KCCoC reopened its museum doors in time for the Korean Traditional holiday, ‘Chuseok’. The museum worked diligently for months to preserve all of the donated artifacts within the last 10 years to provide a successful exhibition for the Korean community as well as mainstream American culture. The newly refurbished main museum was transformed to ‘Our...
Sep. 26, Sat. – Nov. 4, Wed., 2020 추석 행사 시리즈로 문화회관 갤러리에서는 ‘한국의 미, 민화 특별전’ (9월 26일, 토~11월 4일, 수)이 열렸는데, 문화회관에서 수업하시는 이수진 선생님 문하생들의 작품들을 모은 전시회다. 문화회관이 가진 큰 계획 중의 하나가 민화의 아름다움을 알리는 것이니만큼, 이번 전시를 기점으로 민화 클래스도 열어서 활성화 시킬 예정이다. 추석날인 10월 1일 (목)과 그...
The National Museum of Korea launched the ‘Studio M:On’ on September 21, 2020, to provide interactive online learning programs in real-time. For their first program, the “Explore Cultural Heritage with Overseas Koreans” was aired. This was a collaborative work with the Korean Cultural Center of Chicago and Korean Cultural Centre Australia. The children’s program “We...
KCCoC launched a youth volunteer program, ‘Junior Ambassador’. Currently there are 6 junior ambassadors, 3 high school students, (Jihye Kim, Joanne Do and Jieun Chung) and 3 middle school students, (Erica Yoo, Claire Oh and Iris Lee). Plans for the Junior Ambassadors will include helping with events, as well as working on event posters (design...
A special exhibition ‘Hope for the Flowers’ organized by The Korean Cultural Center of Chicago opened its door to the public with an Opening Reception on Saturday, July 18th, 2020 in the Cultural Center’s Gallery Hall. This exhibition was inspired by the book ‘Hope for the Flowers’ written by Trina Paulus. Using this story as an inspiration,...
The Korean Cultural Center of Chicago(KCCoC) stands against racial discrimination and supports the Black Lives Matter movement to end the abhorrent, unjust treatment of the Black community. The freedoms and rights minority groups are granted in this country are the result of the tireless work of Black Americans and other supporters of the civil rights...
Jazz Mass and George Gershwin Date: 3/8/2020 Place: Korean Cultural Center of Chicago Event Hall #1 시카고 한인문화회관 합창단이 3월 8일에 제3회 정기 콘서트를 개최했습니다. 합창을 위한 재즈 음악은 어려울 수도 있지만, 문화회관 합창단은 플라잉 컬러로 음악을 연주하여 150명 청중들의 열렬한 호응을 받았습니다. KCCoC Choir held their 3rd annual concert at the Korean Cultural Center of...
Jan. 18 Sat. – Mar. 3 Tue., 2020 ‘2020 설’ 행사와 연계하여 ‘한국의 멋, 모자특별전’이 문화회관 박물관과 갤러리 특별기획으로 2개월간 열렸다. 2020년 1월 18일에 열린 오프닝 리셉션엔 악천후에도 불구하고 80명 이상의 귀빈과 관람객들이 ‘모자착용’ 드레스 코드에 맞춰 각양각색의 모자를 쓰고 참석하였다. 시카고 한국 무용단 학생들의 작은 공연을 시작으로 한복 디자이너 강금희씨의 ‘갓의 역사’에 대한 강의를 듣고 다양한 모자들을 써보는 체험의 시간도 갖었다. 전시회는 유례없는...
Date: 1. 25. 2020 Location: Korean Cultural Center of Chicago Gallery, KCCoC Museum, and Event Hall #1 The Korean Cultural Center of Chicago and the Korean American Women’s Association organized a Lunar New Year celebration ‘2020 Sul’ on January 25th at 10am, that was held at the Cultural Center. Approximately 200 guests, Koreans and...
