Art & Design Laboratory at YU will hold an international symposium at the lecture hall of the university museum building on 18 October. This symposium will deal with the development of regional arts. It is known that some of distinguished scholars such as Toshimitsu Isao (president of Art Management Academy in Japan) and Professor Son Hye-yeung from the Graduate School of Art & Design at YU will participate. This symposium will focus on various solutions to the declining local culture.