Opening Ceremony of KNIGA Gwangju Campus Took Place
On Wednesday, 6
September, the Korea National Institute for Gifted in Arts (KNIGA) affiliated
with the K-Arts held the opening ceremony of the Gwangju campus in Gwangju
metropolitan city.
According to the
MOU concluded in 2021 among K-Arts, the metropolitan city of Gwangju, and Asia
Culture Center (ACC), K-Arts will dispatch experts to instruct the gifted in
arts and operate the professional arts education programs while the city of
Gwangju will be responsible for managing facilities and provide the necessary administrative
and financial support on the new campus. In addition, the ACC remodeled a gym
in the former Gwangju Girls’ High School to turn it into an arts education
space.
The KNIGA Gwangju
campus has facilities and equipment for professional and systematic education
considering environments varied by field, such as 17 music rooms, 13 Korean
traditional arts rooms, 3 integration arts rooms, ensemble space, and musical
instrument storage.
In 2022, the KNIGA
Gwangju campus accepted 75 students gifted in arts in 4 fields, music, dance,
Korean traditional arts, and integration arts. During the pilot period of the educational
program, the admitted took weekly classes by the expert instructors from K-Arts
at the Gwangju Arts High School, a temporary educational venue. From now on, the
classes will take place on the Gwangju campus newly opened. The gifted in arts students
in the range of elementary, middle, and high schools from Gwangju, South and
North Jeolla Provinces will also have the benefit of using the new campus.