Highlights
Prospective Students
- Get all your questions answered at a Walnut Hill Admissions Info Session
- Have Walnut Hill faculty and alumni offer feedback at a Visual Art and Writing, Film & Media Arts Portfolio Review
- Piano Masterclass with HaeSun Paik '83, New England Conservatory Faculty*
*By invitation only
Celebrating Walnut Hill Korean Excellence
- Experience the art of Walnut Hill faculty and alumni in this special exhibition
- Walnut Hill music alumni come together for a one-night performance
- Gallery talk with Visual Art faculty member Jason Cheeseman-Meyer
- Hear from an aspiring filmmaker, Walnut Hill alum and NYU film student Kiha Ahn '23
Event Schedule
2:00pm
Prospective Student Admission Info Session
3:00pm
Visual Art and Writing, Film & Media Arts Portfolio Reviews, featuring Kiha Ahn '23 and Soohyo Kim '12
Piano Masterclass with New England Conservatory Faculty HaeSun Paik '83
4:00pm
선생님, 학생, 예술가 Teacher/Student/Artist Exhibition Gallery Talk
Alumni Filmmaker Screening and Talk Back with Kiha Ahn '23
Music Admission Session with HaeSun Paik '83
5:00pm
Walnut Hill Day in Seoul Alumni Performance
6:00pm
Reception & Exhibition Opening of Visual Art Faculty and Alumni Works
Featuring...
Yulhee Kim '97
Yulhee Kim majored in Fine Arts at the University of Pennsylvania, Parsons School of Design, and Walnut Hill School of Arts in the United States. Her diverse experience working in Beijing and Seoul since 2007 has allowed her to build relationships with many institutions, galleries, art fairs, collectors, and art patrons throughout Asia. She previously served as fair director for Korea’s first international fair, the Affordable Art Fair Seoul. She is also an advisor to government agencies such as KAMS on cultivating and further developing the art scene in Korea.
Jason Cheeseman-Meyer
Jason Cheeseman-Meyer is a painter, illustrator, and storyboard artist. A recipient of the Massachusetts Cultural Council Arts Fellowship Grant in Painting, his illustration work includes properties such as Transformers, Star Wars, Spiderman, and The Lord of the Rings, and he has worked as a storyboard artist for live action and 3D animation. His work has appeared on the BBC and other television stations, in Super Bowl commercials, on toy shelves all over the United States, and in many other outlets.
HaeSun Paik '83
HaeSun Paik is co-chair of the piano department at the New England Conservatory of Music (NEC) and also teaches Walnut Hill students. She is a recipient of the Korean National Academy of the Arts 2019 Music Award, the nation's highest honor for Korean musicians. She has won top prizes at international piano competitions and has recorded for EMI and Bridge Records. At age 14, Paik came to Walnut Hill from Korea, then earned her BM and MM degrees and an Artist Diploma from NEC, under the guidance of Russell Sherman and Wha Kyung Byun. The Walnut Hill tradition continued with HaeSun’s daughter Anna Choi ’21, an oboist, who attends Harvard University.
Kiha Ahn '23
Kiha Ahn is an interdisciplinary filmmaker investigating the intersection of arts and technology with an insatiable hunger for deep collaboration. Through his films, he explores memory, identity, and love. His film, "Pastel Slough", won the American Vision Award and received over 50 nominations and official selections. He has worked as a cinematographer and editor and served as Department Representative at Walnut Hill School for the Arts, where he developed its first DEIJB initiatives. He is pursuing a BFA in Film & TV at New York University.