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of the Association December
18, 1961
Inaugural General Meeting was held at the auditorium of Sudo
Women Teachers' College: 5 Sectoral Committees (Oriental painting,
Western painting, Sculpture, Handicraft and Calligraphy) were
formed: the Association was formally established in order
to advance the nation's fine arts, to advocate the rights
and interests of artists, to facilitate international exchange
of fine arts, and to promote recirocal cooperation among artists.
Park
Deuk-sun was elected as the first Chairman of the Board of
Directors: two vice-chairman were Kim hwan-gi and Kim Sejung
respectvely.
June
28, 1962 The Minister of Education authorized the establishment
of the
Association
as a social organization.
August
9, 1962 The Association acceded to International Association
of Arts as a member organization.
February
2,1963 Kim Hwan -gi was elected the second Chairman: Lee
Sun-seok and
Lee Bong-sang
as vice-chairman.
January
25, 1964 Kim Byeong-gi was elected the third Chairman:
Lee Bong-sang and
Suh Se-ok
as vice-chairman.
June
5, 1965 Do Sang-bong was elected the fourth Chairman:
Yoon Hyo-jung and
Suh Se-ok
as vice-chairman.
The Minister
of Education approved the Association as a social organization
(Approval
No. 186)
Removed
to the new building of Korean Federation of Cultural and Arts
Organization
at 81-6
Sejongno Street.
March
11, 1967 Kim In-seung was elected the fifth Chairman: Yoo
Yeong-guk and
Suh Se-ok
as vice-chairman.
March
8, 1969 The 8th Regular General Assembly revised the Articles
of Association to create Sectoral Committee of Woodcut Print
(a total of six Sectoral Committees)
Lee ma-dong
elected the sixth Chairman: Kim Won, Chang U-seong and Suh
Se-ok as vice-chairman.
December
29, 1971 Lee Ma-dong re-elected the seventh Chairman:
Kim Gi-chang,
Ryu Gyeong-chae
and Park Seo-bo as vice-chairman.
March
21, 1973 Kim Se-jung elected the eighth Chairman: Chung
hwan-seop,
Park
Seo-bo and Choi gi-won as vice-chairman.
July,
1973 Removed th Room 606, Doctors' Building, owing to
the plan to reconstruct
Citizen's
Hall and the evacuation of Korean Federation of Cultural and
Arts Organizations from it.
April
30, 1975 Suh Se-ok was elected the ninth Chairman: Kim
Jeong-suk, Park Seo-bo and Arts Organizations from it.
April
24, 1976 The Fifteenth General Assembly revised the Articles
of Association to create Sectoral Committee of Review(a total
of 7 Sectoral Committees).
June
1, 1976 Removed to the former Jongno-gu District Office
(110 Insa-dong, Jongno-gu) owing to the demolition of Doctors'
Building in accordance with a new urban re-development plan.
March
26, 1977 Park Seo-bo was elected the tenth Chairman: Chung
Yeong-yeol, Cho Yong-ik and Ha Jong-hyeon as vice-chairman.
February
3, 1978 The Minister of Culture and Public Information
authorized the establishment of the Association (No. 317).
On March 15 of the same year, the Association was formally
registered with Seoul District Court (Reg.No.1544)
April
12,1980 Kim Yeong-jung was elected the eleventh Chairman:
Choi Gyeong-han and Cho Yong-ik as vice-chairman.
August
27,1980 At an Extraordinary General Assembly, Cho Yong-ik
was reelected as
vice-chairman
in a by-eldction.
April
25,1981 In a by-election caused by the ill health of Chairman
Kim Yeong-jung,
Lee Jon-mu
was elected the twelfth Chairman: Choi Gyeong -han Cho Yong-ik
as vice-chairman.
February
11, 1982 In a resolution adopted by the 21st Regular General
Assembly (March 24, 1982), Chung Geun-mo was elected as vice-chairman
in a by-election.
April
11, 1983 The 22nd Regular General Assembly revised the
Articles of Association to create Sectoral Committee of Design
(a total of eight Sectoral Committees).
April
23, 1983 Chung Gwan-mo was elected the 13th Chairman:
Sin Geum-lye,
Choi
Gwang-seon and Choi Myiong-yeong as vice-chairman.
January
11, 1986 Ha Jong-hyeon was elected the 14th Chairman:
Choi Seung-Cheon,
Min Bok-jin
and Yoon Myeong-no as vice-chairman.
April
10, 1986 The responsibility for holding the Grand Atr
Exhibition of Korea was
transferred
from Korean Institute for the Promotion of Culture and Art
to the sponsorship of the Association.
December
1987 The Association took over the responsibility for
holding the Grand Handicraft Exhibition of Korea from the
National Museum of Modern Art.
January
14, 1989 Kim Seo-bong was elected the 15th Chairman: Park
Dong-in, Jeon Yeong-hwa, Lee Seung-taek, Chang yun-u and Cho
Hoe-su as vice-chairman.
October,
1989 The Association took over the responsibility for
holding the Grand Art
Exhibition
of Korea fron Korean Insititute for the Promotion of Culture
and Art and
holds
the Grand Calligraphy Exhibition of Korea separately from
the Grand Art Exhibition of Korea.
January
16, 1992 The 31st Regular General Assembly was held at
Olympic Weight-lifting Stadium and elected Park Gwang-jin
as the 16th Chairman and Son Su-gwang, Hwang Jong-nye, Suh
Seung-weon, Kwon Chang-nyum and Choi Tae-mun as vice-chairman.
November
25, 1992 The 13th Regular General Assembly and Representatives'
Meeting of International Association of Arts were held at
Seoul Olympic Parktel with 25 countries taking part.
February
25, 1994 The 33rd Regular General Assembly revised the
Articles of Association to augment the number of vice-chairman
from 5 to 7, appointing two new vice-chairman for Finance
and Policy.
February
5, 1995 The Regular General Assembly elected Lee Du-sik
as the 17th Chairman and Yuh Won-gu, Kee Gyeong-su, Bae Dong-hwan,
Hwang Jeong-ja,
Park
Byeong-uk, Sin Sang-ho and Cho Ilsang.
February
26, 1996 The 35th Regular General Assembly augmented the
number of Directors from 45 to 61, creates Administration
Committee and divided Sectoral Committee of Western Painting
into Committee 1 for non-representational paintings and Committee
2 for representational paintings.
January
6, 1998 The 37th Regular General Assembly elected Park
Seok-won as the 18th Chairman and Gu ja-seung, Baek Hyeon-ok,
Sung Gi-jeom, Choi Byeong-sik, Han Gil-hong, Han Jin-man and
Kwon Jeong-ho as vice-chairman.
February,
1999 Vice-chairman Baek Hyeon-ok, Seong Gi-jeom, Choi
Byeong-sik and Kwon Jeong-ho resigned together with eight
Directors.
June,
2000 The Grand Art Exhibition of Korea created Sector
of Scholastic Painting.
January
31, 2001 The 40th Regular General Assembly elected Kwak
Suk-son as the
19th
Chairman and Kim Kyung-Hwa, Lee Dong-ik, Hong Jae-youn, Kim
Choon-shik,
Song
Soo-ryun, Nha Seoung-sook and Ha Chul-Kyung as vice-chairman.
It reorganized
Sectoral Committee of Review to include Research functions
and created two new Sectoral Committees of Video & Installation
and Scholastic Painting by revising the Articles of Association(a
total of 12 Sectoral Committees). Special Committee of Art
Property was set up as an independent (standing) unit.
January
4, 2004 The 43rd Annual General Meeting
Twentieth Director: Ha Cheol-gyeong
Deputy Director: No Jae-seung (Head), Lee Nam-chan, Kim Young-cheol,
Min Byeong-do, Lee Min-ju, Jo Jong-sook, Jang Young-ran.
Amended the Articles to add 2 directors Kang Byeong-don, Seo Keun-seob
Auditor: No Dal-soo, Shin Young-jin
January
2004 Renamed the [Image and Installation Division] as [Media Arts Division]
Newly established [Water Color Division]
Approved the registration of Seoul branch (Currently, 12 branch offices are approved- Gangnam,
Guro, Gangseo, Yangcheon, Jongro, Gwangjin, Seocho, Gangbuk, Gwanak, Geumcheon,
Dongjak, Seongdong)
Fully paid members can open a member gallery in the homepage.
(3 artworks per person can be displayed)
Moderated the membership regulations for new members
(Years of career experience of non-majored artists: 12years → 9years)
Lowered the branch members’ annual membership fee, which needs to be paid to the headquarter
(Previous: 36,000 won → 25,000 won)
August
19, 2005 Transferred the accumulated fund for the Grand Arts Exhibition
(1080 million won) from the Arts Council Korea
January
7, 2007 The 46th Annual General Meeting
(The nine regions including Seoul, held a election of the director simultaneously.)
Twenty-first Director: No Jae-soon
Deputy Director: Lee Dong-heung (Head), Jang Ji-won, Shin Je-nam, Lee Cheon-woo,
Choi Deok-gyo, Kim Mu-ho, Lee Heon-guk, Ryu Myeong-sik, Ha Mi-hye, Jeon Ho
Auditor: Im Jong-gak, Go Hye-ryeon
January
1, 2010 The 49th Annual General Meeting
(The nine regions including Seoul, held a election of the director simultaneously.)
Twenty-first Director: CHA Dae-Young
Deputy Director: KIM Chun-Ok (Head), IM Keun-Woo, SUH Yang-Soon, JANG Ei-Gyu,
LEE Kwang-Soo, HEO Youn-Hee, PARK Heon-Youl, Son Kwang-sik, KIM Hyun-Tae
Auditor: AN Ho-Bum, LEE Chung-Ja
As the articles of association amendment passed, the new delegate system will be applied instead of membership system at next regular general assembly (GA).
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