Gwangju University and Gwangju Cultural Foundation Launch 'Youth Life Planning' Project

Gwangju University Hosts 'Dreaming Youth City Lalaland' Planning Workshop

The Gwangju University Institute for Educational Innovation held a planning workshop titled "Dreaming Youth City La La Land" at the Hosim Memorial Library on the 26th. Park Jin-young, director of the Gwangju University Institute for Educational Innovation (center), and others are posing for a commemorative photo. Photo by Gwangju University.

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Cho Hyung-joo] Gwangju University (President Kim Hyuk-jong) announced on the 31st that it will plan and operate the ‘2021 Youth and Young Adult Life Design School’ project in collaboration with the Gwangju Cultural Foundation to revitalize local cultural arts education.

Under the theme of ‘Adding Society to Art, Meeting a Happy Me, Recording Our Brightest Selves,’ this workshop was held based on a memorandum of understanding aimed at strengthening local cultural arts education and the status of Gwangju as a cultural arts city, promoted by the Institute for Educational Innovation, and was conducted targeting instructors for follow-up projects.

The Institute for Educational Innovation at Gwangju University signed agreements starting with the Gwangju Cultural Foundation in May, followed by five autonomous districts of Gwangju City, the Korea Arts & Culture Education Service, and a total of 10 local cultural arts institutions.

‘Dreaming Youth City La La Land’ will be conducted in three parts: ▲Part 1 Understanding and enjoying various works of socially engaged art ▲Part 2 Exploring representative local cases where art is integrated ▲Part 3 Cultural arts experience and creative practice, scheduled to take place from October through the end of November.

At the workshop, the overall program planning intent and operation methods were introduced, detailed discussions on class operation methods for three genres (dance, design, theater) were held, methodologies for arts education were explored and derived, and a concrete roadmap for the entire process of performances and exhibitions was developed and shared.

Park Jin-young, director of the Institute for Educational Innovation at Gwangju University, said, “Rather than focusing only on the individual inner self, we will operate the program in a way that fosters identity and self-reliance within the community through socially engaged art.”

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