공동체 중심 지역문화예술활동을 통한 아동미술교육 프로그램 운영사례 연구

Abstract

Thanks to the government’s interest and effort for the local culture, the‘Local Culture and Arts Promotion Activity’ was enacted in 2014. It focusedon improving the quality of life of local residents and community andcreating a cultural nation by relieving inter-regional culture gaps anddeveloping unique cultures by region. Therefore, judging that the ‘community-centered local culture and artseducation program’ considering regional particularities is effective in thequalitative improvement of life of community members as well as regionaldevelopment, this study developed a local community art education program,applied it to actual affairs and analyzed the results. The ‘Green Gangcheon Art Picnic’ program, designed based on theunderstanding of the regional characteristics and cultural background in YCity of Gyeonggi Province, was aimed at allowing local children to cultivatesociality and cooperation through the experience of surrounding environmentalong with their families and community members. The operating result of this program shows that it helped participantscultivate integrated and sensuous art expression skills using their bodies ina cultural space in harmony with nature and so got a positive response frommost of the participating families and children. In this way, it is identifiedthat the community art education program of containing the local culturebecame a good opportunity that allows local residents to share the joys of lifeand form a cultural community. The local community art education program has an advantage that enablesthe participating children to understand their local culture and have a wayof life living together with neighbors. Therefore, it can be deemed to havesomething in common with the fact that the art works created by childrenare the product of time and effort for them to undergo in the creativeprocess, setting aside artistry and imply more than aesthetic meaning.