The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism selected 41 representative arts organizations in 2026... Theater, traditional arts, classical music, and dance 'a total of 14.5 billion won'

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The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (Minister Choi Hwi-young) announced on the 2nd that it has recruited metropolitan and basic local governments (excluding Seoul Metropolitan Government) across the country to participate in the "2026 Regional Representative Arts Organization Support Project" from October to December last year and selected 41 local performing arts organizations.

This project is a project to partially subsidize (40-70%) state funds through final deliberation by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism for local arts organizations selected by each local government. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism plans to provide a total of 14.5 billion won by adding state and local expenses to the creation, production, and local performances of art organizations selected with each local government.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has promoted the project since 2024 to bridge regional gaps in the performing arts sector, discover and foster arts organizations operating in the region, and settle them in the region. In 2026, entering its third year, 62 local governments, or about 30% of local governments nationwide, except Seoul, applied for the contest. Based on art organizations, 102 art organizations that were first selected by local governments participated in the contest, confirming the field's high interest in revitalizing local arts.

The 41 selected art organizations are Gangwon-do, Gyeonggi-do and Incheon, Gyeongsang-do, 13 Jeolla-Jeju, and Chungcheong-do, and 17 plays, 11 traditional arts, 8 classical music, and 5 dances by field. In particular, 11 of them have been selected for two consecutive years following 2025 and have established themselves as representative arts organizations in the region.

This year's selected organizations "created and produced local cultural resources and performances containing local communities and local communities" to enhance the meaning of local representative arts organization projects. ▶The efforts of organizations to discover unique regional performance contents such as "Traditional Art Troupe Hon" ▶ "Geojedo" in Seocheon, Chungcheongnam-do, which combines "Josanpal-eup Gilsamnori" in Hansan, Seocheon-gun, Chungcheongnam-do, and "Geojedo" in Geoje, Gyeongsangnam-do, which will perform musical performances based on the Korean War, stood out.

Lee Yong-shin, an arts policy officer at the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, said, "The 'Regional Representative Arts Organization Support Project' is a project to expand the enjoyment of art by discovering and fostering excellent organizations in the region and to achieve balanced development of the performing arts ecosystem."

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