Common Threads in Korean and Nigerian Textiles

As part of the annual Gateway Korea Foundation’s Dano Festival event, SLAM and GKF will co-present the lecture “Power to the Women: Art of Korean Embroidery” by Sooa Im McCormick, curator of Korean art at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Following the lecture, there will be a preview of the Museum’s next exhibition of global textiles, Aso Oke: Prestige Cloth from Nigeria by Shaka K. Myrick, the 2021-2023 Romare Bearden Graduate Museum Fellow and co-curator of the exhibition.

The festival also will include an opportunity to visit Gallery 227 to view Korean artworks with a docent. This program is presented in partnership with the Gateway Korea Foundation and it is supported by a grant awarded to the Gateway Korea Foundation from the Missouri Humanities and with support from the Missouri Humanities Trust Fund.

Please see event schedule below.