Gyeonggi Province Governor Kim Dong-yeon: "Will Provide 'Opportunity Income' to Cultural Artists and People with Disabilities"

[Suwon Ilbo = Reporter Park No-hun] Gyeonggi Province Governor Kim Dong-yeon announced that he will provide "opportunity income" to cultural artists and people with disabilities.

Governor Kim Dong-yeon introduced on the 30th via SNS an anecdote of purchasing artwork from an artist with disabilities, then stated "To provide more equal opportunities, Gyeonggi Province will provide 'opportunity income' to cultural artists, people with disabilities, and others," and explained "Filling the gap in opportunities and thereby enabling everyone to realize freedom through this is the core value that Gyeonggi Province pursues."

He further conveyed, "We will provide various opportunities so that artists with disabilities can meet the public through their activities, receive feedback, confirm their own value, and grow."

The following is the full text of Gyeonggi Province Governor Kim Dong-yeon's SNS post.

<We Need the Opportunity to Confirm Our Own Value>
The only painting hanging in my home is artwork by Hwang Jin-ho, an artist with developmental disability.
Hwang Jin-ho's mother offered to give it to me, but I purchased it directly by paying the fair market price appropriate for beginning painters.
Today's exhibition was organized for artists with disabilities who do not receive diverse exhibition opportunities. We prepared a space on the first floor of the Gyeonggi Province Government Building and displayed the works at a height where visitors can view them while sitting in wheelchairs.
Gyeonggi Province frequently invites developmental disability orchestras to important provincial events to perform music.
To provide more equal opportunities, Gyeonggi Province will provide 'opportunity income' to cultural artists, people with disabilities, and others.
We will not stop at supporting 'opportunity income.'
Filling the gap in opportunities and enabling everyone to realize freedom through this.
This is the core value that Gyeonggi Province pursues.
We will provide various opportunities so that artists with disabilities can meet the public through their activities, receive feedback, confirm their own value, and grow.
I take this opportunity to extend my deepest gratitude to the seventeen artists who permitted their precious works to be displayed at today's exhibition.