Come experience Korea in the Bridge Room at the 27th Annual Shoreline Arts Festival! KAHS is partnering with Korean American Artists Association of Washington and Korean American Coalition of Washington to bring Korean arts, culture and heritage to Shoreline! We have created many fun activities for the whole family. Kids will have an opportunity to write their names in Korean (HanGul), identify and color the Korean flag, dress up in traditional Korean clothing (HanBok), play traditional musical [...]
Come experience Korea in the Horizon Room at the 26th Annual Shoreline Arts Festival! KAHS is partnering with Korean American Artists Association of Washington to bring Korean arts, culture and heritage to Shoreline! We have created many fun activities for the whole family. Kids will have an opportunity to make Korean totem poles (JangSeung), write their names in Korean (HanGul), identify and color the Korean flag, dress up in traditional Korean clothing (HanBok), play traditional musical instru [...]
Seattle (WA) - the University of Washington's East Asia Library and Korean American Historical Society (KAHS) are pleased to announce the archive of the Seattle-Washington State Korean Association's newsletter, "Hanin Hoebo" is now available online via the University of Washington Libraries' ResearchWorks archive. Thanks to a grant from the Overseas Koreans Foundation, KAHS and the East Asia Library partnered to digitize 40 years' worth of monthly newsletters, back to 1973. The digital archive c [...]
Come experience Korea in the Aurora Room at the 25th Annual Shoreline Arts Festival. This is our 5th year! We have created many fun activities for the whole family. Kids will have an opportunity to make guardian spirit poles (JangSeung), write their names in Korean (HanGul), identify and color the Korean flag, dress up in traditional Korean clothing (HanBok), play traditional musical instruments (AkGi), learn to play the game of Go (BaDuk), and much more. While kids are engaged, parents can rela [...]
Korean American Historical Society (KAHS) will host a reception for the nonfiction debut Han in the Upper Left: a brief history of Korean Americans in the Pacific Northwest (Chin Music Press May 2015, 104pp).Members, guests and visitors are invited to celebrate the release of this new book on the lives of Koreans in the Pacific Northwest with an interactive discussion and reading at The Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience on Thursday, June 4th at 6:00PM. Space is limited; R [...]
2014 - Korean American Historical Society teams up with United Seattle and Bellevue Korean School to present "Explore Korea" at the 24th Annual Shoreline Arts Festival, June 28-29. The room will feature Arts and Crafts workshops, as well as displays of folk paintings, masks, and information about Korea and Korean American history. Afterwards, try some Korean desserts! We have locally made fresh rice cakes (ddeok) with sweet rice (shikhoe) and cinamon (sujeonghwa) beverages. Arts and CraftsOn Sat [...]
Korean American Historical Society teams up with United Seattle and Bellevue Korean School to present "Where's Gangnam?" at the 23rd Annual Shoreline Arts Festival, June 29-30. The room will feature Arts and Crafts workshops, as well as displays of folk paintings, masks, and information about Korea and Korean American history. Afterwards, try some Korean desserts! We have locally made fresh rice cakes (ddeok) with sweet rice (shikhoe) and cinamon (sujeonghwa) beverages. Arts and CraftsOn Saturda [...]
Korean American Historical Society presents Explore Korea! at the Shoreline Arts Festival, June 23-24. The room will feature displays of pottery, ceremonial clothing, folk paintings, and a Korean American history timeline. There will be arts and crafts workshops on Korean paper folding by Korean-American Art & Cultural Association of Pacific Northwest, totem poles (jangseung), and hacky sacks (jaegi). Visitors can watch traditional ink painting, have their names written during the calligraph [...]
Korean American Historical Society (KAHS) is pleased to announce the donation of seventeen Korean percussion instruments to Edmonds School District #15, for the Visual and Performing Arts Department's 2012 Summer Music School. The instruments were formally donated on May 1, at 9:00am at the Educational Service District office, at 20420 68th Avenue West, in Lynnwood. The camp will feature two p'ungmul elective classes. P'ungmul (also known as samulnori or nongak) is a genre of music and dance fea [...]
Korean American Historical Society, in conjunction with Green Shoots and Zenith Diversity received a grant to organize a Korean Cultural Room during the Shoreline Arts Festival, June 25-26. The room will feature Korean clothing, food, information about Shoreline's Korean American community, and activities. In addition to music performances and a nongak workshop, there will be a jangseung workshop, folk tales, and mask making for children.