Arts Council Announces Call for Operators to Manage 'Artist Support Housing' Project

Recruitment of Operating Agencies for Artist Support Housing from Next Month 16 to 18
Providing Diverse Housing Services to Cultural Artists

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Heeyoon] The Korea Arts & Culture Education Service announced on the 28th that it is recruiting operators to run the ‘Artist Support Housing’ to create a stable residential and creative environment for artists.

Artist Support Housing is a themed rental housing supplied through cooperation between the Arts Council Korea and Korea Land & Housing Corporation (hereinafter LH). The themed rental housing is a purchased rental housing that provides customized living spaces for residents along with shared spaces, and is a public rental housing where rent is available at less than 50% of the market price.

The target of this recruitment is a building supplied on a pilot basis before the distribution of newly constructed Artist Support Housing under a purchase agreement method. LH will utilize 60 purchased rental housing units located in Seocho-gu, Seoul, which it previously acquired, as Artist Support Housing.

The selected operating institution will perform all rental and management tasks of the artist housing and, in cooperation with the Arts Council Korea, provide community space creation and residential service programs for artists.

Applicants must be entities that have established housing rental operation as a business purpose in their articles of incorporation as of the announcement date, and must fall under one of the following categories: ▲ Non-profit corporations authorized under Article 32 of the Civil Act ▲ Public interest corporations under Article 2 of the Act on the Establishment and Operation of Public Interest Corporations ▲ Cooperatives under Article 2, Item 1, and social cooperatives under Item 3 of the Framework Act on Cooperatives ▲ Social enterprises under Article 2, Item 1 of the Social Enterprise Promotion Act ▲ Universities, etc., under Article 2, Items 1 to 7 (excluding Item 5) of the Higher Education Act.

Applications will be accepted from the 16th to the 18th of next month. Detailed information can be found on the Arts Council Korea website.

Meanwhile, the Arts Council Korea also announced that it will hold a forum to discuss the operation of Artist Support Housing and the direction of residential welfare policies for artists along with the recruitment.

The event will be held in a roundtable format. It is planned as an opportunity to hear various suggestions about Artist Support Housing by inviting speakers from the fields of arts policy and housing policy. The event will be live-streamed online from 2 p.m. on the 31st.

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