Spiritual Practices: Rituals, Icons & Faith is the exploration of the various aspects pertaining to contemporary Korean American spiritual practices. Spirituality has played and continues to play a major role in society, education, and politics, especially as Korean Americans emerge into mainstream American society and carry with them imported Korean religious traditions.
As it focuses on the three major spiritual practices in the Korean community, this exhibition will examine contemporary manifestations of "traditional religious forms" such as Buddhism and shamanistic custom as well as the emergent forms of Korean Christianity grounded in a tradition founded over 100 years ago. In addition, the exhibit will emphasize the endurance of the primacy of spiritual practices among Korean Americans as a testament to cultural continuity.
February 4 - March 1, 2000
Korean
American Museum Temporary Annex
At
the KHEIR Health Service Center
266 S. Harvard Blvd, 3rd Floor, Los Angeles
(At the Northeast corner of 3rd St and Harvard Blvd in Koreatown)
Museum
Hours
Tuesday - Saturday 1 - 5p.m.
Participants
Jung K. Byun, Miya Byun, Youn Woo Chaa, Erika Cho, Chan Chong Choi, Young
Joo Choi, Mee Hwang, Sunhee Joo, David Kang, Gee Won Kim, Rose Kim, Dong
Jin Lee, Young Sook Lee, Helena Min, Gabriel Park, Hye Ryon Park, Hyesook
Park, Kyungmi Shin, Nam Soo Sohn, Min Sook Yang, Eun Kil Yu, Myung Ha
Yu, Hyunsook Cho, Hee ouk Kim
Funding
Credit
California
Arts Council, Los Angeles County Arts Commission, Lila Wallace-Reader's
Digest Community Folklife Program, and City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs
Department