Heyri Art Valley

Heyri Art Valley
Korean transcription(s)
• Hangul	헤이리예술마을
• Revised Romanization	Heyrimaeul
Art-Service Studio, Heyri
Country	South Korea
Province	Gyeonggi Province
Municipality	Paju

Heyri Art Valley (Korean: 헤이리 마을) is an artistic community in the unification hill district of Tanhyeon-myeon, Paju, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. It was constructed by artists, writers, painters and other creatives.

Heyri Art Valley is Korea's largest artistic community with an area of approximately 495,868 square metres (5,337,480 sq ft). In 1997, Heyri was conceived as a planned settlement. It began in 1998 with an inaugural meeting attended by 380 cultural artists. This unique community village integrates concepts that coexist in the fields of production, exhibit, sales, and habitation of cultural art. From a functional perspective, the Heyri Art Valley was planned with an urban form that focused on cultural businesses.^[1] It is home to many galleries, museums, exhibit halls, concert halls, small theaters, cafes, restaurants, bookstores, guest houses, art shops, and creative living spaces for artists. Each building was designed by dozens of nationally and internationally renowned architects, who also designed features of the natural landscape, such as mountains, hills, swamps, and brooks.^[2] The community derives its name from a traditional Nongyo (farming song), "the sound of Heyri," native to the region.^[1]