During free time on 21 June, We visited a marvelous temple at Ssanggye. Rather than creating a lengthy entry about it, I’ve written a page about the site; it includes links to photos.
Archive for June 24th, 2007
Upon arrival in Changwon, we settled into the Hotel Avenue (can’t find a Web site for it) and then strolled the neighborhood to find a snack and see what we could see. We elected to visit the nearby Sungsan Art Hall (slightly outdated info at this link) where we saw a juried show of paintings. In adjoining room a man beckoned to us to see a show of fans and kites.We were the only people in the room with ~50 objects on display. As I sat in a chair at the center of the room and looked about, the man engaged me in conversation. Although he wasn’t fluent in English, he had enough vocabulary and courage (much better than my Korean and mettle) to ask where we were from and how long we’d been in Korea. I asked him about the kites.
As we were about to leave, a young woman (Sally Kim, we think) came to the entry to the gallery and spoke with us in excellent English. She explained that the man with whom we’d spoken was one of the artists. Pat asked about her favorite fan in the show, and it turned out to be the work of the man hosting the show. He is Park Woo Yeoul and Mr. Park offered to pose with us at the fan Pat liked. So that’s how we came by this photo.
Ms. Kim explained that she’d studied eduation at SUNY Pottsdam and was in Changwon tutoring English. She passed on her e-mail address so that we could send Mr. Park a copy of the photo. I’ve sent it to Ms. Kim.
