Seoul Institute of the Arts

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Seoul Institute of the Arts (SIA) was founded by Yoo Chi-Jin in 1962. The Ansan Campus was completed in February 2001 and is the designated centre of arts education, whilst the Namsan Campus is the center of art experience. SIA has 2400 students in 13 departments. The incumbent President of the Institute is Ro Kun-Il.

Namsan Campus has Drama Center (Greek style theater), art gallery, drama theater and film studio.

1 History
- 1.1 Former presidents
2 Departments
3 Notable alumni
4 References
5 External links

[edit] History

August 1958 - Korean Theatre Research Institute was founded
April 1962 - Drama Center and Theatre Library were opened
June 1962 - Korean Theatre Academy was founded (closed March 1964)
March 1964 - Seoul Drama School was founded (closed December 1973)
December 1973 - Seoul Art Academy was founded
December 1978 - Seoul Art Academy was renamed to Seoul Art College
February 1982 - Korean Theatre Research Institute was renamed to Korea Research Center for Arts
February 1998 - Korea Research Center for Arts was renamed to Dongnang Art Center
June 1998 - Seoul Art College was renamed to Seoul Institute of the Arts
March 2001 - Namsan Education Center was opened
September 2002 - Dongnang Acting Class for the Youth was opened

[edit] Former presidents

Prof. Yoo Duk-Hyung (December 1978 - March 1994)
Prof. Yang Jung-Hyun (March 1994 - March 1998)
Prof. Kim Ki-Duk (March 1998 - March 2001)
Ahn Min-Soo (March 2001 - February 2004)

[edit] Departments

Department	Established
Applied Music	November 1987
Broadcasting	December 1978
Creative Advertising	November 1988
Creative Writing	December 1978
Dance	December 1978
Digital Arts	March 2003
Film	December 1978
Interior Design	November 1987
Korean Music	December 1980
Photography	December 1980
Playwriting	November 1987
Theatre	December 1978
Visual Arts	March 1989
Visual Design	November 1987