contemporary art and contribute towards the running of AIT. The scheme will be offered on a yearly basis. Supporters fees are set at \5000, \10,000, \200,000 and \500,00 for individual and corporate supporters respectively. Supporters benefits are listed below:
Receive AIT newsletter four times a year, receive on the spot art information regularly via e-mail, Free admission to AIT talks and symposiums, Free admission to AIT parties and lounges, Use of AIT Room and access to our library of catalogues and magazines (by appointment).