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Brush Painting and Calligraphy
November 30, December 14, 18, 20, 2006
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Artist and calligrapher Sung-Sook Hong Setton visited four schools in the Half Hollow Hills School District in Long Island, New York, as well as the East-West School of International Studies in Flushing, New York, to introduce students to the art of Korean brush painting and calligraphy. At her workshops, Setton provided students with Korean rice paper, brushes and ink and taught them about basic Korean brushstroke patterns and the cultural meanings they represented. The students were enthusiastic about the new material, and by the end of the session were able to paint Korean words such as 어머니 (mother) and 아버지 (father). The program venues and dates were as follows: East-West School of International Studies (November 30); Sunquam Elementary School (December 14); Candlewood Middle School (December 18); Otsego Elementary School (December 18); Vanderbilt Elementary School (December 20).
 
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Traditional Korean Dance

April 4–7, 2006

The Korea Society’s School Visit Program arranges semi-annual visits by authors, musicians, storytellers, dancers and other experts on Korea to primary and secondary schools throughout the greater New York area. This spring, choreographer In-Young Sohn and her dance group performed a series of traditional Korean dance routines at five schools. Students were taught the basic movements and meanings of traditional Korean dance. The schools visited were: PS 119 and PS 75 in Brooklyn, New York; Martin Van Buren High School and Flushing High School in Queens, New York; and Anna C. Scott Elementary School in Leonia, New Jersey. Pattie Hart, a teacher at PS 75 whose class took part in the program described it as “ absolutely wonderful. It was great to see the awed looks on the children's faces as they watched and participated. It was definitely a beautiful cultural experience for all."
 
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Brush Painting and Calligraphy

March 2–3, 2006

An award-winning artist and calligrapher, Grace Sunsook Park, visited the Anna C. Scott School in Leonia, New Jersey on March 2 and Memorial Junior High School in Whippany, New Jersey on March 3 to conduct workshops on Korean brush painting and calligraphy. At Anna C. Scott School, Park taught 40 second-graders in two sessions and at Memorial Junior High School she taught a total of 160 students in four sessions.
 


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