Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture - Seoul Foundation of Women and Family to Hold 'Care and Arts Education Meeting Myself' Colloquium on the 7th

Presentation and Discussion on the Artistic Education Orientation of 'Jiyeok Yesul Gyoyuk TA' in the Public Childcare Sector

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] The Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture announced on the 2nd that it will hold a colloquium titled "Care and Arts Education Meeting Myself," jointly planned with the Seoul Foundation for Women and Family, on the 7th at the Seoul Metropolitan City No. 2 (Dongjak) Hub-type Kiwoom Center.

This colloquium is the first event to consider the direction of the newly established regional arts education TA (Teaching Artist) aimed at expanding into the public care sector of Seoul. It will be conducted in two sessions, including presentations and discussions, focusing on the necessity of arts education in the public child care sector.

The Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture has expanded arts education, which was previously centered on school arts education, to regional arts education starting this year. It newly established the "Regional Arts Education TA" field to provide arts education not only at public care institutions such as Kiwoom Centers but also at district cultural foundations.

In the presentation session, the following topics will be presented: ▲ "What are the necessity and direction of cultural and artistic activities in the public child care sector?: Focusing on Seoul's child care policy" (Professor Kim Araemi, Department of Social Welfare, Seoul Women's University) ▲ "Art experiences in the care sector: Artists' hopes" (Kuk Dong-wan, visual artist).

In the second discussion session, moderated by theater play expert Yang Hye-jung, practitioners from various fields, including Kim Mi-eun (former Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture Children's TA), Kim Hye-kyung (Director of Our Neighborhood Kiwoom Center Nowon No. 13 Branch), Kim Mi-seon (instructor at Geurida But Geurida Book), Kim Araemi (professor at Seoul Women's University), and Kuk Dong-wan (visual artist), will share diverse opinions under the theme "What values do care and arts education share, and how can those values be manifested under the conditions of Seoul's public care field?"

This event will be broadcast live online through the Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture's official YouTube channel, "Spark TV." Real-time captioning services through stenography will be provided, and after the event, videos of the presentations with subtitle explanations will be sequentially released.

Kim Jong-hwi, CEO of the Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, said, "This is the first step to expanding the value of Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture's school arts education, which has been conducted mainly in elementary and middle schools, into the public care sector." He added, "Through this colloquium jointly planned with the Seoul Foundation for Women and Family, it will be an opportunity for various stakeholders surrounding care arts education to understand each other and discuss ways to realize shared values together."

Meanwhile, the Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture is conducting the "2021 Regional Arts Education TA Contest" until the 9th to select teaching artists (TAs) who will conduct arts classes at hub-type Kiwoom Centers. Teams of up to three people can apply, and selected TAs will be supported with research funds, education execution costs, research spaces, equipment, and teaching materials necessary for program development.

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