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Since 2002, Tetsu Akaogi has been coaching ABLE FC, a football team for children with Down syndrome, and since 2003 he has started ‘atelier A’, a painting class mainly for children with Down syndrome and autism.
In 2006 he edited and published the magazine ‘←→special’ featuring Art Brut. He is also the editor of ATELIER INCURVE art book.

Research curator for the Museum of Together exhibition (2017, organised by the Nippon Foundation DIVERSITY IN THE ARTS); participated in talk sessions for Museum of Together Circus (2018) and TURN Fest 5 (2019, organised by Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Arts Council Tokyo and others).

Event: ONLINE TALK ‘USEFUL ART (ARTE UTIL) AND CONTEMPLATIVE EXPERIENCES’ 
Date: March 10, 2023