The K-Arts Participates in the 4^th COVID-19 Art Forum

The Korea National University of Arts co-hosted a forum, “COVID-19 Art Debate: Value and Future of Art,” with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and six other affiliated art cultural institutions. While a total of seven events will take place, the Korea Culture Art Committee (Arko) held the fourth one among them in September on the topic of “Environment and Delocalization of Local Art and Culture after COVID-19.” It mainly focused on directions and tasks of the local art cultural organizations and analyzed responses of overseas art cultural organizations in assisting this field against the pandemic crisis. The 5th debate planned for October will discuss the topic of “Diagnosis on Crisis of Support for the Arts and Seek for Solution in the Transition Period.”

A policymaker from the ministry said, “The local art communities are facing a big crisis due to COVID-19. I hope that from these forums, we can discuss the roles and tasks the local art cultural organizations can carry out to find out many measures for the sustainable development of local art cultures.”

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism live-stream these forums via Facebook and YouTube. According to Level 2 measures, the event ran without an audience.

Starting from July till the upcoming December, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism open the COVID-19 Art Forum series seven times with seven affiliated organizations in the field of arts. This debate also relates to the ResiliArt movement suggested by UNESCO.