November 22, December 4, 11, 12, 2008
Artist and calligrapher Sung-Sook Hong Setton visited five schools in the greater New York area to introduce students to the art of Korean brush painting and calligraphy. At the workshops, students were provided with rice paper, brushes and ink and instructed in traditional Korean brush painting and calligraphy. Students learned how to use basic Korean brushstrokes and by the end of the session were able to paint pine trees along with the Korean characters for the phrase "only when winter comes do people really realize the pine tree is green." The program venues and dates were as follows: Clinton Avenue Elementary School (November 22); John F. Kennedy Middle School (December 4); Norwood Avenue Elementary School (December 11); Half Hollow Hills High School West (December 11); and Comsewogue High School (December 12).