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Arts & Crafts

  • Calligraphy
  • Calligraphy
    webmaster (2013.09.17)
    This is a traditional art form that expresses the writer’s mind and spirit with the ink smeared stroke of a brush. Students in this class will learn how to write beautifully in traditional Chinese and Korean charact…
  • Painting the
  • Painting the "Four Gracious Plants"
    webmaster (2013.09.17)
    The Four Gracious Plants are one of the most widely recognized themes in traditional Korean painting. The plum blossom, orchid, chrysanthemum, and bamboo were originally Confucian symbols for the four qualities of a l…
  • Korean Brush Painting
  • Korean Brush Painting
    webmaster (2013.09.17)
    Students will learn how to express the beauty of nature and the unique artistic spirit that is found in traditional Korean paintings. However, quite unlike the constrained use of black and white by our "Four Gracious P…
  • Painting I (Drawing)
  • Painting I (Drawing)
    webmaster (2013.09.17)
    A painting class that covers fundamental drawing techniques such as hatching, shading, proportion and composition. In addition, students are trained to develop a keen observation.
  • Painting II (Watercolor/Oil Painting)
  • Painting II (Watercolor/Oil Painting)
    webmaster (2013.09.17)
    This intermediate painting class will instruct students on the basic techniques of working in watercolor, oil, mixing colors and setting up a palette. 
  • Ceramic Art
  • Ceramic Art
    webmaster (2013.09.17)
    A pottery class designed to teach traditional Korean pottery techniques and design. The class will also incorporate modern styles of pottery to express a more contemporary aesthetic, while staying true to its classical K…
  • Hanji (Korean Papercraft)
  • Hanji (Korean Papercraft)
    webmaster (2013.09.17)
    Fashioned from the inner bark of mulberry trees, Hanji is a form of handmade traditional Korean paper. Students will learn how to use hanji, which comes in a variety of colors and styles of traditional art patterns, to m…
  • Maedeup (Traditional Korean Knotting)
  • Maedeup (Traditional Korean Knotting)
    webmaster (2013.09.17)
    Maedeup is the traditional Korean art form of knotting silk threads or cords. This form of art has been passed down for over 300 years hand by hand, generation to generation. In this class, students not only study the ex…
  • Storybook Making
  • Storybook Making
    webmaster (2013.09.17)
    Students over the course of this class will learn traditional Korean book binding methods, which are more commonly known as stitched bindings. By the end of the session, each student will have assembled and bound a book …
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