Annual International Arts and Culture Symposium
Museum of Texas Tech University and Sowoon Arts & Heritage
The symposium’s lecture series brings scholars from Korea and Texas Tech University together to deepen the understanding of the cultural heritage of both Korea and America. The symposium will begin with welcomes by Dr. Eileen Johnson, the Executive Director of the Museum of TTU, Ms. Kyungah Nam, Director of Sowoon Arts and Heritage, and Ambassador Suk-Bum Park, Ambassador Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in Houston, Texas.
Afternoon activities will consist of lectures by experts in intangible cultural heritage, musical tradition in the two Koreas before and after the Korean War, and the government preservation and protection of national cultures.
At 4:15pm, Dr. Soon Jin Kim, a Grand Tea Master and three additional Tea Masters, Ms. Eun A Kim, Ms. Hae Su Lee, and Ms. Jong Hee Lee will demonstrate an authentic Korean Tea Ceremony, followed by a Korean tea tasting.
A reception of light hors d'oeuvres and beverages will be served at 5:45pm.
The evening will conclude at 7pm with a performance of the Geomungo Sanjo by Dr. Jaehwa Lee, a Living Human Treasure of Korea, the holder of Important Intangible Property No. 16, and a world famous geomungo player. This is the first performance of its kind in the United States.
All the activities and refreshments are open to the public, free of charge. The event is come-and-go. The Lubbock audience will experience beautiful Korean traditional music, food, and culture.
Sowoon Arts & Heritage and the Museum of Texas Tech University are co-hosts of this symposium. This program was made possible in part with a grant from Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Also, this program was presented in collaboration with the Education Division of the Museum of Texas Tech University with general support from the Helen DeVitt Jones Foundation.
For more information, call 806.853.7257.
www.museum.ttu.edu