Art villages began to sprout in Taiwan when, following a decade of discussion, it was announced in 1990 that construction of the Mt. Chiuchiu Art Village project would be halted, and the Council for Cultural Affairs decided to turn a single big art village into many small ones.
民國八十九年，經過十年討論的南投九九峰藝術村正式宣布停建後，文建會將一個大型的藝術村概念，轉化為無數的小型藝術村，藝術村的種子開始萌芽。