This month we are partnering with SAW Gallery and the Korean Cultural Centre (KCC) to celebrate SAW's 50th anniversary and their joint exhibition <Negotiating Borders>. In honour of the show and 60 years of Korea-Canada diplomatic relations, we have curated a lineup of performers from the Korean Canadian Diaspora. Celebrity chef and author Sang Kim, poet Kyo Lee and haegeum player Sosun Suh will join us in person, and novelist Ann Yu Kyung Choi will stream in from Toronto.
On your way to the event, we invite you to visit the Korean Cultural Centre (150 Elgin St., suite 101) to take in their exhibition, and to visit the second part at SAW Gallery when you arrive or during intermission.
EVENT DETAILS
Time and place: 7:30 p.m., Wednesday October 18, Club SAW
Doors: 7:15 p.m.
Admission: $15 (suggested, no one turned away for lack of funds)
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
ANN YU KYUNG CHOI is a Toronto-based author and educator. Her novel, Kay’s Lucky Coin Variety, was shortlisted for the Toronto Book Award. In 2020, her debut children’s picture book, Once Upon An Hour was released. She continues to publish short fiction, poetry, and essays. Ann currently sits on the program advisory committee for gritLIT, Hamilton's literary festival, and teaches creative writing at the University of Toronto’s School of Continuing Studies.
SANG KIM is an award-winning chef and author. His stories have been anthologized widely. His next two books, Searching For A Village Called Love, a memoir, and Eating Dogs, a short story collection, will both be released in 2025-2026. His TV show, Searching With Chef Sang – Season One, premiered nationally on TLN in September 2023.
KYO LEE is a Korean-Canadian student, writer, and dreamer. Her literature has been published or recognized by the RBC Bronwen Wallace Award, PRISM International, University of Toronto, Ringling College, New York Times, and more. She loves peaches, sunsets, and the idea of summer but not summer itself. She is always trying to love more.
SOSUN SUH was a haegeum player in South Korea and still perform a haegeum in Canada after she immigrated. She has released 2 Haegeum CD albums and had her own recitals 4 times. She has performed with the London Orchestra and played at the Toronto Centre for the Arts, the Royal Ontario Museum, etc. She has won the Toronto Dora Music Award. She has the haegeum channel YouTuber, called K-Fiddle. Currently, she is a conductor of Ottawa Children’s Choir and Canadian Military Wives Choir Ottawa.