Busan Metropolitan Office of Education Holds 'Seoulrim' Drawing Contest
Expressing Daily Life of Special Education Students on the Theme of 'Naui Chingu'
The Busan Metropolitan Office of Education (Superintendent Ha Yun-su) will hold the ‘Seoulrim’ Drawing Contest on the morning of the 23rd at 9 a.m. in the plaza in front of the Busan Student Education and Culture Center, targeting about 460 special education students and their supervisors from elementary, middle, and high schools in the Busan area.
Now in its 14th year, this contest aims to help special education students express their artistic potential through drawing, satisfy their desire for aesthetic expression, and build self-confidence.
On the day, students will freely express their joyful daily lives with their precious peers under the theme ‘My Friend.’
Prior to this, the Busan Office of Education has been running a writing and comic contest since the 8th for elementary, middle, and high school students under the theme ‘Everyday Life and Friendship between Students with Disabilities and Non-disabled Students at School.’
Jeon Jeong-hwa, director of the Busan Child Cognitive Development Center specializing in special therapy, advised, “Art therapy has great advantages in understanding and treating psychological issues of children and adolescents who have limited verbal expression abilities,” adding, “Through this, individuals can alleviate psychological conflicts and express their hopes for the future.”
The Office of Education will select 52 outstanding works from the submissions to the ‘Seoulrim’ Drawing Contest and the writing and comic contest and award them on June 7. These works will be exhibited in the Gyomun Gallery on the first floor of the Busan Student Education and Culture Center until June 15.
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Ha Yun-su, Superintendent of Busan Metropolitan Office of Education, said, “This contest was prepared to provide special education students with an opportunity to experience art by expressing their thoughts and feelings through drawing and to cultivate their artistic sensibility,” adding, “The Office of Education will do its best to create an atmosphere where students with and without disabilities can understand each other and walk together through various program operations.”
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