Seoul Art Space Writers' Residency
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Email Address: munshadow@sfac.or.kr
Editor/Founder: Ahn Hyun-mi
Country: Korea
Type: Writers' Prize
Description: The Seoul Art Space Yeonhi, the first and only residency for writers in the city, is gaining a foothold as a nurturing nest for authors and a cultural shelter for its neighbors. Surrounded by pine, persimmon and chestnut trees, the center first opened on Nov. 5 last year in Yeonhi-dong, western Seoul, supported by the Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture (SFAC). The first writer-in-residence program offers studios for writing, networking and communicating to act as a stronghold of Korean literature as well as proactively contributing to world literature. It was originally used as the Sisa Compilation Committee building which was designed for research, compilation and education from the 1980s to 2000s. Before the writers’ residency in was established in Yeonhi-dong, the only option authors had were centers in rural areas such as the Toji Culture Center in Wonju and the Residency for Writers in Manhae Village in Inje, both in Gangwon Province. The Seoul Art Space Yeonhi is part of the city’s efforts to transform abandoned spaces into creative places for culture and the arts, along with Art Space Seogyo, Art Space Sindang, Art Space Geumcheon, Art Space Munrae and Art Space Seongbuk, which are primarily dedicated to promoting creative activities in fine arts. The Seoul Art Space Yeonhui is the only center solely for literature in the city.
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Go to website
Email Address: munshadow@sfac.or.kr
Editor/Founder: Ahn Hyun-mi
Country: Korea
Type: Writers' Prize
Description: The Seoul Art Space Yeonhi, the first and only residency for writers in the city, is gaining a foothold as a nurturing nest for authors and a cultural shelter for its neighbors. Surrounded by pine, persimmon and chestnut trees, the center first opened on Nov. 5 last year in Yeonhi-dong, western Seoul, supported by the Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture (SFAC). The first writer-in-residence program offers studios for writing, networking and communicating to act as a stronghold of Korean literature as well as proactively contributing to world literature. It was originally used as the Sisa Compilation Committee building which was designed for research, compilation and education from the 1980s to 2000s. Before the writers’ residency in was established in Yeonhi-dong, the only option authors had were centers in rural areas such as the Toji Culture Center in Wonju and the Residency for Writers in Manhae Village in Inje, both in Gangwon Province. The Seoul Art Space Yeonhi is part of the city’s efforts to transform abandoned spaces into creative places for culture and the arts, along with Art Space Seogyo, Art Space Sindang, Art Space Geumcheon, Art Space Munrae and Art Space Seongbuk, which are primarily dedicated to promoting creative activities in fine arts. The Seoul Art Space Yeonhui is the only center solely for literature in the city.
(Directory entry)
