June 27, 2021 The Korean Cultural Center of Chicago’s 11th anniversary celebration was held on June 27 at the Cultural Center Museum. More than 90 members of the cultural center including officers, directors, and officials have attended the event, as well as a number of mainstream figures, including Congressman Brad Schneider and Mayor of Wheeling, Pat...
“Performing Traditional Korean Music on the Violin” May 13th 2021, Thu. 11am This virtual concert will be premiered on the Youtube channel of Korean Cultural Center of Chicago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jxlvyzn5mMg Wheaton College professor, Soh-Hyun Park Altino will perform a violin performance of ‘Ajaeng Sanjo’ by Master Kim Il-gu, an Intangible Cultural Property of Korea. Sanjo, which...
As live performances are difficult due to the pandemic, the Korean Cultural Center of Chicago will hold Thursday Concert Series, “Mozart in the Morning” through online concert beginning March. The concert will be delivered to the music lovers on the Korean Cultural Center of Chicago’s Youtube channel on the second Thursday of March, April and...
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...
