Asian Cultural Council

The Asian Cultural Council is a nonprofit foundation that provides opportunities for international Cultural exchange to artists, humanities scholars, and arts professionals across asia and the u.s. Through fellowships, grants, achievement awards, public programs, alumni engagement, and other Cultural exchange initiatives, acc aims to build global arts communities whose individual and collective work serves to advance international understanding and respect. Grants and fellowshipsacc's grants and fellowships program is the largest & most significant of our program areas. The acc grant model is unique in that priority is given to process-driven activities that enable Cultural exchange relationship-building, collaboration, and/or the exchange of knowledge among peers. In 2022, acc awarded 44 grants supporting artists and scholars from asia and the united states. Fellowships supported the exchanges of 7 americans/american organizations traveling to asia, 29 from asia to the united states and 8 intra-asia/in asia exchanges. Acc continued to provide its characteristic, individually-tailored program services to each fellowship and grant recipient. Logistical and programmatic support ranges from programmatic recommendations, personal introductions to relevant contacts, j-1 visa sponsorship for individuals traveling to the u.s., and access to acc's global network of alumni and partners.achievement awards in addition to grants and fellowships, acc recognizes individuals who have made a substantial contribution to the international understanding and appreciation of Asian art and culture with its john d. rockefeller 3rd award.