Penguin Maeul Art Travel Center Sowed the Seeds of 'Experiential Tourism'

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Jin-hyung] The Penguin Village Base Art Travel Center in Yangnim-dong, Nam-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City, will offer a variety of cultural and artistic experience programs with artists active in Yangnim-dong, including the Yangnim Art Walk, until November.

Nam-gu announced on the 27th, "To enhance the status of Gwangju as the Asian cultural hub city and to culturally regenerate urban spaces through Yangnim-dong art tourism, we will officially operate the cultural and artistic experience programs at the Penguin Village Base Art Travel Center," adding, "Participants for the experience programs are being recruited on an ongoing basis."

The experience programs presented at the Penguin Village Base Art Travel Center consist of two types: the 'Yangnim Art Walk' and the 'Artist of the Month' program.

First, the Yangnim Art Walk is a program designed to provide tourists with various artistic experience opportunities by utilizing the rich human resources of artists in the Yangnim-dong area.

It includes 12 experiences such as junk art, which creates artworks using miscellaneous materials; making mother-of-pearl dreamcatchers using processed seashells as craft materials; and the Yangnim Literary Tour, which follows the traces of literary authors born in Yangnim-dong like Kim Hyun-seung and Lee Soo-bok, accompanied by a cultural interpreter.

The program operates every Sunday from this month until September, with experience dates varying by program.

The Artist of the Month program selects a representative artist active in Yangnim-dong each month from April to October. Participants visit the selected artist’s studio to view their creations and engage in conversations.

In April, artist Seo Ran, active in the decorative arts field, was selected. Seo is conducting popular experiences such as making Matryoshka dolls and painting landscape oil paintings with Yangnim-dong tourists.

In September and October, visitors can meet Han Hee-won, a leading Western painter representing Gwangju, and Jung Woon-hak, who has built a reputation in the media art field.

Additionally, from July to September, an art photography experience program will be held every Saturday and Sunday, where participants first learn theory through photography lectures and then conduct on-site shooting with Yangnim-dong as the backdrop.

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