Gwangyang Sarasil Art Village Selected for Ministry of Culture’s "Kkumdarac Culture and Arts School" Program

Supporting Programs for Experiencing Fine Arts, Music, and Literature

On June 4, the city of Gwangyang, South Jeolla Province, announced that Sarasil Art Village (Director: Jo Juhyun) has been selected for the second consecutive year as a finalist in the "2025 Lifelong Cultural and Arts Education Support Project - Kkumdarac Culture and Arts School," a program hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and organized by the Korea Arts & Culture Education Service.

The "Kkumdarac Culture and Arts School" is a project that supports a variety of programs, allowing anyone to experience cultural and arts education in their daily lives within community spaces. This year, 61 organizations were selected nationwide, including 28 from the Seoul metropolitan area and 39 from non-metropolitan regions. Only two organizations from South Jeolla Province were chosen, adding significance to the achievement.

Aerial view of Gwangyang Sarasil Art Village.

Through this project, Sarasil Art Village will operate three programs based on various artistic genres such as fine arts, music, and literature. The programs?Kiutkiut Detective Photo Studio, Noisy Artist Library, and Ttukttakttukttak Explorer School?will offer participant-centered, experimental, and creative process-based cultural and arts education.

Kiutkiut Detective Photo Studio is a creative photography education program where participants solve fictional cases, collect clues using cameras, and create photo montages. This process fosters visual thinking and expressive skills. Children participating in the program will have the opportunity to reconstruct incidents and express their imagination through photography.

Noisy Artist Library offers opportunities to reinterpret books and spaces through convergent art activities such as searching for hidden clues in the library, creating secret hideouts, and making paper furniture using discarded books.

Ttukttakttukttak Explorer School is a program where children, stranded on a deserted island, create and explore unfamiliar spaces. It is recognized for its experiential activities that stimulate autonomy and creativity.

Director Jo Juhyun stated, "We will continue to develop process-oriented cultural and arts education programs that allow children to take initiative, explore, experiment, and make decisions on their own." He added, "We will continue to pursue new challenges and initiatives so that local residents can experience cultural and arts education aligned with the times, and to help bridge the cultural and arts gap and perception differences between metropolitan and non-metropolitan regions."

Kim Myungdeok, head of Gwangyang City's Culture and Arts Division, said, "We hope that this project by Sarasil Art Village will serve as a bridge between school-based and community-based cultural and arts education. We also look forward to the development of diverse cultural and arts education programs through collaboration among regional hub institutions." He added, "Gwangyang City will actively support children and youth so that they can enjoy cultural and arts education without disparity, even in local areas."

Meanwhile, the project will continue until November, and recruitment for participants in the "Kiutkiut Detective Photo Studio" program is ongoing through the Sarasil Art Village website and social media channels until June 18.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.