Samsung Welfare Foundation opens exhibition of works by 97 children with developmental disabilities
The fifth annual exhibition at the Samsung Children's Education and Culture Center shows art therapy works by patients of Seoul Metropolitan Children's Hospital and runs for a month.
Samsung Welfare Foundation announced on the 11th that it is holding the exhibition "Artist's Secret Garden: Pieces of Dreams" at the Samsung Children's Education and Culture Center, biz.heraldcorp.com reports. The show presents works by 97 children and adolescents with developmental disabilities and runs from the 10th of this month to the 10th of next month. biz.heraldcorp.com
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Exhibition and organizers
The works were created in art therapy education at Seoul Metropolitan Children's Hospital, described as a medically based center of art-form therapeutic education for people with developmental disabilities. The exhibition is co-organized by Samsung Welfare Foundation and the hospital.
Samsung Life Public Welfare Foundation provides the exhibition space and operational support, and Samsung Foundation of Culture supports exhibition planning and visitor services.
A new feature this year is an "artist's note audio guide". Visitors can listen to the artists' thoughts and the stories behind individual works, and can also leave letters of support. biz.heraldcorp.com
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Attendance and calendar
The exhibition started in 2022. According to the report, it draws an average of 5000 visitors a year, and the number of works and the scale of the show have grown every year.
Nam Min, director of Seoul Metropolitan Children's Hospital, said the children's works are a crystallization of originality and mystery that finds the special within the ordinary, and a unique world that no one can replace.
Ryu Mun-hyeong, head of Samsung Foundation (vice president), said the foundation, having accompanied the program for the past five years, will continue as a reliable partner so that children and adolescents with developmental disabilities can fully develop their own talents. biz.heraldcorp.com
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The foundation also plans to produce a 2027 calendar featuring the exhibited works. It is to be distributed free of charge to social welfare centers across the country, Seoul Metropolitan Children's Hospital, and childcare and education institutions.
