Tag: Arts

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

The Choco Pie-ization of North Korea

Join dynamic contemporary artist Jin Joo Chae in this Studio Korea session. Jin Joo Chae employs printmaking and mixed media and is concerned with American

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

Watch Video

A Talk with Kyung-wha Kang

At our first brown bag lunch for young professionals, Dr. Kyung-wha Kang, Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator in the Office

Watch Video

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