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The Korean American Association of Rhode Island (KAARI) was the recipient of the Rhode Island Expansion Arts Program (RIEAP) 2019-2021. RI-EAP is a partnership between Rhode Island Foundation, Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA), and Rhode Island Council for the Humanities (RICH). It offers funding and organizational assistance to community-based arts and cultural organizations to broaden their impact on the state of Rhode Island.

 

The RIEAP achieves this by introducing collaborative partnerships: joining two culturally diverse Rhode Island organizations and asking them to bring more cultural awareness and exposure by working on a large project together. The partnered organization is Teatro Education Center for the Arts and Sciences (Teatro ECAS), a Latin-X based theater group. The project in motion was a Korean Latin-X play called "Storybook of Love - Our Fusion of Two Cultures" created and performed by both organizations.

 

With the onset of COVID, however, we decided to switch to video production. However, producing a play on video was quite the undertaking. So the organizations pivoted and decided to have two live online sessions: one on culture and one on their organization's activities.

 

In the first event on January 21st, guest speakers included Suzanne Sharkey from KAARI and Gonzalo Cuervo from Teatro ECAS. This session covered the culture of both organizations.

 

The second session on January 28th featured Bongsup Cho from KAARI and Francis Perra from Teatro ECAS. This session covered the activities of both organizations. 

 

For those unable to join us for the live sessions, please enjoy the recordings below.

 

Please feel free to forward the recordings to anyone you wish. Please make sure you're checking the email announcements so that you don't miss any of KAARI's activities.

 

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KAARI/Teatro ECAS Networking Event 1 (1/21/2021)

 

 

 

KAARI/Teatro ECAS Networking Event 2 (1/28/2021)

 

No. Subject Author Date Views
Notice New KAARI President Angela Sharkey RI한인회 2024.01.30 12
Notice 2023 KAARI Open House.Annual Meeting Review RI한인회 2023.12.20 23
43 Veterans Day Ceremony (Nov 11, 2021) RI한인회 2021.11.13 200
42 Culture & Building Committee Joint Meeting file RI한인회 2021.06.24 201
41 RI-EAP Graduation: Governor's Certificate of Special Recognition RI한인회 2023.05.12 201
» KAARI/Teatro ECAS Networking Event Videos RI한인회 2021.02.04 204
39 2022 Veterans Day RI한인회 2022.11.18 204
38 68th Anniversary of Cease Fire file RI한인회 2021.07.23 208
37 The 98th Commemoration of The March 1 Korea Independence Movement RI한인회 2020.06.09 227
36 Donation from Chapter 2 Korean War Veterans file RI한인회 2021.06.23 238
35 Town Hall Meeting RI한인회 2023.03.31 240
34 2022 Annual ­Heritage Day Festival Review RI한인회 2022.09.24 247
33 2022 KAARI Open House/Annual Meeting Review RI한인회 2022.12.13 249
32 70th Anniversary Ceremony for Korean War Cease Fire file RI한인회 2023.07.26 259
31 Recent KAARI Grant/Donation RI한인회 2022.01.31 262
30 KAARI T-SHIRT DESIGN CONTEST file RI한인회 2022.07.08 264
29 KAARI 2020 Korea Day RI한인회 2020.06.09 267
28 Special Visit: Ewha University President file RI한인회 2022.09.26 270
27 Cease Fire: Photos file RI한인회 2022.07.30 275
26 Joe Meunier, RI Korean War Veteran RI한인회 2020.12.10 279
25 RI Korean Festival Pictures!! file RI한인회 2023.05.12 313
24 KAARI/Teatro ECAS Networking Event file RI한인회 2021.01.08 314