Daily News | Woori Card Steps Forward to Sponsor ‘2018 Jongno Hanbok Festival’
Daily News reported that Woori Card donated 20 million won to the Jongno Culture Foundation and held a busking lecture with 'Card-ui-Jeongseok' collaboration artist Kim Hyun Jung.
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20 Million Won Donated to Jongno Culture Foundation
[Daily News, Reporter Park Han-na] Woori Card is sponsoring the '2018 Jongno Hanbok Festival,' held to promote the excellence and beauty of traditional hanbok.
Woori Card announced on the 22nd that on the 21st it donated 20 million won to the Jongno Culture Foundation, the organizer of the Jongno Hanbok Festival, and held a busking lecture together with painter Kim Hyun Jung, the collaborating artist behind the design of 'Card-ui-Jeongseok.'
The lecture, on the theme 'Why I Paint Hanbok and My Connection with Woori Card,' was held that afternoon at the Street Art Park in Gwanghwamun's lawn square, and concluded successfully amid an enthusiastic response from the audience.
A Woori Card official said, "We sponsored this event as part of our social contribution activities to promote Korea's beauty and the excellence of hanbok to the world," adding, "The synergy with painter Kim Hyun Jung, who has created work themed on women in everyday hanbok, drew a great deal of interest from many people."
Meanwhile, painter Kim Hyun Jung was selected for '2017 Forbes Asia's 30 Under 30.' She is highly regarded, having held a solo exhibition and lecture at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, one of the world's three major museums.