"A Festival for Neighbors Who Learned the Arts"... 'Art Nallari' to Be Held on Oct. 31

Gwangju Cultural Foundation: 60 Organizations, Including Arts Education Groups, to Participate
A Festival to Share a Year’s Learning and Creative Achievements with the Public

A festival where visitors can make constellation bookmarks and custom T-shirts and enjoy performances on an outdoor stage is coming to Gwangju.

The Gwangju Cultural Foundation announced on October 29 that it will hold the 11th Gwangju Culture and Arts Education Festival, "Art Nallari," on October 31. The festival will run from noon to 5 p.m. that day at and around Bitgoeul Citizens' Cultural Center, Cheongchun Bit Pocha Plaza, and Bitgoeul Art Space.

Scene from last year's Gwangju Culture and Arts Education Festival, “Ateu Nallari.” Photo courtesy of the Gwangju Cultural Foundation.

A total of 60 organizations will participate this year, including 42 cultural arts education groups, universities, and related institutions. The festival will give people who have taken part in arts education over the past year, from children and teenagers to older adults, a chance to share with the public what they have learned, created, and accomplished.

This year's festival theme is "Between Us, Seven Stars." Like the Big Dipper, whose distinct stars connect to light the way, the theme conveys the idea that people of different generations and regions can meet through cultural arts education and forge new paths together.

Performances will take place on a special stage at Cheongchun Bit Pocha Plaza, beginning with "Gomulakdan" by the Everyday Life Culture and Arts Education Research Institute. Theater Company Tobagi, the Mahanaim Chamber Ensemble, the Gwangju Hyangje Pungnyu Preservation Society, and the Gwangsan Nongak Preservation Society will also take the stage.

The festival grounds will also feature hands-on activities for visitors. The Gwangju Women's University Anchor Project Group will offer "Make Your Own Constellation Bookmark" and the "Traveling Troupe Mission." The Gwangju Institute for Lifelong Education will run a "Make Your Own T-Shirt" activity, while the Gwangju Community Media Center will take part with its "Media Sharing Bus on the Move."

The "Blue Uncle's Movie Star Photo Zone" will also take photos of visitors. Middle-aged and older men who have built relationships and sought to restore a sense of everyday life through cultural and artistic activities, including filmmaking, will take the photos. The program is run by participants in "Blue Uncle's Replay," a cultural healing support project.

"Art Nallari" is a festival that local cultural arts education groups and residents have organized together since 2016. This year, it will be the final event of Gwangju Culture and Arts Education Week, which runs for three days from October 29.

Bae Donghwan, Secretary-General of the Gwangju Cultural Foundation, said, "This is an opportunity to share with residents the learning and connections built through local cultural arts education over the past year. Just as different stars come together to light a single path, I hope this festival will bring diverse generations and educational settings together through the arts."

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