Gwangju Dong-gu, Establishing a Community-Tailored Arts and Culture Education Model

Exterior view of Miro Center. Photo by Dong-gu Office.

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Cho Hyung-joo] Dong-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City (Mayor Im Taek) announced on the 31st that it has been selected for the ‘2021 Basic Unit Cultural Arts Education Hub Establishment Support Project’ organized by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Arts & Culture Education Service.

This project aims to establish grassroots cultural arts education cooperation hubs that can be designed and responded to by the region itself according to local demand, by building a cooperative network within the region and deriving an operational model for a basic cultural arts education support center.

Dong-gu secured a project budget of 53 million KRW and plans to promote ▲formation of a regional cultural arts education council ▲development and operation of pilot programs linked to the region ▲research for mid- to long-term development by February next year.

In particular, this project is significant as it is an achievement realized through cooperation between the Miro Center governance group centered on the Dong-gu Miro Center and the educational cultural community Kyeol (CEO Park Si-hoon).

The Miro Table governance group includes ▲Barim Media Space (CEO Kang Hee-jung) ▲Liberty (CEO Koo Min-guk) ▲BR Space (CEO Moon Sook-yeon) ▲Add Music Company (CEO Kim Soo-gon) ▲Cultural Collective Yeolhyeoljigu (CEO Jeon Kyung-hwa) ▲Nori Yojeomppang (CEO Lee Bo-mi).

Dong-gu plans to establish a multi-layered cooperative system within the region involving citizens, cultural arts entities, and public institutions to establish a basic plan for Dong-gu-style cultural arts education.

Additionally, through continuous and in-depth investigation and analysis of local conditions, the current status of cultural arts education, and segmented demands, it plans to design cultural arts education and link it to growth support programs for various entities.

Im Taek, Mayor of Dong-gu, said, “With the selection for this project, I hope that a cooperative system beyond space, age, and target will be established, enabling a specialized cultural arts education model unique to Dong-gu.” He added, “We will introduce a new cultural arts education unique to Dong-gu through cultural arts activities and content development linked to various entities in the local community.”

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