Date: 11/7 – 12/2/2020 Place: Korean Cultural Center of Chicago Gallery Facebook: Grand Prize: www.facebook.com/kccoc/videos/357671288821271 1st Prize: www.facebook.com/kccoc/videos/410368016801869 2nd Prize: www.facebook.com/kccoc/videos/2726604834229541 Contents: The ‘4th Annual New Artist Contest’ hosted by the Korean Cultural Center of Chicago closed the artwork entry deadline on October 31 with announcement of the winners on November 4 (Wed). This year’s theme,...
Korean traditional folk painting, Minhwa special class took place on Chuseok day (Korean Traditional Thanksgiving Day) October 1 and October 8. Total of 10 people attended Minhwa “Lotus flower” class that was held by KCCoC art instructor and museum director, Sujin Lee. All of the completed work of the lotus flower is on display at...
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...
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,...
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...
Date: 11. 20. 2019 Location: Korean Cultural Center of Chicago Event Hall #1 Korean Cultural Center of Chicago and Chicago Korean Education Center hosted the first Gimjang, the annual kimchi making, event. Traditionally, kimchi is made once a year in the winter, enough to last year until the next winter. In Korea, this is a...
