The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Arts and Culture Education Service said on 16 they have begun recruiting participants for the “2026 Online ArtE Academy,” a program designed to train arts and culture education professionals.
Courses for arts educators include legally required training for school arts instructors and arts-and-culture education organizations, along with modules on domestic and international trends, case studies and how to plan education programs. The curriculum is intended to strengthen both fieldwork skills and planning capacity.
Training for teachers focuses on examples of arts-and-culture education programs and planning methods that can be used in schools by grade level and art genre. It will be carried out in cooperation with the Ministry of Education’s General Training Institute and the National Institute for Central Education Training.
Courses for administrative staff will center on policy trends in arts-and-culture education and core administrative competencies, aiming to improve understanding needed to run projects, support the field and respond in practice.
Reflecting changes in the arts environment, the Online ArtE Academy will newly release 16 training courses: four on overseas cases, four collaborative courses with prominent artists and eight practical courses for professionals in after-school care programs.
The overseas-case series will offer four video courses covering sound-based arts education and examples of using artificial intelligence, drawing on institutions such as France’s IRCAM and the Netherlands’ Muziekgebouw.
For emerging arts educators, the academy will also introduce four “Artist Code” courses sharing the education philosophy and perspectives of well-known artists including Choo Soo, Choi Jeong-hwa, Eom Jeong-soon and choreographer Kim Seong-hoon.
All courses are free. Starting in April, the academy will roll out topic-based recommended-course content and run participation programs such as course-registration events. Details are available on the Online ArtE Academy website and the agency’s official social media channels.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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