We would love to invite you to a fan-painting workshop that introduces traditional Korean folk paintings, minhwa (민화)! Minhwa is a vibrant art form originating from the common people of the Joseon Dynasty, who vividly explored their values, beliefs, and mythologies through these paintings.

The goal of this workshop is to teach the basics of creating beautiful paintings, and to help you build artistic confidence! All are welcome, and we especially invite those who are unfamiliar with Korean culture and/or those with little or no previous artistic experience.

All tools and materials needed to participate in this workshop are provided, and you can take your creations home with you!

Key Info

Date: Saturday 16 August

Time: 11am to 1:30pm

Host: Jinwon Kim

Tickets: Solidarity sliding scale*

Korean Folk Art Workshop price information:

"At Cost" = £55
Subsidised = £30
Solidarity = £80

The "At Cost" price seeks to honour Jinwon's expertise as a painter and facilitator, and takes into account the cost of very specific paints and other materials for this workshop which are primarily found in Korea. Our lovely host Jinwon traveled to Korea in order to obtain authentic minhwa painting materials, and is traveling from her home in the US in order to teach this workshop. This pricing scheme also assumes 45 total workshop participants.

Please see below for more information about our solidarity sliding scale for event tickets.

Example paintings

Below are examples of minhwa paintings, created by host Jinwon Kim and participants of her previous courses and workshops:

* Our Solidarity Sliding Scale

At Pulse & Pickle, we are trying out a sliding scale pricing system for some of our events, to acknowledge economic inequity and increase the inclusiveness of our events.

Pulse & Pickle is a non-profit Community Interest Company (CIC) that operates a radical cultural centre and community hub on the Walthamstow High Street. We rely on our community to pay fairly, or as much as they can afford, to help us cover our running costs as well as provide affordable and accessible food and cultural experiences.

We also understand that people have different financial experiences and access to resources. We hope to make our events truly accessible to a diverse number of people no matter their financial status.

Korean Folk Art Workshop price information:

"At Cost" = £55
Subsidised = £30
Solidarity = £80

The "At Cost" price covers the cost of delivering this event, with no mark-up included. In order to help us maintain a free-choice sliding scale ticket price system, we encourage those who can to pay the "Solidarity" price. 100% of ticket proceeds help us fulfil our affordable and accessible ethos.

These prices are simply here for your information -- when you register, you will have the option to freely choose how much you pay for a ticket. This includes paying less or nothing at all for those who can’t afford our subsidised prices.

A useful tool for thinking about where you might fall on the solidarity sliding scale is the Green Bottle: