Chairman Kim Jong Il, who had always paid deep attention to the training of reserve artistes, took a step to set up an institution specializing in the publication of art educational books in February Juche 63 (1974) and settled the problems for it.

The publishing house has developed into a comprehensive art educational book publishing base through decades under the care of the peerlessly great men. Over the past years, it has compiled and published textbooks, reference books and various books of nearly 4,000 kinds to contribute to training reserve artistes.

In those days, it received a congratulatory message of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and Order of National Flag First Class.