Art talk set at UW Art Museum for "Talismans of Protection from Choson Korea" exhibit

University of Wyoming Department of History Chair and Associate Professor Michael Brose will give an art talk in conjunction with the UW Art Museum exhibition "Talismans of Protection from Choson Korea: Antique Locks, Latches, and Key Charms" Monday, Oct. 10, at 7 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.

The exhibition features rare antique metalwork loan from the Lock Museum in Seoul, Korea and organized for travel by the Korea Society, New York. The objects, which are in the forms of dragons, turtles, butterflies and more, are richly symbolic and exquisitely decorative examples of traditional Korean aesthetic and craft traditions.

Brose's talk will provide context for these objects, as well as historical information on the Choson Dynasty, Korea's last and longest ruling dynasty. For additional information about the UW Art Museum call (307) 766-6622 or visit the museum's web page at www.uwyo.edu/artmuseum or blog at hwww.uwartmuseum.blogspot.com .

Photo: This peony-patterned lock is among the Korean artifacts in the exhibition, courtesy of The Korea Society and The Lock Museum.

New work from artist Ji Eun Kim

Korean native and one-time Wyoming Arts Council intern Ji Eun Kim has been busy creating new work. The 2-D painting above is of the 3-D San Miguel Mission Choir Loft. Her most recent residency was at the Santa Fe Art Institute in New Mexico. View Ji Eun's work at http://jieunkim25.blogspot.com/

Artist Ji Eun Kim wins first prize in competition sponsored by AHL Foundation

2009 Wyoming Arts Council intern Ji Eun Kim reports that she has won first prize in a competition sponsored by the AHL Foundation. The foundation supports Korean artists in the U.S. She wins a cash prize and will be part of a group show at the Gana Gallery in New York City's Chelsea District in January 2011.

Ji Eun is from Seoul, South Korea, and now lives in Cheyenne. She's currently in residence at the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center in Nebraska City, Neb. She just received a residency at the Santa Fe Art Institute in Santa Fe, N.M. for November and December of this year.

Congrats to Ji Eun. To see samples of her work, go to her blog at http://jieunkim25.blogspot.com/

Reminder: Reception this evening at Clay Paper Scissors Gallery in Cheyenne

Take a break from the legislative session and get on over to the Clay Paper Scissors Gallery in downtown Cheyenne for a pre-Valentine's Day reception for "Melting Into Spring -- Watercolors by Kandice Starbuck" from 4-7 p.m. today (Feb. 11). Free and open to the public.

Starbuck, a native of Wyoming now living in Fort Collins, has dedicated herself to painting daily. Her delicately painted watercolors capture the luminous winter light, the warmth of spring and the pleasure of flowers.

Her artwork will be on display through March 20.

Hours during the exhibit: Thursdays 4-7, Fridays 1-5, Saturdays 10-2

Oct. 29 "Stories of the Hunt" postponed

Another casualty of the unrelenting snowstorm:

"Art of the Hunt: Stories of the Hunt" has been canceled for tonight, October 29, 7 p.m. Guest speaker Jim "Tex" Garry made it safely (and smartly) from Cody to Cheyenne on Tuesday. But the Laramie County Library System closed for the day due to snow.

The program is rescheduled for Thursday, November 12, 7 p.m. Please join us then!

Anne F. Hatch, Folk & Traditional Arts Specialist, Wyoming Arts Council

Korean pianist Sun Kyung Lee in concert

Korean pianist Sun Kyung Lee will present a recital Saturday, Feb. 7, at 7:30 p.m. in the University of Wyoming Fine Arts Center concert hall. Tickets cost $5 for students and senior citizens and $7 for others.

The second half of the program will be a joint performance with UW Professor Theresa Bogard, coordinator of keyboard studies at UW, in piano duets and duo piano works. The Wyoming Arts Council recently announced that Bogard was winner of a 2009 performing arts fellowship award in music performance.

The UW Department of Music is establishing an official exchange program with Kookmin University in Seoul, Korea, and Lee will sign the documents during her visit, says Bogard.

Lee has received critical acclaim for her solo appearances with several orchestras such as the Seoul Philharmonic, Pohang Philharmonic, New Seoul Philharmonic and Plovdiv Opera & Philharmonic Orchestra.