Bucheon City Opens Practice Rooms for Amateur Artists

Bucheon City Opens Practice Rooms for Amateur Artists

"New practice rooms for artists opened in Sang-dong, Wonmi-gu after the first Ojeong's last January."

Bucheon City opened a new art practice place(Sang-dong practice place) for amateur artists in Sang-dong Movies and Culture Complex, on last May 24, 2013,  after renovating the construction sites offices for Subway Line 7. From July 1st on, amateur artists can use those rooms every day. The new Sang-dong practice place is the second one after Ojeong's for amateur artists opened last January, 2013.

The Sang-dong art practice place is 552.96 square meters area and 2 story building. On the first floor, there are thirteen practice rooms including three 'Band Practice Room's and one 'Guitar Practice Room'. The second floor has six rooms such as a multi-functional practice room and dancing rooms. They are now accepting applications to rent rooms.

Otherwise, the Ojeong practice place is two-story, 180 square meters area building. On the first floor, they can practice chorus or group performances. There are practice rooms for playing bands and persons. The Ojeong place was opened last January 21, 2013 and 260 artists in seventeen clubs usually practice twice a week every weeks.

Mayor of Bucheon City, Mansoo Kim, visited Sang-dong and Ojeong Art Practice Places to meet with directors from Ojeong Steering Committee and local amateur artists clubs, and said "Bucheon City is trying to make all the citizens enjoy cultural activities. The first result is to prepare these art practice places. Bucheon City will make best successful practices with you who are here the amateur artists."

Members from local artists clubs will run two practice places by themselves through the Self Steering Committee. Associates will open online community cafe for Bucheon Amateur Artists Clubs in the Internet portal Naver, of which the address is www.vieart.com, http://cafe.naver.com/vieart. And they will open a new twitter account, @bucheon_art.

For more information about art practice places, contact 'News' in Bucheon City Website or Team for Art Promotion in Department of Culture and Arts, of which the phone number is +82-32-625-3126.

<photo 1. Mayor of Bucheon City, Mansoo Kim, is having a meeting with directors from the Ojeong Steering Committee and local Artist Amateur Clubs last May 24, 2013 in Ojeong Art Practice Center.>