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Show SCENE The Park Record. Editor: Scott Iwasaki arts@parkrecord.com 435.649.9014 ex.15713 BANDS SWOOP INTO ‘KRANNY’ FINDS NOOK DEER VALLEY FRIDAY, C-3 IN LANDSCAPE ART, C-5 www.parkrecord.com C-1 WED/THURS/FRI, AUGUST 29-31, 2018 Korean tradition leaves a colorful paper trail DEPOLARIZE NOW! MEETING Depolarize Now! - a citizens’ group dedicated to helping people with very different views engage in respectful dialogue and learn from one another, will host a bipartisan gathering at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 29, at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 4595 N. Silver Springs Dr. The group will address the growing levels of division, ideological tribalism and mistrust. For information, call Charles at 435-9012131. HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR WILL SPEAK AT MONTAGE Dr. Jacob Eisenbach will speak on Thursday, Aug. 30, at Montage Deer Valley. Tickets for the event, which is presented by Chabad of Park City, are on sale. The general ticket is $25 for adults and $18 for students. Ticket holders will be admitted to Eisenbach’s speech. The second option is a sponsor ticket priced at $300. That ticket will include a meet and greet with Eisenbach, a signed copy of Karen McCartney’s book “Where You Go, I Go” and entrance to Eisenbach’s speech. Tickets can be purchased by visiting www.jewishparkcity.com. OPEN STUDIO EVENING AT THE KIMBALL ART CENTER An open studio that will run from 6-8:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 30, is designed to help the public explore the creative process. Participants will be able to sign up for two classes. The first class is chosen upon arrival, and sign ups for the second class will be available after the first. Registration for both classes are first come, first served. Printmaking, metalwork, portrait drawing, ceramics and welding will be offered. For information, visit www.kimballartcenter.org. ‘LAST FRIDAY’ GALLERY STROLL ON AUG. 31 Park City Gallery Association will host its monthly Last Friday Gallery Stroll from 6-9 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 31. The public can visit local galleries and see new works and talk with artists. For information and participating artists, visit www.parkcitygalleryassociation.com. COURTESY OF THOMAS ANTHONY GALLERY COURTESY OF THOMAS ANTHONY GALLERY Husband and wife Jeong Han and Choon Hyang Yun use the dac or mulberry tree bark to create Korean paper artwork such the piece titled “Spring Story,” above. The Yuns will demonstrate their art on Friday at Thomas Anthony Gallery. Korean paper artists Jeong Han and Choon Hyang Yun handmake their own non toxic pigments to color their pieces like the one titled “Snowflake.” The only time they use brushes is to sign their names. Public can meet the artists during the monthly gallery stroll “The Yuns’ tools are simple. They use paper pulp that is ground from the bark, water and screens to press the paper.” The Yuns pay farmers in South Korea to keep the dac trees on their farms and harvest the bark each year. “They grind the bark by hand, and they create their own non toxic inks that combine organic and inorganic components,” Bloch said. “The only time they’ll use a brush is to sign their names. They will also mark each work with a pigmented thumbprint.” Bloch enjoys watching the artists work together. “They work intuitively,” he said. “One of them may take the lead on one project, and the other will lead another.” The paperworks are more akin to tapestries, according to Bloch. “What’s great about them is that in a gallery or home setting these works in- SCOTT IWASAKI The Park Record Art lovers who embark on this month’s Park City Gallery Association gallery stroll on Friday will have the chance to witness Hanji, the ancient practice of Korean paper art, at the Thomas Anthony Gallery. Husband and wife Jeong Han and Choon Hyang Yun will demonstrate their art from 6-9 p.m. at the gallery, located at 340 Main St. The public will also have the opportunity to meet with the artists at the gallery from 1-4 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 1. Both events are Folk singer Peter Yarrow will perform at 8 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 31, and Saturday, Sept. 1, and at 6 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 2, at the Egyptian Theatre, 328 Main St. Tickets range from $29 to $45 and can be purchased by visiting www.parkcityshows.com. They grind the bark by hand, and they create their own non toxic inks that combine organic and inorganic components...” Greg Bloch, the Yuns’ representative “It’s interesting because Hanji, which is made from the bark of the dac, or mulberry, tree, is something that children learn to do,” Bloch said. teract with the light and absorb it rather than reflect it,” he said. “They are meant to be exhibited without glass. So all the collector has to do is dust them off occasionally.” Bloch, an art dealer who has represented the Yuns for more than 20 years, said he first noticed their work while visiting a gallery in Portland, Oregon. “It hit me in the solar plexus, because it was so beautiful,” he said. “While my wife and I didn’t understand the medium,l we knew it was beautiful work.” The gallery’s owner introduced Bloch to the Yuns, who are originally from Daegu, South Korea. “I learned that they are two of the most genuine and sweetest people I have ever met,” he said. “The artists attended Keimyung Please see Korean, C-12 Book sale helps cover Park City Library needs Annual event, which runs Sept. 1-3, relies on volunteers, donors SCOTT IWASAKI The Park Record PETER YARROW AT THE EGYPTIAN THEATRE free and open to the public. The origin of Hanji reaches back nearly 2,000 years, said Greg Bloch, the Yuns’ representative. Book lovers can shop for bargains to their hearts’ content during the Friends of the Park City Library’s used book sale. The annual event, which features hundreds of books, will run from Saturday, Sept. 1, to Monday, Sept. 3, at the Park City Library, 1255 Park Ave., said Jean Daly and Ann Whitworth, co-chairs of the sale. Books of every genre will be up for grabs on the third floor, Daly said. “We have a huge selection of fiction, romance, westerns, mysteries, biographies, autobiographies and cookbooks in hardcover and paperback,” she said. “All the books have been donated to us throughout the year and we store them until it’s time for the sale.” The sale will open for Friends of the Park City Library members at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Whitworth said. “That’s when members of the Friends of the Park City Library can come in and get first dibs on the books and have some morning treats,” she said. “If people want to become a member to get into the sale early, they can become a member at the door.” The Friends of the Park City Library is a nonprofit volunteer group dedicatPlease see Book, C-2 SCOTT IWASAKI/PARK RECORD Ann Whitworth, left, and Jean Daly have co-chaired the annual Friends of the Park City Library used book sale for three years. This year’s event will be held from Saturday, Sept. 1, to Monday, Sept. 3. |