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South Korea to review support programme for young artists at Seoul workshop
The Korea Arts Council will hold a workshop in Seoul on Oct.
28-29 to review support for young artists.
The programme aims to help artists focus on their work without financial insecurity.
It selects 3,000 creators in literature, visual arts and performance for grants of 9 million won a year over two years.
On the first day, young artists and regional foundations will share experiences of creating work and providing local support.
On the second day, the Korea Culture and Tourism Institute will present an interim study assessing the programme’s effects.
The workshop is intended to review results and consider how the programme can improve, with the council seeking stronger partnerships so young artists can reach wider audiences.
South Korea’s Arts Council Korea will hold a workshop in Seoul on 28 and 29 October to review and develop its support programme for young artists.
The programme aims to help young artists focus on their work without economic insecurity.
It identifies 3,000 creators in literary, visual and performing arts and provides annual grants of 9 million won for two years.
The workshop will include discussions on artists’ creative journeys and local foundations’ support, followed by an interim presentation on research into the programme’s effects.
- Who
- Arts Council Korea is organising the workshop, with young artists, local foundations and the Korea Culture and Tourism Institute participating.
- What
- A workshop to review the programme’s results and explore ways to develop it.
- When
- 28–29 October 2026.
- Where
- Ramada by Wyndham Seoul Dongdaemun, Jung District, Seoul.
- Why
- To assess the support programme’s results and consider how to improve it.
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Arts Council Korea announced that it would hold the workshop on 28 and 29 October.
A partnership relay talk will share young artists’ creative journeys and local foundations’ experience supporting artists.
The Korea Culture and Tourism Institute will present interim findings from research analysing the programme’s effects.
- Participants supported
- 3,000 creators in literary, visual and performing arts
- Grant
- 9 million won per year for two years
- Venue
- Ramada by Wyndham Seoul Dongdaemun, Jung District, Seoul
- Workshop dates
- 28–29 October 2026
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Through close cooperation with cities and provinces nationwide and partners in the field, we will build practical creative partnerships so that young creators do not become isolated and can move on to a broader stage.