Jeonbuk Province Supports Return-to-Farming and Rural Migration for Cultural Artists to Revitalize Rural Areas...

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Gominhyung] Jeonbuk Province announced on the 25th that it will pilot the ‘Living in a Lively Village for Cultural Artists’ project in Wonjang-an Village, Jangsu-gun, in collaboration with the Jeonbuk Rural and Fishing Village Comprehensive Support Center until November.

The ‘Living in a Lively Village’ project plans to support various cultural activities involving cultural artists and village residents with the aim of revitalizing rural areas.

This project, involving four cultural artists selected through an open recruitment in May, includes a traditional Korean musical instrument player, a painter, an art exhibition activist, and an e-book author.

The cultural artists will sequentially reside for 1 to 2 months in the homes of returnees to farming within the village, conducting various cultural and artistic programs together with the village residents through their creative activities.

Since the participating cultural artists were selected from those living in cities who are planning or interested in returning to farming and rural life, they will receive specialized counseling and education on returning to farming and rural areas.

Choi Jaeyong, Director of the Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food Bureau of the province, said, “As the creative class in the cultural and artistic fields positively influences regional revitalization, we will make further efforts to promote the influx of the creative class into farming and rural areas.”

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