Gyeonggi Arts Center Receives National Brand Award in Culture Sector

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Gyeonggi Arts Center (President Lee Woo-jong) has received the National Brand Award in the cultural sector.

Gyeonggi Arts Center announced on the 5th that it won the Grand Prize in the cultural sector at the '2021 Korea National Brand Awards' hosted by the New York Festival.

Opened in 1991, Gyeonggi Arts Center is Gyeonggi Province's representative complex cultural space celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. It operates five artistic groups under its umbrella: Gyeonggi Provincial Theater Company, Gyeonggi Provincial Dance Company, Gyeonggi Sinawi Orchestra, Gyeonggi Philharmonic Orchestra, and Gyeonggi Pops Ensemble, as well as its branch, the Gyeonggi Gugakwon.

The center is equipped with facilities including a main theater, small theater, outdoor theater, gallery, convention hall, plaza, book cafe, education rooms, media creation studio, and archive room.

Before the outbreak of COVID-19, it held about 700 performances annually, including self-planned performances, festivals, and rental performances, attracting approximately 600,000 audience members and 800,000 visitors each year.

In particular, when normal performances became difficult due to the COVID-19 situation in 2020, it gained attention by pioneering real-time online performances in the performing arts sector.

Lee Woo-jong, president of Gyeonggi Arts Center, expressed gratitude, saying, "It is a great honor for Gyeonggi Arts Center, which has made great efforts to promote its brand value as a cultural and artistic institution, to receive such a meaningful award in its 30th anniversary year. Gyeonggi Arts Center plans to expand its role as the center of performing arts and fulfill its mission as a public theater as an open space to repay the love of its audience."

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