Stone & Water is a non-profit gallery space in An-yang, South Korea that has been working as a cultural energy in the community. This is an artistic place supplementing and substituting other existing exhibit spaces, extending from the realm of art to the scope of life. It also contributes to enhancing and improving urban surroundings and life conditions, by replacing them with some artistic elements. Stone & Water holds <2009 SAP:Seoksu Art Project> > where about 20~25 artists from around the world participate and create art productions during 3 months using vacant spaces around Seok-Su Market and An-yang River. SAP 2009 will be a local based art project that looks for a new possibility of traditional markets and regional economic communities that have been faded away due to market economy. It also hopes to wake up community movements through new forms of cultural art villages and by restoring small communities that have disappeared in rapid industrialization.
Work:
Together with Korean MTV volunteer(s), international volunteer(s) will be involved in various activities related to Seoksu Art Project. They will mainly assist the artists to create art products for the project. It will be a manual work like as purchasing material, helping construction of products..etc. The volunteers also can support office work or be translator among participants. Having knowledge or experience related to art can be very helpful.
Qualifications of Volunteers:
• Previous volunteer project experiences related to art or festival (Preferred) • Ability to communicate in English • Interest about Korea (learning the language and cultures in local areas). • Initiative and active personality • Flexibility / Positive mind
Documents to be submitted:
CV, VEF, Motivation Letter and a participant's picture
Location:
An-yang, Gyeonggi Province, 40km away south from Seoul http://en.anyang.go.kr/new/
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