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Art Workshop: Traditional Korean Pillow

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Learn Korean hand sewing while making traditional Korean pillows which are cylindrical with broad, flat surfaces at each end, covered in intricate embroidery or patchwork. For centuries, Koreans believed that pillow decorations could influence the sleeper’s dreams and that auspicious ones could make wishes come true.

In this class, taught by contemporary bojagi artist Wonju Seo, participants will apply bojagi patterns and technique to create two auspicious traditional pillows: one with an intricate pinecone pattern and the other a colorful patchwork design.

 

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Monday, December 9, 2:00-4:00 PM

Monday, December 16, 2:00-4:00 PM

 

Members $200, Non-Members $230

Fees include all materials to make two pillows. Participants are requested to bring their own fabric scissors and triangle rulers. Space is limited.

 

 

 

For those unable to attend both sessions, you may attend only the first session on December 9.

Members $115, Non-Members $135

Fees include all materials to make one pillow. Participants are requested to bring their own fabric scissors and triangle rulers. Space is limited. 

 

 

 

 

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Art Workshop: Traditional Korean Pillows with Wonju Seo is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.   

The Kayagŭm Virtuoso Kim Gye-Ok

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Known as the national instrument of Korea, the kayagŭm is played in many vocal and instrumental genres. Maestro Kim will perform both 25-string and 33-string kayagŭm and present the distinctively different virtuosic folk music from different provinces in Korea. The performance will be accompanied by one of  Maestro Kim’s most well known pupils, Ramie Seo.

Thursday, December 12, 2013 | 6:30 PM

If you have any questions, please contact Estefanía Lee or (212) 759-7525, ext. 313.

 

Members $10

Non-members $20

Students $5

 

 

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Made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

 

Global Korea: Juilliard @ TKS with Caroline M. Johnston

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Performing viola and cello selections from Danzi, Beethoven, Clarke, Hindemith and Piston, violinist Caroline Johnston  wows our holiday audience. Johnston, a Korean American adoptee, toured Korea as a young adult to widespread media acclaim. She has performed since across Asia, Europe and the United States, from Victoria Hall to Carnegie Hall, Alice Tulley, Kitara, and Symphony Hall Boston. Cellist Hamilton Berry, who has taught and performed from Sao Paolo’s favelas to Carnegie Hall, accompanies Johnston.

 

 

 

$10 Members, $20 Guests, $5 Students

Explorer/ YPN and above attend this program for FREE with Registration

5:30 PM | Registration

6:00 PM | Performance

 

K-Literature Book Discussion Group

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2013 10 01 KLitBookClub icon3Lovers of literature and history are invited to join a book discussion group reading three novels by some of Korea’s best known writers, each about a different time period in Korea’s modern history: the Japanese Occupation, the Korean War, and the post-War period.

 

October 1 | Lost Names: Scenes from a Korean Boyhood by Richard E. Kim
October 29 | The Rainy Spell by Heung-gil Yun, translated by Ji Moon Suh
December 3 | Please Look After Mom by Kyung-Sook Shin, translated by Chi-Young Kim

 

Dr. Jin Young Choi, a translator and former professor of English literature, will guide our informal discussions of these novels, sharing her first-hand experiences during these turbulent and transformative times and providing a valuable historical and cultural context to our discussions. Snacks will be served.

All books are available in paperback and online at Amazon.com.

 

Tuesdays, October 1, October 29, and December 3 @ 6:30 PM

Advanced registration or ticket purchase required for this event. Space is limited.

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About the BooksAbout Dr. Jin Young Choi

About the Books

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Lost Names: Scenes from a Korean Boyhood by Richard E. Kim

Celebrated novelist, essayist, documentary filmmaker, and professor of literature Richard E. Kim follows one Korean family through the Japanese occupation to the surrender of the Japanese empire.

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The Rainy Spell by Yun Heung-gil  (Translated by Suh Ji Moon)

The Rainy Spell examines the horrors of the Korean War through the eyes of a child living with his two grandmothers who have sons on opposing sides of the war.

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Please Look After Mom by Kyung-Sook Shin (Translated by Chi-Young Kim)

Winner of the Man Asian Literary Prize, Please Look After Mom is about a family’s search for their mother after she is separated from her husband in the Seoul subway station. It is both a picture of contemporary life in Korea as well as a universal story of family love.

Dr. Jin Young Choi was a professor of American literature at Chung-Ang University in Seoul for twenty-seven years. She also taught at a college in North Carolina for several years following her graduate studies in the U.S. Dr. Choi has been teaching Korean literature and culture at TKS for several years.

She has translated several Korean literary works, including Kim Won-Il’s The Wind and the River, as well as short stories and children’s tales. A graduate of Seoul National University, Ms. Choi received an MA in English from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Ph.D. in English Literature from Seoul National University.

 

Elegance and Tradition in Korean Furniture

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Dr. Lyndel King, Director and Chief Curator at the University of Minnesota’s Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, introduces traditional Korean furniture with photos from the museum’s collection of Korean furniture, the largest in the world with over 200 pieces. Her presentation explores the traditional Korean home and interior furniture, highlighting its craftsmanship, many specialized uses, and regional differences.


Dr. King first became interested in Korean traditional furniture when she met Dr. Edward Wright in the early 1980s. Dr. Wright had built an extensive collection of traditional Korean furniture, ceramics, and screens during his long service as an administrator of the Korean-American Educational (Fulbright) Commission in Seoul between 1967 and 1979. Following his bequest of the collection to the museum in 1988, Dr. King curated several exhibitions of the Weisman’s collection of Korean furniture.


Thursday, November 21, 2013 | 6:30 PM

 

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YPNs, Explorers, and above |  Free

Members | $10

Non-members | $20

 

Gallery Talk

Elegance and Tradition in Korean Furniture

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Lyndel King, Director and Chief Curator of Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota

 

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This program and the accompanying exhibit is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in Partnership with the City Council.

 

K-Art: Splendors from Silla to Seoul

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The Korea Society, in collaboration with The College Group at the Met, invites undergraduate and graduate students to kick off the weekend with a fun and festive evening exploring the treasures of The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s special exhibition Silla: Korea’s Golden Kingdom. Enjoy performances and activities featuring both traditional and K-pop music.

Advanced registration required. RSVP to metcollegegroup@metmuseum.org. Space is limited; first come, first served. This event is free with museum admission and a valid student I.D.

 

Friday, November 15, 2013

6:30 – 9:00 PM

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Please use the Fifth Avenue and Eighty-First Entrance and the event will take place at the Ruth and Harold D. Uris Center for Education Show location on map

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Above: Crown (detail), second half of 5th century. Korea; Silla Kingdom (57 B.C.–A.D. 935). Gold and jade; H. 10 3/4 in. (27.3 cm). Gyeongju National Museum, National Treasure 191

 

Silla: Korea’s Golden Kingdom is made possible by Samsung.

Additional support is provided by the Korea Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts.

The exhibition was organized by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Museum of Korea, and Gyeongju National Museum, Korea.

 

Talking About Noodles

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Learn all about the history of noodles in Korea, including the many different types, regional variations, and preparations; watch a demonstration of noodle-making; and sample a variety of delicious Korean noodle dishes at our “noodle bar” in an evening starring Korean noodles — guksu or myeon.


Spun or knife-cut; made from buckwheat, acorn, or sweet potato; served hot or cold; and ranging in heat from spicy to mild; Koreans have been savoring tasty noodles for centuries.

 

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 Wednesday, November 13, 2013 | 6:30 PM

Explorers and Above $10 |  Members  $20 |  Non-members $30

 

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Fading Away at KAFFNY

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Written and directed by Christopher H.K. Lee. The Korea Society and the Korean American Film Festival New York (KAFFNY) co-present “Fading Away”, a documentary that showcases a series of never before told stories from a group of Korean War veterans and refugees through a series of insightful interviews and the use of rare historical film footage, photos and other archival material. “Fading Away” is unique not because of battle scenes, war photos, or visual recreations or reenactments – it is highly thought provoking because of the interesting, appealing, deeply emotional, and even disturbing stories told by its participants. The veterans and survivors share their stories in their own words with their sons, daughters, and grandchildren with memories of catastrophe, fear, and the pains they vividly remember, shaping a very original documentary film that will stand out from other traditional war documentaries forever. 2013, 95 mins.

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Co-presented with  Korean American Film Festival New York (KAFFNY)

Fading Away

(95 mins, 2013)

 

Saturday, October 26, 2013

4.30 PM

 

Tickets available at the door, cash only.

Village East Cinema

189 2nd Avenue

New York, NY 10003

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This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in Partnership with the City Council.

Unfinished Works

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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 video installation that showcase Korean and Korean-American stories, writers, and themes. The evening’s selections will feature works by finalists Jae-Ho Chang, Aimiende Negbenebor Sela, and Chelsea S. Kwon.

Chang’s documentary, Ultimate Christian Wrestling, chronicles the struggles of a traveling pro-wrestling ministry as they confront the challenges of modernity;  Sela presents a staged reading of her script, A Day in the Life of Who, which follows a Korean-American photojournalism student who confronts her own troubled past when she inadvertently documents the last day of a homeless woman’s life; while Kwon poses the question “What would you do if you unexpectedly found $30,000?” in her one-act comedy-drama, The Taste of Money.  

Film Lab’s Unfinished Works coordinator, Lorna Nowve, will moderate the event in the Film Lab’s signature style, welcoming audience participation in the creative process and directing interaction with the writers and filmmakers. Don’t miss this opportunity to see amazing new talent—come and enjoy the show!

 

Tuesday, October 22 @ 7:00 PM

This is a free event, but please register in advance here. If you have any questions, please contact Claudia Pak or (212) 759-7525, ext. 321.

 

Unfinished Works with the Asian American Film Lab

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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 video installation that showcase Korean and Korean-American stories, writers, and themes. The evening’s selections will feature works by finalists Jae-Ho Chang, Aimiende Negbenebor Sela, and Chelsea S. Kwon.

Chang’s documentary, Ultimate Christian Wrestling, chronicles the struggles of a traveling pro-wrestling ministry as they confront the challenges of modernity;  Sela presents a staged reading of her script, A Day in the Life of Who, which follows a Korean-American photojournalism student who confronts her own troubled past when she inadvertently documents the last day of a homeless woman’s life; while Kwon poses the question “What would you do if you unexpectedly found $30,000?” in her one-act comedy-drama, The Taste of Money.  

Film Lab’s Unfinished Works coordinator, Lorna Nowve, will moderate the event in the Film Lab’s signature style, welcoming audience participation in the creative process and interaction with the writers and filmmakers. Don’t miss this opportunity to see amazing new talent—come and enjoy the show!

 

Tuesday, October 22 @ 7:00 PM

 

This event will take place at The Korea Society.

This is a free event, but please register in advance here.

 

Serving wine by TIFFIN

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If you have any questions, please contact Claudia Pak or (212) 759-7525, ext. 321.