University of Arizona

Asian Photography

College of Fine Arts - School of Art

Photography and Korea

History and Practice

Schedule

Schedule subject to change.

Day 1

Thursday, February 24, 2022 (Arizona)

Friday, February 25, 2022 (South Korea)

Opening Remarks

  • 5pm (Arizona)
  • 9am (South Korea)
  • Colin Blakely, Director, School of Art, University of Arizona

Keynote Speech

  • 5:30 – 6:30pm (Arizona)
  • 9:30 – 10:30am (South Korea)
  • Yong Soon Min, Artist, Professor Emerita, UC Irvine

Special Session: Korean Photography in Museums

  • 6:30 – 7:30pm (Arizona)
  • 10:30 – 11:30am (South Korea)
  •  Introduction:
    • Meg Jackson Fox, Associate Curator, Center for Creative Photography
  • Speakers:
    • Hyunjung Son, Curator, Culture Headquarters, Seoul Metropolitan Government
    • Sujong Song, Senior Curator / Head of Museum Policy and Research Department, MMCA

Day 2

Friday, February 25, 2022 (Arizona)

Saturday, February 26, 2022 (South Korea)

Panel 1: Korean Photography Then & Now

  • 5:00 – 7:00pm (Arizona)
  • 9:00 – 11:00am (South Korea)
  • Panel Chair & Moderator:
    • Boyoung Chang, Independent Scholar
  • Panel:
    • Haely Chang, PhD Candidate, University of Michigan
    • Stephanie Lee, PhD Student, Northwestern University
    • Suzie Kim, Assistant Professor, University of Mary Washington
    • Hye-ri Oh, Research Professor, Research Institute for the Visual Language of Korea, Myungji University

Special Session: The Korean Photography Collections in and around the U.S.

  • 7:00 – 8:00pm (Arizona)
  • 11:00am – noon (South Korea)
  • Introduction:
    • Jeehey Kim, Assistant Professor, University of Arizona
  • Speakers:
    • Han Sunjung, Director of Han Youngsoo Foundation
    • Sunyoung Kim, Curator, Museum of Photography, Seoul

Day 3

Saturday, February 26, 2022 (Arizona)

Sunday, February 27, 2022 (South Korea)

Panel 2: Korean Photography in Global Scene

  • 4:00 – 6:00pm (Arizona)
  • 8:00 – 10:00am (South Korea)
  • Panel Chair & Moderator:
    • Meg Jackson Fox, Associate Curator, Center for Creative Photography
  • Panel:
    • Jeehey Kim, Assistant Professor, University of Arizona
    • Young Min Moon, Professor, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
    • Boyoung Chang, Independent Scholar
    • Hyewon Yi, Director, Amelie A. Wallace Gallery, SUNY Old Westbury

Special Session: Photographer Presentation – Youngsook Park & Myung Duk Joo

  • 6:15 – 7:15pm (Arizona)
  • 10:15 – 11:15am (South Korea)
  •  Introduction:
    • Jeehey Kim, Assistant Professor, University of Arizona

Roundtable

  • 7:15 – 8:15pm (Arizona)
  • 11:15am – 12:15pm (South Korea)
  •  Moderator:
    • Jeehey Kim, Assistant Professor, University of Arizona
  • Speakers:
    • Christopher Phillips, Independent Curator
    • Anne Wilkes Tucker, Curator Emerita, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Closing Remarks

  • 8:15pm (Arizona)
  • 12:15pm (South Korea)
  • Anne Breckenridge Barrett, Director, Center for Creative Photography

This conference is supported by the 2022 Korean Studies Grant Program of the Academy of Korean Studies (AKS-2022-C-014)

Center for Creative Photography
School of Art
Arizona Arts