AHL – Grace Charity Foundation Research Fellowship Winner
Ms. Juyoung Yoo
The AHL (Art, Humanity, and Love) Foundation is excited to announce the 2015 winner of the AHL-Grace Charity Foundation Research Fellowship. Ms. Juyoung Yoo has been chosen as our inaugural Research Fellow. Yoo graduated from Seoul National University and she is pursing an Ed.D. at Teachers College, Columbia University Majoring in Art and Art Education. Yoo is a museum educator and leads public, school and senior group tours at the Noguchi Museum, Education Department, Long Island City.
The one-year Research Fellowship is awarded to a young-in-career art historian or curator with an interest in researching artists of Korean heritage and their activities. The Research Fellow will be expected to devote their time researching, identifying, and working with artists for inclusion in the Archive of Korean Artist in America (AKAA). AKAA was established in 2013 to bolster the AHL Foundation’s mission to support and recognize the accomplishments of talented Korean artists working in the United States.
About AHL Foundation
AHL (Art, Humanity, Love) Foundation is a 501(c)3 visual arts organization with a mission to support Korean artists living in the United States and is committed to promoting and providing greater exposure of their work. Founded by Sook Nyu Lee Kim in 2003, the AHL Foundation is committed to seeking and promoting talented Korean and Korean-American artists while building a wider public awareness of the important cultural contributions made by these artists. AHL programs include special exhibitions, art history classes, public lectures, museum and gallery tours along with professional development opportunities for artists through its Visual Art Awards, and the annual and biennial project grants, which are one of the largest visual art grants of it’s kind in the United States.
Applications and additional inquiries about the AHL-AKAA Fellowship should be directed to info@ahlfoundation.org or 516-983-3935.
