Grantee Database
DAROO KOREAN PERFORMING ARTS AND CULTURE
Grant Year
2025-26
Grant Program
Impact Projects
Award Amount
$19,750.00
Project Description
With support from the California Arts Council, Daroo Korean Performing Arts and Culture (Daroo KPAC) will present the 12th Annual Korean Traditional Music & Arts Festival, also known as the Roar Cultural Festival, in November 2025. This multi-day, multicultural celebration will feature traditional and contemporary performances, community workshops, cultural exhibitions, and interactive arts education activities. Grant funds will support artist stipends, cultural programming, and community engagement efforts that center immigrant voices, intergenerational participation, and cross-cultural understanding. The festival provides a platform for Korean American and other underrepresented artists while fostering inclusive, community-driven dialogue around identity, belonging, and heritage. By deepening access to traditional arts and encouraging active participation from historically underserved communities, Daroo KPAC seeks to use this project to elevate cultural equity and visibility, especially among youth, seniors, and multilingual families in Southern California.
Organization Summary
1. The Annual Roar Cultural Festival, held since 2022, promotes Korean performing arts to both Korean and non-Korean communities. Its goals are to:
Promote Korean culture through yearly events and ultimately create a “Street of Korean Culture.”
Introduce Korean heritage to non-Koreans through immersive cultural experiences.
Provide performance and collaboration opportunities for artists across cultures.
2. The Annual Korean Traditional Music and Arts Festival, held since 2013 and awarded the Korean Ministerial Prize in 2020, offers:
A performance competition, followed by performance opportunities at high-profile venues like LA Korean Cultural Center (Ari Project), Muckenthaler Cultural Center,
The Source OC, and community outreach sites such as nursing homes and health centers.
Pathways for participants to apply to prestigious Korean contests, such as the Jeonju Metropolitan Amusement Festival and the Eastern Folk Song Festival.
3. Ongoing Outreach Performances & Educational Programs:
We present Korean folk music and culture through performances at schools and community events such as Park’s High, Waldorf School, the Aquarium of the
Pacific Autumn Festival, Korea Culture Day, Fullerton College World Festival, and more.
We also provide educational lectures at institutions like Pepperdine and Loyola University, promoting cross-cultural understanding through Korean traditional arts.
Organization
Haemil Performing Group
Address
1220 CRENSHAW BLVD
LOS ANGELES
90019-3128
County
Los Angeles
Region
South – Los Angeles & Orange
Phone
(714) 576-9284
Congressional District
37th Congressional district of California
State Assembly District
54
State Senate District
30
