2020.05.15
New Launch of Ongoing Stamp Card Drawing Project


As the name “Art Center Ongoing” suggests, it has kept on-going since its opening on January 26, 2008. For more than 12 years without a break (except for the Bon and New Year’s holidays), we have been holding exhibition every two week. More than 300 exhibitions have been organized so far, and a total of more than 500 artists have continued to pursue their beliefs in the new and unorthodox artistic expression in this small experimental space.
In spring of 2020, however, the novel coronavirus has spread all over the world and forcibly brought the changes to people’s business and life in a flash. Our space of art experiment is not an exception, and it is closed now as well. To protect the freedom of expression and speech in our space, we keep our financial independence from the government or companies, and the only source of income had been the admission fees for the exhibitions and events and the money from the foods and drinks from the café. This situation where we are forced to stop its operation means that were going out of business. Even if we are able to reopen in the future, it is expected to be very difficult to maintain the space while preventing the spread of infection, as it will be difficult to bring the same number of people to the space as before.
However, I want to stay true to its name “Ongoing” and never stop until its very end.
In order to survive this difficult time, I decided to launch the "Ongoing Stamp Card Drawing Project".
In this project, we sell stamp cards (loyalty card on which you can get stamps at Ongoing) through website. One card is 10,000 yen, and you can attend 5 events and order 10 drinks, and each time you get a stamp in a box. When all the boxes are full, you get one free drink. The card is valid through the end of February 2021.
The best part of this card is on the back side. On every card, there is a drawing of our favorite artists whom we respect. The drawings are not printed on the card, each card is a work of art, which you cannot get anywhere else in the world.
Many artists have supported Art Center Ongoing until now, and I can’t say enough thank you to those who decided to donate their drawings to help Ongoing this time again, not only from all over Japan, but also from overseas. I feel so fortunate to have good friends. Thank you so much.
One unique and exciting part of this project is that you cannot choose the artist in this project. After you make payment, you will receive one of the drawings. This may appear a strange rule, but by doing so we’d like you to be one of the collaborators of this project. Now there are 200 cards. Please look forward to receiving one of the amazing 200 cards.
Thank you for reading this long text. I believe it’s not too much to say that Art Center Ongoing has been one of the leading spaces in the independent art scene in Japan. I couldn’t be happier if you could consider purchasing the card to support what we have been doing and what we will do in the future. And please come visit us with this card once it reopens. I truly look forward to seeing you in person at Art Center Ongoing.
Director of Art Center Ongoing / Nozomu Ogawa
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Project Details
200 cards are available for Ongoing Stamp Card Drawing Project. You can purchase as many cards as you like. One card (10,000 yen) comes with an artist’s drawing on the back, 5 events admission and 10 drinks (plus 1 free drink when you get full stamps on the card) at Art Center Ongoing.How to purchase
Please send us an email to info@ongoing.jp.Please write "Ongoing Stamp Card Drawing Project" in the subject.
Let us know of your name, shipping address, contact information and how many cards you’d like to purchase. We will get back to you with the payment details.
The shipping cost will be added to the total cost. It may take longer days to deliver to some of the countries than usual due to the virus situation.
*Please note that you cannot choose by the artist.
Artists
Below are the artists who participate in the "Ongoing Stamp Card Drawing Project". Click on their names to see each drawing. Not all of them are listed here. The images of the drawings will be added as they become available.■From Japan
Marico Aoki | Yusuke Asai | Yosuke Amemiya | Shingo Aruga |
Takehiro Iikawa | Yugo Isaji | Kenji Ichikawa | Kenji Ide |
Kyoko Idetsu | Masaru Iwai | UJINO | Ayaka Ura | Yuichi Eto |
Koichi Enomoto | Mio Ebisu | Yasushi Ebihara | Ichiro Endo |
Kazuki Oishi | HIroyuki Oki | Haruka Ohta | Yuji Ota | Itaru Ogawa |
Ai Ozaki | Shiho Kagabu | Izuru Kasahara | Maki Katayama |
Takashi Kawanishi | Akiko Kinugawa | KIM Maki | Kojiro Kobayashi |
Taro Komiya | Yuya Koyama | Wataru Koyama | Haruka Saito |
Takafumi Saito | Yusuke Saito | Takafumi Sakanaka |
Keisuke Sagiyama | Masahiro Satsuka | Daisuke Samejima |
Yusuke Shibata |Maiko Jinushi | Nobohiro Shimura |
Akinori Shimodaira | JAPONICA | Fuyuka Shindo | Hikaru Suzuki |
SONY SUZUKI | Akira Takaishi | Fuyuhiko Takata |
Daisuke Takahashi | Kanako Tada | Reiko Tada | Yoshiki Tanaka |
Satoru Tamura | Takumi Tanji | Masaya Chiba | Saki Tokukura |
Motohiro Tomii | Yuma Tomiyasu | Tohru Nakazaki |
Tomohiro Nagahata | Tomomi Nishimura | Kento Nito |
Tappei Noguchi | Yuta Hayakawa | Masayuki Harada |
Yuhei Higashikata | Tetsushi Higashino | Soichiro FUkai |
Daisuke Fukunaga | Mikiko Fujita | maaadM | Shiro Masuyama |
Midori Mitamura | Hozumi Miyamoto | Mineki Murata |
Goro Murayama | Yuko Mohri | Eri Yagi | Tomotaka Yasui |
Takuya Yamashita | Atsushi Yamamoto | Takayuki Yamamoto |
Youichiro Yoshikawa | Aiko Yoshida | Syo Yoshihama |
Masahiro Wada |
■From Overseas
Boat ZHANG | Chan Cho Kiu | Constance Hinfray |
Deirdre McKenna | Dex Fernandez | Dion Soethoudt | Fionn Duffy |
Henry Tan | Laetitia Morais | Lee Kaichung | Liu Yao Chung |
Lu Yi-Lin | Mark Salvatus | Martin Boyle | Natalia Escudero |
Post-Museum | Rakhmad Dwi Septian | Sinead O'Donnell |
Tuan Mami | Yonatan Geron
Marico Aoki https://www.maricoaoki.com/


Yusuke Asai https://www.instagram.com/maskingplant/?hl=ja


Yosuke Amemiya http://amemiyan.com/

Shingo Aruga https://www.youtube.com/user/halgarga


Takehiro Iikawa http://www.takehiroiikawa.com/


Yugo Isaji http://www.isajiyugo.com/

Kenji Ichikawa http://www.gathering-art.com/


Kenji Ide https://www.instagram.com/kenjiide

Kyoko Idetsu https://kyokoidetsuhp.jimdofree.com/

Masaru Iwai http://masaruiwai.com/


UJINO https://www.the-rotators.com/CV


Ayaka Ura https://urayaka.jimdofree.com/


Yuichi Eto http://www.yuichieto.com/main.html

Koichi Enomoto https://www.taronasugallery.com/artists/koichi-enomoto/

Mio Ebisu https://www.instagram.com/mio.ebisu/


Yasushi Ebihara http://wadafinearts.com/jp/artists/yasushiebihara/

Ichio Endo http://www.goforfuture.com/

Kazuki Oishi https://kazukiok60.wixsite.com/kazukioishi/


Hiroyuki Oki https://urano.tokyo/artists/oki_hiroyuki/


Harua Ohta http://harukaohta.com/

Yuji Ota http://www.yujiota.com/

Itaru Ogawa https://www.facebook.com/itaru.ogawa.3

Ai Ozaki https://aiozaki.jimdofree.com/


Shiho Kagabu http://kagabu.com/


Izuru Kasahara https://www.facebook.com/izrkshr/

Maki Katayama https://makikatayama.wordpress.com/


Takashi Kawanishi https://kawafromsonton.bandcamp.com/


Akiko Kinugawa http://anomalytokyo.com/artist/akiko-kinugawa/


Kim Maki https://jinheegolcho.tumblr.com/


Kojiro Kobayashi https://www.facebook.com/kojiro.kobayashi.3


Taro Komiya http://www.komiyatarou.com/

Yuya Koyama https://yuyakoyama.tumblr.com/


Wataru Koyama https://watarukoyama.jimdofree.com/

Takafumi Saito https://olta.jp/indivisual/saitotakafumi/


Haruka Saito http://saitouharuyoi.web.fc2.com/


Yusuke Saito https://yusukesaito.jimdo.com/


Takafumi Sakanaka https://sakanakatakafumi.info/

Keisuke Sagiyama https://sagiyama.com/


Masahiro Satsuka http://o9o2i3b874b.com/


Daisuke Samejima www.tamabi.ac.jp/yuga/teachers/samejima/index.html

Yusuke Shibata https://yusukeshibata.com/

Maiko Jinushi http://maikojinushi.com/

Nobuhiro Shimura http://nshimu.com/


Akinori SImodaira http://akinori-shimodaira.com/


JAPONICA https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/じゃぽにか


Fuyuka Shindo https://www.shindofuyuka.com/

Hikaru Suzuki http://hikarusuzukifilm.work/


SONY SUZUKI https://www.instagram.com/sony_suzuki/

Akira Takaishi http://www.akiratakaishi.com/


Fuyuhiko Takata http://fuyuhikotakata.com/

Daisuke Takahashi https://daisuke.official.jp/


Kanako Tada http://tadakanako.net/

Reiko Tada http://tadareiko.com/


Yoshiki Tanaka https://www.tanakayoshiki.com/


Satoru Tamura https://www.tamurasatoru.com/

Takumi Tanji https://www.artstation.com/tanjitakumi


Masaya Chiba http://shugoarts.com/old/artists/masaya-chiba/


Saki Tokukura https://www.instagram.com/rochika_savearea


Motohiro Tomii http://tomiimotohiro.com/

Yuma Tomiyasu https://www.artfrontgallery.com/artists/post_7.html

Tohru Nakazaki https://tohru51.exblog.jp/


Tomohiro Nagahata http://tomohironagahata.com/

Tomomi Nishimura https://www.facebook.com/tomomi.nishimura.102


Kento Nito http://www.kentonito.com/


Tappei Noguchi https://note.com/mukadematuri/n/n119a7f6e06c2


Yuta Hayakawa https://www.hagiwaraprojects.com/yuta-hayakawa


Masayuki Harada http://haradamasayuki.com/

Yuhei Higashikata https://www.higashikata.com/


Tetsushi Higashino http://www.workth.net/

Soichiro Fukai https://www.facebook.com/souichirou.fukai

Daisuke Fukunaga http://tomiokoyamagallery.com/artists/daisuke-fukunaga/

Mikiko Fujita https://mikikofujita.com/


maaadM http://maadm.net/

Shiro Masuyama http://shiromasuyama.net


Midori Mitamura https://www.midorimitamura.com/


Hozumi Miyamoto https://bijutsutecho.com/exhibitions/1243


Mineki Murata http://mineki-murata.com/


Goro Murayama http://goromurayama.com/

Yuko Mohri http://mohrizm.net/ja/


Eri Yagi https://startbahn.org/205e9b22fd5d9b393f1c

Tomotaka Yasui http://www.yasuitomotaka.com/

Takuya Yamashita http://takuya-yamashita.com/

Atsushi Yamamoto http://atsushiyamamoto.com/


Takayuki Yamamoto http://takayukiyamamoto.com/

Youichiro Yoshikawa https://www.facebook.com/youichiro.yoshikawa


Aiko Yoshida https://www.facebook.com/aiko.yoshida.7946

Syo Yoshihama https://syo-yoshihama.tumblr.com/

Masahiro Wada http://masahirowada.com/

Boat ZHANG http://www.boatzhang.com/


Chan Cho Kiu https://www.chanchokiu.com/

Constance Hinfray http://cargocollective.com/ConstanceHinfray


Deirdre McKenna https://www.facebook.com/deirdre.mckenna.52


Dex Fernandez https://dexfernandez.blogspot.com/



Dion Soethoudt https://www.studiosoethoudt.com/

Fionn Duffy http://fionnduffy.co.uk/

Henry Tan https://www.henryandpartners.com/

Laetitia Morais https://laetitiamorais.weebly.com/


Lee Kaichunghttp://www.leekaichung.com/

Liu Yao Chung https://extremely-normal-studio.tumblr.com/

Lu Yi-Linhttps://www.yilinluart.com/

Mark Salvatus http://cargocollective.com/marksalvatus


Martin Boyle https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000676275939


Natalia Escudero http://www.nataliaescuderolopez.com/

Post-Museum https://www.facebook.com/postmuseum/


Rakhmad Dwi Septian https://www.facebook.com/rakhmad.dwi.septian

Sinead O'Donnell http://www.sineadodonnell.com/


Tuan Mami http://www.tuanmami.com/

Yonatan Geron https://www.facebook.com/yonatan.geron
