Yongin City Expands Support for Cultural and Arts Contest Projects

Yongin City Hall Panorama

[Asia Economy (Yongin) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Yongin City in Gyeonggi Province is recruiting artists and groups to participate in the cultural and artistic public contest projects until the 20th of this month.

The contest fields include ▲ support for artistic performances ▲ support for artists' creative activities ▲ support for cultural and artistic activities ▲ art piece rental and exhibition projects.

The support for artistic performances is a project that supports performance fields such as gugak (traditional Korean music), music, dance, and theater. Cultural and artistic groups can apply. A total of 85 million KRW is supported, with about 20 million KRW per group.

The support for artists' creative activities targets cultural and artistic groups in visual and artistic fields such as literature, fine arts, photography, and ceramics. A total of 65 million KRW has been allocated as support funds, with about 10 million KRW per group.

The cultural and artistic activity support contest was introduced for the first time this year. It is a project that helps local artists' artistic activities such as performances or visual arts, providing about 5 million KRW per person, with a total of 50 million KRW supported.

The art piece rental and exhibition project rents works by local artists to display them in welfare facilities, public offices, and the Poeun Art Gallery. The existing life artist art piece rental and exhibition project rents works by life artists residing in Yongin at 500,000 KRW per piece (based on 5 months) and exhibits them in welfare facilities and public offices.

Yongin City also newly operates a professional artist rental and exhibition project. The target is artists residing in Yongin who have proof of artistic activity. Works are rented at 300,000 KRW per piece (based on 4 weeks) and showcased at exhibition halls such as the Poeun Art Gallery.

For detailed support information, please check the city website's notices and announcements.

A city official said, "We have expanded the public contest projects to increase citizens' opportunities to enjoy culture and arts and to support local artists," adding, "We ask for many applications so that the cultural and artistic public contest projects can help local artists' creative activities."

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