KA Community Directory

Andrew Bae Gallery
312.335.8601
info@andrewbaegallery.com

Andrew Bae Gallery is located in the heart of River North art district in downtown Chicago. Since 1990, the gallery has been dedicated to introducing contemporary works by Asian artists, primarily with ties to Korea and Japan. Since its inception, the gallery has successfully established recognition from the unfamiliar eyes and minds of new American collectors and museums. Focusing on a relatively small group of talented artists, the gallery carefully selects works for their irrefutable originality and distinct aesthetics. Visitors to the gallery will experience a uniquely soothing environment imbued with selections from its collection, which the gallery owner Andrew Bae describes as "Asian aesthetics with universal appeal".

Korean Cultural Center of Chicago
847.947.4460
programdirector@kccoc.org

The KCCoC is a 501c(3) non-profit organization that was established in 2005 by the Korean American community in the greater Chicago area. The Korean Cultural Center has a museum, an art gallery, a library, an assembly hall, a community center, a multi-purpose room, and many classrooms. Through diverse educational programs, sponsored events, and cultural activities at the new facility, KCCoC seeks to promote Korea's rich 5,000-year history as well as the uniquely vibrant Korean-American experience.

The mission of KCCoC is to promote and organize Korean cultural, educational, arts, and social events for the public. It aims to establish a forum to celebrate and improve the understanding of Korean culture and heritage.

Workforce Language Services + Multilingual Chicago
773.292.7676
hilary@multilingualchicago.com

Multilingual Chicago is a language and culture center in Logan Square offering group and private classes for adults and kids in Spanish, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, French, Italian, Polish, German, Arabic and more. Our adult classes are offered in the evenings and on weekends. Addressing culture at every step, these courses will prepare you for travel and integration into your workplace, community or bilingual family. Our kids' classes are offered on Thursday, Friday and Saturday mornings and incorporate culture, music, movement and art. We also offer after-school classes in Chicago K-12 schools. For more information, please contact Hilary Hodge at hilary@multilingualchicago.com

Sejong Cultural Sciety
Juliana Chyu jychyu@gmail.com

The Sejong Cultural society was founded in 2004 to promote awareness and understanding of Korean cultural heritage among people in America by reaching out to the younger generations through contemporary creative and fine arts.

1. The classical music competition is for children up to high school level.  This competition is unique in that the required piece is classical music that contains a Korean melody and rhythms
2. The writing competition has essay and Sijo(Korean Poetry) sections. We are also holding workshops for teachers to promote Sijo as a part of the writing curriculum.
3. The international music composition competition is to encourage top quality composers to write original classical music incorporating elements of traditional Korean melody and rhythms in order to disseminate Korean melodies.

Midwest Korean American JayCees
224.377.9892
KoreanJC@gmail.com

We’re a local chapter of larger U.S. Jaycees & Illinois Jaycees. The Jaycees or Junior Chamber is a leadership development organization that uses community service projects as the training ground for applying leadership principles and skills learned in Jaycee individual development and training sessions. Leadership development is the prime directive, with community service the means to such end, and all other members' needs deemed important, but subsidiary.