Chuseok Festival
Celebrate the Korean festival of Chuseok with food tastings, dance performances, and family storytelling of Korean folktales.
Schedule
Mahjong at the Museum
10:30 AM–4 PM | (Lessons and play) — learn the Korean way!
Tasting & Talk with Chef Ina Lee of Matko
12 PM | Modern takes on homestyle Korean cooking.
Community Talk: Fostering Positive Asian American Identities with Dr. Sarah Lee
1 PM | Learn quick, easy, research-based ways to engage and nurture the Asian American experience in your home.
Dance Performance: Urisawe
2 PM | Urisawe performers grace our stages with Samgomu (solo drum dance), Gayageum (a traditional Korean stringed instrument performance), Fan dance, and Beona nori (plate-spinning performance).
Art Activities
10–4 PM | Drop-in Art Activities: Come learn to make and play traditional Korean folk games.
1:30 PM–3 PM | Monthly Makers: Poetry as Art Practice (Ages 12+) — centering Korean poetry and art within the galleries.
Tours
11 AM | Family Storytelling (ages 3-6) — traditional Korean folktales come alive!
11 AM | New Japanese Clay
12 PM | Korean Collection (in English)
1 PM | Family Storytelling (all ages) — traditional Korean folktales come alive!
2:30 PM | Korean Collection (in Korean)
3:30 PM | New Japanese Clay