During 2021-2022, artists are conducting “Blooming Rainbow” — a collaborative class with children, 5-15 years old, in Baltimore and South Korea to create abstract painting jointly together. In this program, children paint scribbles — they can express their feelings, impulsion or their favorite figures. The scribbles are then exchanged with the artists in Baltimore and Korea, who overlap color onto the scribbles. The children learn about the sister cities of Baltimore, Maryland USA and Changwon, South Korea, and learn about abstract art concepts and artists. The program is coordinated by artists Ara Ko, Jack Koppert, and Huaqi Liu (graduate students in MICA’s LeRoy E. Hoffberger Painting MFA Program in Baltimore) and Chaeyeon Hong, Yongeun Kwon and Jaeeun Kim from Ewha University in Seoul, South Korea (who travel to Changwon to teach their group of students).
Baltimore-Changwon Sister City Committee (BCSCC) is a project partner.
Exhibition – Summer 2022
The work will be shown online on Instagram, and in an exhibition in summer 2022 at in Baltimore, Maryland USA and Changwon, South Korea. Dami S. Schlobohm will perform at the opening show. Dami is a cellist and music teacher born in Seoul, South Korea and raised in Maryland.
The artists who are leading this program
