About Safulak Art Village
 
Our Business hours：Monday Closed, Tuesday to Sunday 10AM-6PM
When come into the village, no outside food and drinks, please. (In order to maintain and improve the quality of the village, start from July 1st, we will require customers to make reservation 3 days before entering the village. Sorry for causing you any inconvenience.)
The goals of the Art Village
  Safulak Art Village is a privatly funded art space. It provides:
  - opportunities for artists with potential to express their creativity,
  - and to share our professional and business network with new talent.
  - We invite those interested in contributing their talent to join our network and
  - to share the opportunity to live in an artists' dream world. We hope they can appreciate our efforts to support young artists and art activities.
     
The establishment of the Art Village
    The Art Village was founded in April, 2002.
   
The Uniqueness of the Art Village
    The Safulak Art Village is near the Bau-San Dam in San-Hu Village, Bau-San, Sin-Chu County. The village has three old buildings, one of which is a 70-year-old one story brick house, occupied by a Mr. Yau-Gi Gu, a native from Bau-San. It was built when Taiwan was occupied by Japan. His childen also grew up here, one of which won first place in the college entrance exam. They were accepted by National Taiwan University and majored in electronic and computer science. The villagers feel such success may be credited to the regions good feng shui. We have re-modeled this old house for the Safulak Cafe. The other two buildings, built for the construction of Bau-San Dam, were also re-modeled as a performance and exhibition center, an Art Village management office, conference room, and artists workshops.
   
    Mr.Chou bought this place in 1981. He spent 20 years and much effort planting trees, managing, and developing the land. His young trees have become a healthy forest, whose colors change with the seasons, and also support a variety of animal species. Other unique features include two pedestrian cable suspension bridges which cross the dam and allow visitors to more fully enjoy the lake.
     

The Meaning Of "SAFULAK"
    "Safulak" was the original name of San-Hu Village in Bau-San. Bau-San is a hilly region where springs flow into creeks, and terraced fields grow from sandy soil. Back when most people were poor, less-advanced farmers, they grew pumpkins (Golden Melons) for a living. After heavy rainfall, small winding creeks full of sand would form, and so it was named Safulak, which means Sandy Lake.