Past Programs

Exporting Enlightenment Korean Buddhist Art

Famed scholar Robert D. Mowry introduces the development of Korean Buddhist art from its formative phase in the late Three Kingdoms (57BC–668AD) and Unified Silla

Mama O’s Premium Kimchi

The American Museum of Natural History’s current exhibition Our Global Kitchen: Food, Nature, Culture explores the complex and intricate food system that brings what we

Our Homeland

Directed by Yang Yong-hi. With Sakura Ando, Arata Iura, and Yang Ik-joon. The Korea Society and Asian American International Film Festival co-present this politically profound

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ContemporAsian: Focus on Korea @ MoMA

‘ContemporAsian: Focus on Korea’@ MoMA Monday, August 5 to Sunday, August 11, 2013 Asian cinema is fast becoming a cinema without borders. Digital filmmaking and

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Korean Traditional Music Group Ensemble SINAWI Performance

Korean sinawi music originally accompanied propitiatory rites presided over by a female shaman, or mudang. The word sinawi is also synonymous with musical improvisation based

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Cooking with Shin & the Kimchi Family

Combine two of life’s great pleasures: Korean dramas and food! Come watch an episode of one of last year’s most popular K-Dramas, Kimchi Family, a

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Distinctive Design of Wooden Furniture from Choson Dynasty

  The exhibition features wooden furniture made in the Choson Dynasty (1392-1910) and includes furniture of a variety of functions and designs. Even though Korea

Comfort Women Wanted

Artist Chang-Jin Lee presents her artwork, Comfort Women Wanted, on the forgotten history of WWII-era Japanese military sex slaves, or  “comfort women” as they were

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Global Korea: Juilliard@TKS

Cello virtuosa Jiyoung Lee performs Bach’s Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major, Crumb’s Sonata for Solo Cello, and Sibelius’ Theme and Variations. Lee, 25,

Unfinished Works

The Korea Society and the Asian American Film Lab, working together to promote multi-cultural collaboration, are delighted to present Unfinished Works, a program that features performances and a

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