Geochang Inae Senior Support Center Wins Grand Prize in Dementia-Related Art Contest

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] Geochang-gun, Gyeongnam announced on the 17th that the Geochang Inae Senior Integrated Support Center won the grand prize in the dementia-related art contest held on the 16th at the Gyeongnam Provincial Dementia Center to commemorate the 14th Dementia Overcoming Day.

The Gyeongnam Provincial Dementia Center held the ‘Memory MORE’ dementia art contest to improve negative perceptions of dementia and to spread national consensus for overcoming dementia.

Among the winners, 11 teams were selected in the group category, 10 individuals in the elementary and middle school category, and 7 individuals in the high school and university category. The Geochang Inae Senior Integrated Support Center was honored to receive the grand prize among the 11 teams in the group category.

The artwork titled ‘Geochang韓 Our Neighborhood Story’ was created using a mosaic technique with colored paper to depict the four seasons of Geochang: spring, summer, autumn, and winter. Spring shows the cherry blossoms of Deokcheon Seowon in Geumsil, Geochang; summer features Geochang apples, a local specialty; autumn depicts the ginkgo trees of Uidong Village in Geochang-eup; winter represents the ice festival at Geumwonsan. The artwork also expresses Geochang’s representative mountains, Gamaksan, Minyebong, and Udusan, vividly portraying Geochang’s basin topography.

An elderly participant said, “While creating each part of Geochang’s scenery, I had time to rethink and feel Geochang again.”

Gu In-mo, the mayor of Geochang-gun, stated, “We will continue to gather various ideas to change negative perceptions of dementia and do our best to create a happy Geochang where people can live well even with dementia.”

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