Arts & Culture Programs

2026 Gala

2026 Annual Gala

2026 Van Fleet Award Honoree
JENSEN HUANG
Founder & CEO
NVIDIA

This year, the Korea Society is honored to announce the 2026 Van Fleet Award recipient is Jensen Huang, Founder and CEO of NVIDIA, in recognition

Daytime Drinking

On February 21st, 2014, The Korea Society hosted a public screening of Daytime Drinking, Director Noh Young-seok’s breakthrough first film, at the New York Film

Gallery Talk: Korean Contemporary Ceramics

Fresh from participating in the Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennale, artist Young-mi Kim reports on her three-month journey to kilns, studios, and ceramic heritage sites throughout

Chang-rae Lee: On Such A Full Sea

Chang-rae Lee, the award-winning author of Native Speaker and The Surrendered, has written a fifth book, On Such a Full Sea, which is a highly

Divided Families

Join us for a private screening of Divided Families, a recently completed documentary about Korean Americans’ search for lost relatives in North Korea, 60 years

Art Workshop: Traditional Korean Pillow

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.

The Kayagŭm Virtuoso Kim Gye-Ok

  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

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Global Korea: Juilliard @ TKS with Caroline M. Johnston

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

K-Literature Book Discussion Group

Lovers 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

Elegance and Tradition in Korean Furniture

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

Talking About Noodles

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