Greetings! I haven't done a blog post in a while so let's see how this goes...
On Sunday we gathered at the museum to do a plethora of activities. In the morning, we learned a bit about the Family Fun Days that start in January which sound like a lot of fun. I especially like the idea of the explorer packs. I mean, if I were a little kid I'd definitely want to do that. Since the day was jam packed with activities, we immediately went to do an art meditation down in the In Grand Style galleries after we took the survey about the internship.
I found myself in front of a beautiful embroidered headpiece in the gallery about women's roles in the Joseon Dynasty. I won't recount my full meditation but some key questions/comments that came up for me: Who wore this piece? Was embroidery a popular medium? Also, I liked the gradient of the thread, especially in the embroidered flowers.
Our next activity was to check out the self-guided, family/kid oriented tour of the second room of the In Grand Style exhibition. I liked the tour but I also wished it was a bit longer and a little more interactive. My favorite part of the activity was the art making after the gallery treasure hunt-like guide. One of the prompts was to make a flag with an animal that represents us. I chose to do an owl.
After lunch (yay for our ramen adventure!), we worked a bit on cutting out felt circles for Korean Culture Day before going to take a docent tour of In Grand Style. I really liked the tour because the docent was really nice and passionate about the subject of the Joseon Dynasty. The first item that we learned about in depth were the placenta jars which were oddly fascinating and beautiful and unique. My favorite pieces of information that I learned were as follows: 1) the image of the five peaks and the sun and the moon represents the four cardinal directions (the fifth represents the center of the universe) and the king and queen 2) when a child turns one, there's a special ceremony where the baby chooses an item that supposedly is a sign of their future.
I really enjoyed Sunday (I hope I included everything we did!) and I'll see everyone mañana.
-Natalie