Gwangju International Center

SPEAKER: Áine Byrne, Jen Lee, Susan Sahab

CO-WRITERS:​ Coco and Vivian

GIC TALK DATE: March 5, 2016

GIC TALK TITLE: Art Connecting Communities

Today is a special day for GIC. Three speakers gave a Talk about Art&Communities. Aine Byrne, Jen Lee and Susan Sahab introduced themselves, their different art life and the way they understand Art.

Aine firstly told us about her background and her Art in different periods from 2006 to 2016. She then introduced her art classes about craft, origami and paper folding. She thinks art is subjective and everyone can draw what they like.

Jen then shared with us her experience of Art and displayed her previous work and work in Korea. Jen considered art as a reflection of ourselves. Her new book will be published soon this year and we are looking forward to reading it!

Susan, who is an English teacher at Hwasun Elementary school, also told the story of her art life. After showing us her art works, she introduced her figure drawing classes. She has her own understanding of Art because she believes that anything can be art if it has the intention of art and if it provokes a feeling.

At the end of their speech, they inspired everyone to be creative and started their 5x5 Community Art Project. Everyone was asked to draw or paint on a 5x5 piece of paper, that were then exhibited on the 5x5 Community Art Wall in the GIC.