Korean Community Day at Fowler Museum - Saturday Jan 22 1-5pm

Korean Community Day – A Free, Festive Event for All Ages!


Sat, Jan 22, 2011

1–4 pmArt Workshop
Make paper kkoktu (Korean funerary figures) on a stick!

1 and 3 pm
Poongmul: Traditional Korean Drumming
Hanoolim, UCLA’s Korean Cultural Awareness group, demonstrates Poongmul, the art of traditional Korean percussion.

1:30, 2, and 3:30 pm
Exhibition Tours in English and Korean
Explore the work of five important contemporary ceramic artists from Korea featured in Life in Ceramics.1:30 and 3:30 pm in Korean; 2 pm in English.

4 pm
Fowler OutSpoken Lecture: Robert D. Mowry
Korean Ceramics: The Great Tradition
Robert D. Mowry, Alan J. Dworsky Curator of Chinese Art at the Harvard Art Museums, surveys the history of Korean ceramics from the early historic period through the nineteenth century. Mowry will emphasize characteristics and innovations that are uniquely Korean (such as the invention of the inlay technique of ceramic decoration), while also exploring relationships between Korean ceramics and Chinese and Japanese ceramics. Mowry will also touch on relationships between Korean ceramics and works of art in other media—from gold, silver, and bronze to lacquer and painting.
Made possible in part through the W.L.S. Spencer Foundation. Lecture co-sponsored by the UCLA Asia Institute. Support for Korean Community Day provided by KoreAM magazine.