Kwon Oh-gap, Chairman of HD Hyundai, Encourages Artistic Activities After Meeting Disabled Painter

HD Hyundai 1% Sharing Foundation Delivers Sponsored Supplies
"We Will Support Artists with Disabilities in Pursuing Their Dreams"

HD Hyundai 1% Sharing Foundation is carrying out an art education support project for artists with disabilities.

On the 27th, Kwon Oh-gap, Chairman of the HD Hyundai 1% Sharing Foundation, along with the foundation's board members, visited the Masterpiece Workshop of the Korea Social Welfare Association located in Amsa-dong, Gangdong-gu, Seoul. The Masterpiece Workshop project provides art education tailored to different skill levels for people with disabilities, helping them realize their dreams as artists and achieve independence. The project began last year with sponsorship from the HD Hyundai 1% Sharing Foundation.

Kwon Oh-gap, Chairman of the HD Hyundai 1% Sharing Foundation (left), and Director Choi Soo-jong visited the 'Masterpiece Workshop,' a welfare facility for the disabled located in Amsa-dong, Gangdong-gu, Seoul, on the 27th, where they personally created teaching materials to be used in art education. Photo by HD Hyundai

On that day, the foundation's board toured the place where artists with disabilities receive education and observed their creative activities. They also personally made teaching materials to be used in future art education. Additionally, they delivered art supplies such as canvases and pastels to the Masterpiece Workshop for use in artistic activities.

Last year, through the Masterpiece Workshop project, the HD Hyundai 1% Sharing Foundation provided art education to a total of 42 artists with disabilities. They also supported the holding of three exhibitions. In particular, in December last year, an exhibition was held at the HD Hyundai Global R&D (Research and Development) Center located in Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, showcasing works by artists with disabilities to HD Hyundai employees.

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The foundation plans to continue art education through the Masterpiece Workshop project, expand job linkage targets, and support the sale of artworks so that artists with disabilities can earn income through their creative activities.

A representative of the HD Hyundai 1% Sharing Foundation said, "The Masterpiece Workshop project has enabled people with disabilities to more actively pursue their dreams of becoming artists," adding, "We will continue to discover and support various opportunities to help artists with disabilities turn their dreams into reality."

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