While experiencing the COVID-19 pandemic, discussions to establish policies and systems after COVID-19, and to seek action are actively taking place at home and abroad in all fields such as politics, economy, society, health, and education. The cultural field is no exception. it is more urgent than ever to set a direction for local culture and art in the so-called 'era of decentralization and local self-government as well as the disappearance of local cities'. This study intends to suggest a direction to retain life and further vitalize local culture and art after COVID-19. To this end, this study has examined project cases in the field of local culture and art, while considering domestic cultural and local cultural policies as well as the international community. And ways to vitalize local culture and art was drawn, with setting the direction of local culture and art policy after COVID-19 based on it. As a result, three directions of policy on local culture and art such as a space-based local culture and art policy, a people-based local culture and art policy, and a content-based local culture and art policy that consider four aspects of digital, human, green, and inter were suggested. Above all, this study emphasized that the local cultural environment, creators and enjoyers, contents of local culture and art are three important factors to vitalize local culture and art, not only before but after COVID-19.