The Month of Asian Heritage has been officially adopted and maintained by the Canadian federal government since 2001, aiming to enhance understanding of the history and cultural heritage of Asian Canadians living in Canadian society. In line with this objective, the Korean Cultural Center prepares various Korean cultural programs such as Children's Day experience program, calligraphy class, Korean cooking class, school visit program, Korean film screening, Korean artist Workshop, and exhibitions by Korean-Canadian artists, with the intention to increase Canadians' understanding of Korean culture.
1. Children's Day
In celebration of this year's Asian Heritage Month and Children's Day (어린이날), the Korean Cultural Centre will hold "2023 Children's Day Special Program - Slime Making Workshop & Fun Field Day at KCC" on Friday, May 5, 2023 at 17:00 (ET). In this class, the history of Children's Day will be introduced, followed by a slime-making workshop. In addition, Fun Field Day will be held along with a snack party at the end to celebrate Children's Day.
Link:
https://canada.korean-culture.org/en/894/board/671/read/121240
2. Special Calligraphy Class
The KCC will hold a special Hangul calligraphy class on Monday, May 15. In this one-day class, participants will learn about Children's Day and Parents' Day in line with the theme of the Month of Family, and create Hangul calligraphy cards to send to their families.
Link:
https://canada.korean-culture.org/en/1364/board/569/read/122705
3. K-Food cooking class
KCC will hold a Korean cooking class at 18:00 (ET) on Monday, May 15. The cooking class program, in which the participants learn about various Korean dishes and make them with Chef NA, Sunna, is a popular program that shows the prevalence of Korean cuisine in Canada.
The Korean dish to be introduced in this class is soy sauce-based ‘Bulgogi’. Canadians often mention dishes like bulgogi, bibimbap, and kimchi when they think of Korean food. Bulgogi class is selected in honour of Asian Heritage Month. The class will be conducted both online and offline, allowing Canadians who have difficulty visiting the KCC to access the class via online.
Link:
https://canada.korean-culture.org/en/1365/board/985/read/121889
4. K Culture: Art Workshop Series <Only People Who Decided to Leave, Can See Everything>
The KCC will hold a screening of <Only People Who Decided to Leave, Can See Everything>, contemporary video art by CHA Ji Ryang, and n artist talk with Cha on May 16.
Cha has been working on participatory projects using media, focusing on systems and individuals, and establishing theme-based on-site experiences. Starting with <The Expression to Move> in 2008, Cha created temporary online communities with the growing young generation and presented the <Temporary Enterprise> project. Subsequently, he shared the unbalanced future scenario in the 'Korean Refugees' series and engaged with people who had experienced migration abroad with the 'BATS' project, meeting audiences in various locations, including those from Canada and Korea.
In the artist talk, Cha will discuss the theme of Korean 'individuals' within the Korean 'system', and share Korean food such as kimbap and jeon, while talking about his unique working methods.
Link:
https://canada.korean-culture.org/en/1364/board/569/read/122678
5. K-Cinema Screening, <The Point Men> (2023)
Watch <The Point Men> (2023, YIM, Soon-rye), the newly released Korean film, online on Asian Heritage Month. Starring HWANG, Jung-min and HYUN Bin, <The Point Men> is ranked second among about 600 movies available through TVOD (Transactional Video On Demand) service in the US and Canada, according to the global OTT Rakuten Viki, demonstrating its popularity in North America. Reflecting the local interest in new Korean films, the KCC will screen <The Point Men> from May 24 to May 30.
The film is a dramatized version of a real event in which 23 Protestants were kidnapped by the Taliban when they went to Afghanistan for missionary work in 2007. It depicts the restless efforts of diplomats and a National Intelligence Service agent trying to rescue the hostages. The intense performances of the actors and the unpredictable negotiation operation immerse the audiences in the film.
Link:
https://canada.korean-culture.org/en/819/board/597/read/121871
6. School Visit
[Image - 2022 School Visit Program]
In celebration of Asian Heritage Month, the KCC invites scores of students from South Carleton High School and Woodroffe High School on May 16 and May 25. Students from Grades 9 to 12 will be introduced to Hangul - Korean alphabet, and also have time to experience various aspects of Korean culture through fun Hangul OX quiz, making Hangul bookmarks, and trying on Hanbok - Korean traditional clothing.
Furthermore, the KCC will visit Glebe Collegiate Institute and host a time to experience various aspects of Korean culture.
7. Exhibition - <Reimagining Places: Land, Store, Home>
The KCC is holding a third exhibition from its 2022 Call for Curators Exhibition called <Reimagining Places: Land, Store, Home>. The exhibition, introduced on April 27, is a joint exhibition by three Korean-Canadian visual artists.
A surge of interest in recent years in recognizing and addressing historical injustices towards Indigenous and marginalized communities has challenged the Canadian national identity, a myth of being a country of immigrants of unclaimed lands. On the other hand, the lives of Asian immigrants and their descendants have diversified the concept of Canadian national identity. The exhibition shows the experience of life as a migrant of colour through the keywords of land, store and home.
The exhibition invites the audience to participate in critical dialogues on colonialism, capitalism, racism, and multiculturalism through the works of three artists dealing with the entangled memories of various historical traumas crossing borders and generations. It encourages contemplation of colonial and capitalist concepts of land, and further invites imagining new ways of coexistence.
Link:
https://canada.korean-culture.org/en/1237/board/572/read/121924