Suncheon Cultural Foundation Announces Open Call for Young Artists for This Year's Culture Day

[Suncheon=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Hyung-kwon] The Suncheon Cultural Foundation announced on the 7th that it is publicly recruiting 30 youth artist teams for this year’s ‘Culture Day ’ until the 15th to nurture the dreams of young people and help them grow into professional artists.

Anyone aged 19 to 34 with passion and talent, regardless of experience, can participate in this open recruitment as a youth artist.

Applications can be made individually or as a team, and 30 teams will be selected from the Gwangju Jeonnam region.

The recruitment fields include Western classical music, Korean traditional music, popular music, dance, magic, and other mixed genres suitable for outdoor street performances. Each team can receive support for up to five ‘Culture Day’ performances annually.

The final selected performance teams will hold a youth artist launch ceremony and workshop in May, and from next month through November, they will perform various genres of street performances on Culture Day (the last Wednesday and week of each month) at outdoor and indoor cultural and artistic venues within the Gwangju and Jeonnam areas.

Youth artists wishing to participate can download the application form from the announcements section on the Suncheon Cultural Foundation website, fill it out, and submit it via email by 6 p.m. on the 15th.

A representative of the Suncheon Cultural Foundation said, “This year, we plan to expand opportunities not only for performances but also for exchanges with the local community and communication among artists,” adding, “We hope many talented and passionate youth artists will show great interest and participate.”

Meanwhile, the ‘2022 Culture Day ’ is a project hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and jointly organized by the Regional Culture Promotion Agency and the Suncheon Cultural Foundation. Cheongchun Mike supports youth artists in enhancing their cultural capabilities and helps establish a performance activity base in various community-oriented locations so that everyone can easily access and enjoy culture in their daily lives.

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