EUGENE–Families are invited to explore the art and culture of Korea through hands-on art activities, storytelling and tours of the current exhibition of Korean art from 1—3 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 26, at the University of Oregon Museum of Art, 1430 Johnson Lane on campus.

Korean Culture Family Day, sponsored by Symantec Corp., is free. Art activities will include making papercuts, Korean screens and paper fans. Museum volunteers will read Korean folk tales and stories of spring.

Throughout the afternoon, the Museum of Art’s teen docents will give tours of "The Realm of Revelation: Vision and Imagination in Later Korean Art" which is on display through April 9.

Organized by Charles Lachman, an associate professor of art history and the museum’s associate curator of Asian art, "Realm of Revelation" is drawn from works in the art museum’s collections and from objects loaned by collectors Robert and Sandra Mattielli of Portland.

The exhibition consists of traditional folding screens, hanging scrolls and fans, as well as an unusual banner and several intricately folded prints. It explores the idea that many Korean artists of the 19th and 20th centuries functioned essentially as visionaries, using their art to reveal otherwise invisible aspects of the world.

The University of Oregon Museum of Art is a nonprofit state institution supported by the generosity of its membership and by grants from the Oregon Arts Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. Operating funds also are provided by the Horton, Museum of Art, Culp, Krause and Autzen endowments. Additional funding for this exhibition was provided by a Lane County Tourism Special Projects Grant.

Accessible to people with disabilities, the Museum of Art is open from noon to 8 p.m. Wednesday and from noon to 5 p.m. Thursday through Sunday. Suggested admission is $3, except on Wednesday evenings when the MusEvenings! program offers free extended viewing hours from 5 to 8 p.m. Museum members, students, UO employees and children are admitted free.

For information, browse http://uoma.uoregon.edu or call (541) 346-3027.

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