Village open gallery

Tam Thanh was just another quaint Vietnamese fishing village little less than a year ago, but now it has been transformed into an open space art gallery which celebrates the local culture, people and nature. 

This makeover was a joint initiative by the Korean Community Art Exchange Program and the Vietnamese People’s Committee of Quang Nam Province to bring art to the people. The project took over two weeks to complete, in the summer of 2016 by five Korean artists, seven Vietnamese artists, and a group of local volunteers to complete over 100 murals.

Each house had its own story with unique themes and colour palettes, from beautiful Vietnamese girl to funny character from Frozen popping out of an alleyway. We even got to meet a tailor and his family who were the subject of a portrait wall art in his own home. Every time we looked into an alleyway, we came across other colourful murals trailing down the houses toward the beach. It truly was a wonderful experience.