Drawing hope through the eyes of children
Shatto Gallery
Exhibit duration: November 1-11
3130 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90010
Special Reception and Book Talk by Gi-Beom Lee
Saturday, November 4th, 3-6pm (in English)
Peacebuilding in DPRK panel discussion
Sunday, November 3, 3-4:30pm (in Korean and Japanese-RSVP)
Dearest friends,
You are invited to join us as honored guests at the Drawing Hope art exhibit reception on November 4th.
This special exhibit is born out of more than two decades of exchange between Korean children on both sides of the peninsula, the Korean diaspora in Japan and beyond. Through the eyes of children’s self-portraits and self-introductions, the exhibit brings to life the hopes, dreams, and visions of the future from the youngest generations living in a divided peninsula.
The drawings were created as part of programs in partnership with Okedongmu Children Korea and Japan International Volunteer Center intended to provide space for encounters between children in North and South Korea to know one another. Since the signing of the Armistice agreement in 1953 which stopped active fighting in the Korean War, the peninsula has been divided with almost no opportunity for people to meet.
The exchange of drawings is a glimmer of hope, a space to meet each other, even if it’s only through the artwork of children, drawing out the hope from within us to reimagine a world free of division and violence in the spirit of childlike wonder where beauty lies in seeing each other in full color.
This exhibit is made possible through a partnership between Okedongmu Children Korea, American Friends Service Committee, and ReconciliAsian.
Although RSVP is not needed for the special reception on November 4th, Sunday panel discussion on November 5th is a closed event and requires RSVP.
