Paint Sumukwha (Korean Ink Painting) with Ginok Song - FULL
Date: Nov 4
10:00 am
- 12:00 pm
Where: Art Gallery Classroom
Workshop
Artist Ginok Song will guide participants through the art of Korean Sumukwha (Korean Ink Painting). Ginok will begin demonstrating to prepare mukmul (black ink) using an inkstone. This process of ink preparation holds significance as a mindful ritual before commencing the actual painting. Students will become acquainted with brush techniques and learn about the various values of “muk”.
Ginok will provide step-by-step instructions to paint a tuckamore spruce tree, a symbol of Newfoundland and Labrador’s resilience, along with a monochromatic landscape featuring the tree. Subsequently, Ginok will demonstrate the proper method of mounting Sumukwha on a board for preservation.
Workshop cost: $65 (+HST), 10% discount for Rooms Members. All materials included.
Limited spaces! Pre-registration required. To register, please contact Visitor Services at (709)757-8090.
About the artist:
Ginok Song is a Korean-Canadian visual artist. Song grew up in the city of Pusan, South Korea. After meeting the love of her life, she moved to St. John’s, NL, in 2000. Song persists in her effort to visualize identity and difference with the medium of painting, mural and printmaking, with an interest in realism and womanhood. Her works appear in numerous private and public collections in Canada, UK and Korea. Song resides and works in Petty Harbour, NL and finds influence in Atlantic Realism (or magic realism).
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Cost: $265 Per Week + HST.
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Schedule:
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Join us each day for an interpretive guided tour in one of our galleries. From the story of the Cod fishery to visiting a current art exhibition to a Family Rainbow tour, there is something for everyone.
Each tour is approximately 30 – 40 minutes and is included in the cost of admission. Free for Rooms members.
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