The Jeonju Cultural Foundation (CEO Choi Rak-gi) is publicly recruiting domestic artists to participate in the international collaboration project '2025 Jeonju-Melbourne Artist Exchange Program ' with Australia's Melbourne.
Now in its third year, this project is a cultural arts education international exchange program jointly conducted by the Jeonju Cultural Foundation and the children's art institution 'ArtPlay' under the City of Melbourne, aiming to enhance the creative capabilities of local artists through the development of experimental digital-based content.
The recruitment targets artists who have been active in Jeonju or Melbourne within the past three years, with no restrictions on age, art genre, or foreign language proficiency. However, preference will be given to those who have experience participating in cultural arts education programs for children conducted by the Jeonju Cultural Foundation or ArtPlay.
Applicants can apply through the Google Form provided in the Jeonju Cultural Foundation's announcement until June 15. Final participants will be selected through document screening and online interviews. The results will be announced on July 3 on the Jeonju Cultural Foundation and Palbok Art Factory websites.
Selected participants will receive approximately 1.6 million won per person as activity expenses for about two months. For foreigners, the payment will be made after currency conversion.
The exchange program will take place online from July to September. Three artists from Jeonju and Melbourne will be selected each, forming 1:1 matches. Participants will engage in orientation, five online seminars, and team meetings to collaboratively create content.
The completed works will be publicly exhibited in a participatory form at the '2025 Art Play Festival' in September.
Choi Rak-gi, CEO of the Jeonju Cultural Foundation, stated, "Through this exchange project, we aim to expand the boundaries of participatory art and present an international collaboration model experimenting with children-centered cultural arts education content."
