"I want more people to use our platform and find out that art-making is fun," says iBoda CEO Professor Sunah Kim.

And her new South Korea-based platform offers students multiple opportunities to make that discovery.

Using AI as a tool in collaboration with art education experts from Hanyang University in Seoul, iBoda assesses a student's artistic tendencies, as well as the art styles they prefer. Then, based on these findings, the platform customizes art lessons to that individual's interests and abilities.

From there, the art educators assess the student's uploaded work, guiding them as they improve. The student also does a self-assessment, and the platform allows them to chart their development in a "process-folio".

In addition, students can display their work in online galleries. and write about what they've created. Art educators can use the platform to design lessons customized to individual student interests, and resources are available, including lesson plans and videos on specific techniques. And the iBoda platform features multiple media for art creation, including weaving, origami and digital art. (Several examples of student work are shown on their Instagram page.)

It's all about creativity as an ongoing process.

"(Art-making) should be continuous," says Professor Kim.

"It's not some activity you can do one day and stop."

She's speaking from considerable experience.

An artist for as long as she can remember, Professor Kim holds multiple art-education credentials. She is a Professor in the Department of Art Education at Hanyang University in Seoul, South Korea. She chairs three art-related graduate programs at HYU, as well as serving as Director of the university's Art Gifted Education Institute. In addition, she is the Director of the Hanyang Education in Art + Design Lab.

Professor Kim shared the story of the iBoda platform, offered a look at the ways it works and discussed the ways she'd like to expand the platform in the future.