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​​​​​​​Sculpture Major Holds Exhibition of Community Art Achievements Based on Sustainable Development Goals (Community Art for UN SDGs)

The Sculpture Major Art in the School of Fine arts had its course ‘Culture, Arts Education, and Sustainable Society,’ offered in the second semester of the 2025 academic year, selected for the university's TEAM-PBL project under the University Innovation Support Program. Professor Ahn Hye Ri, who taught the course, guided students to plan and execute team-based community art projects by linking the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to local community issues. To conclude the semester's learning, the ** <Community Art for UN SDGs Exhibition>** was held in the 5th floor lobby of the College of Business Administration from Friday, December 5, 2025, to Thursday, December 11, 2025.

This exhibition featured participation from five teams: ten students majoring in Sculpture and Painting from the School of Fine arts, and one student from the Department of Korean History. Each team introduced the process of their community art project on temporary walls installed in the exhibition space, structured in five stages: ‘Contact–Research–Action–Feedback–Education’. Project outcomes (artworks) were displayed alongside these walls. Monitors were also installed in one corner of the exhibition space to share videos documenting each team's project process.

 

The Kang Jin Ha and Yang Chae Yoon (SDG 10) team conducted a timetable drawing activity with a group of cleaning workers at the campus art museum, visualizing the reality of their labor—starting work at 3-4 a.m.—as a daily timetable image.

 

The Yoon Ji Yoon and Lee Jae Hee (SDG 12) team held a workshop to create solar cyanotype postcards using discarded materials like receipts from campus cafes. They encouraged participating students to reflect on their consumption habits by recording them on postcards or social media.

 

The Jeon Seo Hee and Yang Ji Yun (SDG 11) team collected used clothing from seniors and students in the Jeongneung area, recorded each item's story, and reborn them as upcycled art.

 

The Kim Yi Eun and Lee Ji Hyun (SDG 14) team sorted plastic and vinyl waste discarded around the Han River, conducted an upcycling workshop to create wave-shaped artworks, and collected visitor feedback on marine ecosystem conservation.

 

Team Kang Ji Won, Kim I An, Kim Hei So (SDG 15) conducted plogging with students residing in Seongbuk-gu to create a map guiding the locations of trash bins in Bukhansan National Park. They surveyed the flora and fauna inhabiting Bukhansan, distributed creation kits, and then attached the completed images to the trash bin map for exhibition.

 

During the exhibition period, many members passing through the 5th floor lobby of the College of Business Administration stopped to view the exhibits with interest. Some visitors even participated in the project by leaving on-site feedback.

 

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