Boseong Tea Museum, Exhibition on Tea Culture Theme

Published 02 Jun.2023 15:35(KST)

Support for Local Artists' Creative Activities and Exhibition Space Sharing

Instrument Maker Mun Seonghun Exhibition 'Tea (Cha) Fragrance and Wood (Mok) Fragrance'

The Korea Tea Museum in Boseong-gun, Jeollanam-do, announced the launch of the ‘2023 Korea Tea Museum Exhibition Space Sharing Project’ to support the creative activities of local artists.

The ‘2023 Korea Tea Museum Exhibition Space Sharing Project’ began on May 31 and will run until September. It plans to exhibit works by five local artists, featuring the tea culture history of tea gardens, woodcraft, natural dyeing, photography, and fiber art.

Boseong-gun Korean Tea Museum, Exhibition on Tea Culture Featuring Works by Moon Seonghun (Traditional Instruments, Tea Tables, etc.) <br>Photo by Boseong-gun

Boseong-gun Korean Tea Museum, Exhibition on Tea Culture Featuring Works by Moon Seonghun (Traditional Instruments, Tea Tables, etc.)
Photo by Boseong-gun

The first exhibition is by musical instrument maker Moon Seong-hoon, titled “The Scent of Tea, the Scent of Wood, and the Melody of Boseong,” held until June 18 in the Korea Tea Museum’s first-floor special exhibition hall.

Artist Moon Seong-hoon showcases traditional instruments such as gayageum and geomungo made primarily from paulownia, rubber, and ginkgo wood, as well as tea culture pieces like tea trays, chairs, teacup holders, and tea containers crafted using traditional instrument-making techniques.

The next exhibition, “Natural Dyeing and Hemp Stories” by artist Lee Ki-jeong, will be held from June 21 to July 9. Exhibitions by artists Yang Chung-nam, Kim Hyun-ho, and Kim Hee-sook are also scheduled.

A Boseong-gun official stated, “We expect this exhibition space sharing project to provide an opportunity for locals and tourists to experience the thousand-year history and culture of Boseong tea through art.”

Meanwhile, since 2021, Boseong-gun has been utilizing the Korea Tea Museum’s special exhibition hall as an exhibition space for local artists, supporting their creative activities. Participating artists receive free rental of the special exhibition hall and 1 million KRW to cover event preparation costs.