Bergen Community College Gallery Bergen News: Gallery Bergen, the art exhibition space of Bergen Community College, in collaboration with the Korean Community Center (KCC) of Tenafly, seeks submissions for a visual arts and performance series documenting the immigrant experience of Koreans in New Jersey. “NJSeoul: New Art from the Korean Diaspora” will open Thursday, September 12, 2019 and remain on view through Thursday, October 31, 2019. The exhibition represents an extension of the collaboration between Bergen and the KCC, which began this past year with a series of lectures led by College faculty on U.S. history.
The exhibition will examine the immigrant experience of Koreans living in the United States – including Koreans who think of themselves as Americans first and foremost, those who have a foothold in both countries, and those who have chosen or may soon choose to return permanently to Korea. According to the federal government, Bergen County contains – by percentage of the overall population – each of the top 10 municipalities in the United States for Korean-Americans. The College enrolls 357 students with Korean citizenship – the highest number of students from any country other than the United States.
Submissions can include drawing, painting, collage, photography, prints, sculpture, installation, time-based media (video, short film, animation) and performance. Interested artists should send image files (no more than three per submission) or URLs for time-based media and a brief artistic statement (English or Hangul) to [email protected] no later than Monday, July 15th. Gallery Bergen does not conduct sales of artwork; it does not receive commissions for third party sales. The gallery will direct prospective buyers and all such inquiries to the artists for these transactions. Gallery Bergen Director Tim Blunk and local curator Hyejong Grenier will oversee the exhibition and performance series. For more information, contact Tim Blunk.
Along with having their works displayed in Gallery Bergen, artists selected for the exhibition will have the opportunity to participate in a series of artists’ talks scheduled for the College’s campuses in Paramus, Hackensack and Lyndhurst, as well as at the KCC.
A special opening reception of the installation will take place Thursday, September 12, 2019 at 6:00 pm in the gallery. Members of the Woorigarak Korean Cultural Art Center of Englewood Cliffs will perform contemporary Korean music and fresh interpretations of traditional dance.
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