Tag: Arts

Director’s Talk with Filmmaker Christine Yoo: The Making of Wedding Palace

 First-time director Christine Yoo shares her remarkable experience making Wedding Palace, a loving portrayal of a tight-knit Korean family. Christine began writing the script in

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An Evening with Benson Lee, Director, Producer, and Writer

Benson Lee is an award winning filmmaker who has worked in both documentary and feature film. Mr. Lee was the first Korean American to be

Book Cafe: Escape from Camp 14: One Man’s Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West

Author and journalist Blaine Harden speaks about his remarkable and harrowing account of refugee Shin Dong-hyuk’s birth into and eventual escape from the North Korean

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Blue and White Concert

Master percussionist Pak Vongku leads a recital of Korean buk and Japanese stringed koto, marrying the melodies of ancient Korea, Japan and India in a

Asia Week 2012 Gallery Talk with Artist Park Jihyun

In conjunction with the gallery exhibition ASH: Contemporary Korean Art & Ceramics, artist Park Jihyun speaks to the creative process and his technique of burning

Hong Sang-soo Film Retrospective @ Museum of the Moving Image

The Korea Society celebrates Asia Week with a screening of works by celebrated director Hong Sang-soo (The Day He Arrives, Hahaha) at the newly renovated Museum of

Juilliard @ The Korea Society: Classical Guitar with Bokyung Byun

Born in Seoul in 1994, Bokyung Byun began playing at six, and by her teen years had won competitions held by the Korea Guitar Association,

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ASH: Contemporary Korean Art & Ceramics by Park Jihyun & Lee Inchin

  Kick off Asia Week New York 2012 (March 16-24) with the works of internationally recognized artists Park Jihyun and Lee Inchin. Using incense to

ASH: Contemporary Korean Art & Ceramics by Park Jihyun & Lee Inchin

Kick off Asia Week New York 2012 (March 16-24) with the works of internationally recognized artists Park Jihyun and Lee Inchin. Using incense to burn

Korean Traditional Nubi Workshop with Artist Kim Haeja

Learn traditional nubi line-stitching from award-winning artist Haeja Kim. A designated holder of an Important Intangible Cultural Property award by the Korean government for her