[KS] Korean art lectures and symposium at UC Berkeley

[dilj at pdx.edu]

Dear members,

I would like to help announce Korean art lectures and Asian women  
artist symposium at UC
Berkeley.  Please mark your calendar.

1.  Korean folk painting lecture.
     by Professor Byung-mo Chung, Gyeongju University
     title: "Munjado (Ideograph Painting) during the Joseon Dynasty:  The
             Relation between Confucianism and Folk Art."
     date: August 29, Friday, 4:00-5:30 p.m.
     Location:  6th floor lecture room,
                Institute of East Asian Studies Center
                University of California, Berkeley
                2223 Fulton Street, Berkeley, CA 94720
        Contact:  Mr. Aaron Miller
                  Center for Korean Studies
                  University of California, Berkeley
                  2223 Fulton Street
                  Room 508 #2318
                  Berkeley, CA 94720-2318
                  cks at berkeley.edu or armiller at berkeley.edu
                  510.642.5674 (phone)
                  510.643.9787 (fax)
                http://ieas.berkeley.edu/events/2008.08.29.html.
     Free and open to the public.

2.  Lecture: "Korean women artists: Two Perspectives"
   Date: September 12, Friday, 3-4:30 p.m.
   Lecturer 1:  Dr. Hyungmin Chung, Seoul National University, 3:00-3:30 p.m.
    on the works of modern (1910-1960) Korean women artists, including  
Na Hyeseok
             3:00-3:30 p.m.
   Lecturer 2:  Dr. Youngna Kim, Seoul National University, 3)30-4:00 p.m.
     on the works of contemporary (1960-present) Korean women artists,  
including
             Ch'on Kyongja and Sooja Kim.
    Question and answer period: 4-4:30 p.m.
    Location:  IEAS 6th floor lecture room, 2223 Fulton Street, Berkeley 94720
    Reception: 4:30-5:30 p.m.
    Contact:    Mr. Aaron Miller
              Center for Korean Studies
              University of California, Berkeley
              2223 Fulton Street
              Room 508 #2318
              Berkeley, CA 94720-2318
              cks at berkeley.edu or armiller at berkeley.edu
              510.642.5674 (phone)
              510.643.9787 (fax)
              http://ieas.berkeley.edu/events/cks.html
   Free and open to the public.

3. A symposium entitled "Places at the Table: Asian Women Artists and  
Gender Dynamics."   Nine of the papers will deal with Korean women  
artists.
   Speakers: Inson Choy, Hyungmin Chung, Charlotte Horlyck, Joan Kee,
   Honghee Kim, Youngna Kim, Cheeyoon Kwon, Junghee Lee, Youngsoon Min
   Symposium Location:  Berkeley Art Museum.
   Date: September 13, 2008, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
   contact: Center for Korean Studies
           Institute of East Asian Studies
           University of California, Berkeley
           2223 Fulton Street #2318
           Berkeley, CA 94720-2318
           510.642.2809 (phone)
           510.643.7062 (fax)
           cks at berkeley.edu or armiller at berkeley.edu or
    http://ieas.berkeley.edu/events/2008.09.13.html
           http://ieas.berkeley.edu/events/cks.html
   Berkeley Art Museum address and website.
         Museum Theater, Berkeley Art Museum,
         2621 Durant Avenue, Berkeley, CA  94720
         http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/visit for directions.
    Free and open to the public.  There will be a charge for lunch.
    Please visit http://ieas.berkeley.edu/events/2008.09.13.html for
      details, registration (free), and lunch reservations.
    A reception at Mills College Art Museum follows, where guests can
    view "The    Offering Table,"  an exhibition of contemporary Korean art
    exhibition curated by Inson Choy.

I hope you attend if you come to the Bay Area.  Please let others know.

Best wishes,


Junghee Lee
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Junghee Lee
Professor
Department of Art
Portland State University
P.O. Box 751
Portland, OR  97207-0751
U.S.A.
leeju at pdx.edu
fax. 503-725-4541
Tel. 503-725-3347