Korea Arts Management Service established
Chief Director: GANG Seok-Heung | President: LEE Gyu-seok
Designated Evaluation Center for Specialized Arts Organizations under Article 7 of the Culture and Arts Promotion Act
Held 2nd Performing Arts Market in Seoul (PAMS)
October 11~October 14 | Arko Arts Theater & Arko Art Center
Developed international contacts:
Participated in ISPA Annual Congress (USA), TPAM (Japan), APAM (Australia), IETM Annual Plenary Meeting (Turkey), GATEWAY TO THE AMERICAS (Mexico), BPAM (Greece), ISPA (Hong Kong), Tanzmesse (Germany), CINARS (Canada), CSIAF (China), IETM Plenary Meeting (Finland)
International market development: APAP (New York),
Edinburgh Fringe (UK)
Professional affiliations: member International Society for the Performing Arts (ISPA), Coalition of Performing Arts Markets (CPAM), International Network for Contemporary Performing Arts (IETM), Federation for Asian Cultural Promotion (FACP)
Providing consulting services for arts management
Supervising the evaluation of government-supported projects in perform -ing and visual arts


Held 3rd Performing Arts Market in Seoul (PAMS) & IETM Satellite Meeting in Seoul | October 9~October 14 | Arko Arts Theater, Korea Foundation Cultural Center and National Museum of Korea
International networking: Participated in ISPA Annual Congress (USA), TPAM program international exchange (Japan), IETM Plenary Meeting (Canada), ISPA Congress (Belgium), CSIAF (China), AIMEC (Spain), and FACP General Meeting (Taiwan)
International market development: APAP (New York, U.S.A.), Edinburgh Fringe (UK), Asian Arts Mart (Singapore)
Professional affiliations: North American Performing Arts Managers and Agents (NAPAMA), Association of Performing Arts Presenters (APAP)
Signed annually renewed agreement with Korea Foundation: KF-PAMS Grant
Signed 3-year agreement with Korean Literature Translation Institute: Support for the translation of "PAMS Choice"
Carrying out regular professional human resources development projects for culture and arts planning/management
Conducting regular performing arts survey for government statistics
Established and still operating 'Art Maru' (http://www.artmaru.or.kr), an online support system for art competitions


Held 4th Performing Arts Market in Seoul
October 7~October 10 | Sejong Center, Myeongdong Art Center, KT Art Hall
Developed international contacts:
Participated in ISPA Annual Congress (USA), TPAM program exchange (Japan), APAM program exchange (Australia), IETM Satellite Meeting (Ireland), CINARS program exchange (Canada)
International market development:
APAP (New York), Edinburgh Fringe (UK), Tanzmesse (Germany), Meet in Beijing (China), WOMEX (Spain), AWME (Australia)
Professional affiliations: Western Arts Alliance (WAA, USA) and National Association for Campus Activities (NACA, USA)
Signed MOUs with overseas authorities:
Under the Radar Festival, Japan Society, Asia Society and TPAM, Festival de Teatro Internacional de Santiago a Mil
Operating <Culture & Arts Planning/Management Academy>
Introduced and still operating Korea’s first full-time arts management consulting service
Began publishing webzine「weekly@Arts Management」


New appointments:
Chief Director: PYO Jae-soon | President: PARK Yong-Jae
Held 5th Performing Arts Market in Seoul
October 12~October 16 | National Theater of Korea, Namsan Arts Center
Developed international contacts:
Participated in ISPA Annual Congress (USA), TPAM program exchange (Japan), ISPA Congress (Brazil), WAA (USA)
International market development:
APAP (USA), Lincoln Center Out of Doors Festival (USA), Edinburgh Fringe (UK), Babel Med Music (France), WOMEX (Denmark), Australasian World Music Expo (Australia), Festival Internacional de teatro Santiago a Mil (Chile), Mercado Cultural (Brazil), Korean Modern Dance Week (Brazil), Tbilisi International Festival of Theatre (Georgia)
Professional affiliations: LA RED
Signed MOU with overseas authorities:
AWME (Australasian World Music Expo), Mercado Cultural, SAO PAULO Secretaria de Cultural, CINARS, WOMEX, Tbilisi International Festival of Theatre, TPAM, Japan Society
Signed 3-year agreement with the National Theater of Korea to secure venue for Performing Arts Market in Seoul (PAMS)
Signed MOU for pro bono service between arts group and law firm
  Operating < Academy for Local Culture >
] Conducted surveys on, inter alia, fine arts markets, encompassing galleries, auctions, art fairs
Launched monthly English Newsletter for overseas performing arts related parties
Expected to launch website this December to provide knowledge and information on international exchanges among the performing arts