Gwangju University Signs Cultural Arts Education Agreement with Gwangju Cultural Foundation View original image


[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Gwangju University (President Kim Hyuk-jong) and Gwangju Cultural Foundation have joined hands to strengthen cultural arts education in the local community.


On the 26th, Gwangju University and Gwangju Cultural Foundation signed a business agreement for mutual cooperation in cultural arts education at the multipurpose room on the 4th floor of the Gwangju Cultural Foundation. Attendees included Kim Hyuk-jong, President of Gwangju University; Hwang Poong-nyeon, CEO of Gwangju Cultural Foundation; Park Jin-young, Director of Gwangju University Institute for Educational Innovation; Lee Myo-sook, Secretary General of Gwangju Cultural Foundation; and other officials from each institution.


The two organizations agreed to mutually cooperate with the goals of enhancing cultural arts education in the local community and strengthening Gwangju’s status as a cultural arts city by ▲ planning and operating cultural arts education programs for Gwangju citizens ▲ utilizing various information facilities related to cultural arts education ▲ conducting research and development in cultural arts education.


Hwang Poong-nyeon, CEO of Gwangju Cultural Foundation, said, “We have high expectations for the cultural arts education projects to be carried out through this agreement,” adding, “We will prepare various educational programs that can bring new vitality leading the local community and provide support to Gwangju citizens.”


Kim Hyuk-jong, President of Gwangju University, emphasized, “The two institutions will actively cooperate to ensure that all Gwangju citizens have access to cultural arts education opportunities,” and added, “The process is more important than the results. We will strive to achieve good outcomes.”


The Gwangju University Institute for Educational Innovation and the Liberal Education Center are developing and operating liberal arts courses that utilize cultural arts as quality management and liberal arts specialization subjects to nurture creative convergence talents required in the era of the 4th Industrial Revolution.



In particular, the course “Open Life Theory: Cultural Arts Designing Life” has been selected as a representative liberal arts lecture. Each semester, various cultural arts experts from different genres are invited to give relay special lectures, and improvements in core competencies are managed through performance evaluations.


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