Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture and Shinhan Card Support Arts Organizations Facing COVID-19 Challenges

Percussionist Kim Sora [Photo by Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture]

[Asia Economy Reporter Byunghee Park] The Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture has partnered with Shinhan Card to assist arts organizations struggling to secure performance venues due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture and Shinhan Card will support online audience-free performances, which are emerging as a new alternative in the arts sector. Selected groups will be provided with a performance venue (Shinhan Card FAN Square), stage equipment such as lighting and sound, and support for video content production and streaming of online performances.

From April 27 to May 4, the Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture selected 12 arts organizations as support recipients through a preliminary application process. These include ▲3 traditional arts groups (percussionist Kim Sora, gugak group 'Akdan Gwangchil', Music & Art Company), ▲4 classical genre groups (orchestra for people with developmental disabilities 'Heart Heart Orchestra', The Bridge Company, Seoul Chamber Ensemble, Jo Ha-eun), ▲1 dance group (Rikey Dance), ▲1 jazz group (Lim Mi-sung Quintet), ▲1 multidisciplinary arts group (live drawing art 'Chalna-e Pida'), and ▲2 popular music groups (punk band 'Crying Nut', YouTube star Lee Sae-bom and artists from Writers Company), showcasing a diverse range of performances.

The 12 selected performing arts groups will hold online audience-free performances at Shinhan Card FAN Square (45 Yanghwa-ro, Mapo-gu) from this week until the end of June. Some performances will be sequentially released through 'Digital Stage,' an online performance program on Shinhan Card's official YouTube channel.

The Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture and Shinhan Card will also conduct a donation campaign. Until June 30, through Shinhan Card's donation platform 'Areumin (人),' the amount donated by citizens will be matched by an equal amount from Shinhan Card in a 'matching grant' format, and the funds will be used to support the cultural and arts sector.

For more details about the online performances hosted by the Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture and Shinhan Card, please visit the Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture website.

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