Gwangju City Promotes Support Project for Online Art Theater Operation

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 3rd that it will promote the ‘Online Arts Theater Operation Support Project’ to support the creative activities of local cultural and artistic groups that have faced a downturn due to COVID-19.

The ‘Online Arts Theater Operation Support Project’ is entrusted to the Gwangju Cultural Foundation and targets cultural and artistic groups within the city.

Earlier, Gwangju selected 30 groups in music, theater, and traditional arts through a public contest last month to participate in the project.

These groups will each receive 11.5 million KRW in support to form performance or exhibition teams consisting of more than 10 members and non-member artists to hold at least one performance, or up to three groups may form a consortium to present a large-scale collaborative performance.

In particular, the groups will film live creative art activities such as music, theater, and poetry recitation in videos under 10 minutes and post them on their group’s YouTube (or newly created) channels.

In this regard, Gwangju plans to screen highlight videos separately produced by the groups on local cable TV or telecommunications company IPTV for more than one month starting from December.

Through this project, it is expected to create jobs for 300 artists across 30 groups who are feeling threatened in their livelihoods.

Additionally, it is anticipated to soothe the minds of citizens experiencing COVID blues due to restrictions on daily life caused by social distancing.

Kim Jun-young, Director of the City’s Culture, Tourism and Sports Office, said, “We hope this Online Arts Theater Operation Support Project will serve as an opportunity for cultural artists to establish a new ecosystem for cultural and artistic creative activities.”

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