Teaching CV

Selected Academic Teaching

2014–present Winter Term Instructor, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
2018–2021 Adjunct Faculty, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH (Visiting Artist, 2011)
2019 Instructor, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA (also 2013, 2011)
2018 Visiting Artist, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL (also 2015)
2018 Visiting Artist, Center for Korean Studies, University of Hawai’i, Honolulu, HI
2016 Visiting Artist, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
2015 Instructor & Facilitator, LIASE Faculty Development Seminar, Oberlin College, OH
2014 Adjunct Faculty, Notre Dame College, South Euclid, OH
2013 Guest Artist, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada
2013 Guest Artist, RISD and Watts Program, John Carter Brown Library, Providence, RI
2013 Guest Artist, Mills College, Oakland, CA
2012 Visiting Artist, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
2011 Visiting Artist, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2011 Visiting Assistant Professor, Mills College, Oakland, CA
2011–2013 Instructor, Art New England, Bennington, VT
2008 Visiting Artist, Yonsei University Extension, Seoul, Korea
2007 Ellen Johnson Visiting Artist, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
2005 Instructor, Columbia College Chicago, IL

Selected Workshops

2024
Cleveland Museum of Art Artist in the Atrium, Cleveland, OH
2023
Korean Cultural Center, Abu Dhabi, UAE
2022
College of Wooster, Wooster, OH
Dieu Donné, Brooklyn, NY
Southern Methodist University, DeGolyer Bookbinding Conference, Dallas, TX
San Francisco Center for the Book, San Francisco, CA
2021
Women’s Studio Workshop Summer Art Institute, Rosendale, NY
2020
Center for Book Arts, New York, NY (also 2019, 2018, 2017, 2013, 2012, 2010)
2019
John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC
Ohio Arts Council Riffe Gallery, Columbus, OH
Glassell School of Art, Houston, TX
2018
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
Wells Book Arts Summer Institute, Aurora, NY
Creative Paper, Burnie, Australia
2017
Ox-Bow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI
Western Australian Fibre and Textile Association, Perth, Western Australia
Great Southern Workshops, Porongurup, Western Australia
Fibres West, Muresk, Western Australia
PapierWespe, Vienna, Austria
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
2016, 2017
Middlebury School of Korean, Oakland, CA
2016
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
Paper Book Intensive, Saugatuck, MI
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI
Korean Cultural Service NY, New York, NY
2010–2016
Morgan Conservatory, Cleveland, OH
2014
Handweavers Guild of America Convergence Conference, Providence, RI
Peters Valley School of Craft, Layton, NJ
Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY
Southwest School of Art, San Antonio, TX
2013
Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild & Paperhouse Studio, Toronto, Canada
Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA
Case Western Reserve University Kelvin Smith Library, Cleveland, OH
Women’s Studio Workshop Summer Art Institute, Rosendale, NY
Focus on Book Arts Conference, Forest Grove, OR
Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN
North Bennet Street School, Boston, MA
Wing Luke Museum, Seattle, WA
2012
Pyramid Atlantic Book Arts Fair, Silver Spring, MD
Boston Paper Collective, Boston, MA
Watermarks 2012 Papermaking Conference, Cleveland, OH
Asheville Bookworks, Asheville, NC
2012
Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, Silver Spring, MD
2011
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Seattle Center for Book Arts, Seattle, WA
The Guild of Papermakers, Philadelphia, PA
2009
Saint Lawrence County Arts Council, Potsdam, NY
2008
Korean Book Arts Association, Seoul, Korea

Selected Lectures

2024
The Society of Bookbinders (UK) (online)
Western Michigan University
Case Western Reserve University
Dieu Donné webinar with Velma Bolyard (online)
Arts & Creativity Panel, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
2023
Smithsonian Libraries & Archives, Washington, D.C.
Center for East Asian Studies, University of Chicago, IL (online)
2022
The Ohio State University School of Environment and Natural Resources, Columbus, OH
College of Wooster, Wooster, OH
Kent State University, Kent, OH
San Francisco Center for the Book, San Francisco, CA
Surface Design Association Community Ties Conference (online)
2021
Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN (online)
Dieu Donné, Brooklyn, NY (online)
Baltimore Natural Dye Symposium, MD (online)
National Institute of Forest Science, Jinju, Korea
2020
New Jersey Book Arts Symposium (online)
2019
Asia Society Texas Center, Houston, TX
2018
Center for East Asian Studies, University of Chicago, IL
Korean Studies Program, University of Illinois at Chicago, IL
CWC, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Cathy and Jessie Marion Art Gallery, SUNY Fredonia, Fredonia, NY
Center for Korean Studies, University of Hawai’i, Honolulu, HI
2017
Marilyn Crandell Schleg Memorial Lecture, Albion College, Albion, MI
Guild of Book Workers Standards of Excellence, Tacoma, WA
Western Australian Fibre and Textile Association, Perth, Western Australia
Fibres West, Muresk, Western Australia
Korean Cultural Center, Washington, D.C.
2016
9th International Conference on Korean Studies, Pontifical Catholic University, Santiago, Chile
Rowfant Club, Cleveland, OH
Gallery Korea, Korean Cultural Service NY, New York, NY
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Signal-Return Press, Detroit, MI
2015
Cleveland State University Library, Cleveland, OH
International Seminar on Hanji Globalization Strategy, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
Center for the Book, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Print Media Department, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
Luce Initiative on Asian Studies and the Environment, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
2014
International Seminar on Innovative Traditional Korean Paper, 63 Convention Ctr, Seoul, Korea
Art Department, Yongin University, Yongin, South Korea
East Asian Studies, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
Trinity University, San Antonio, TX
2013
OCAD University, Toronto, Canada
San Francisco Center for the Book, San Francisco, CA
Metropolitan Museum of Art Paper Conservation Studio, New York, NY
Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Oregon College of Art & Craft, Portland, OR
Asia Pacific Cultural Center, Tacoma, WA
Center for Korea Studies / East Asia Library, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Center for Korean Studies, UC Berkeley, CA
UC Davis Art History / Art Studio / East Asian Studies, CA
2012
The School at International Center of Photography, New York, NY
2011
Asian Art Association of the Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
2010
Seacourt Print Workshop, Bangor, Northern Ireland
Flaxart Studios, Belfast, Northern Ireland
2009
Saint Lawrence County Arts Council, Potsdam, NY
Fulbright Forum, Korean American Educational Commission, Seoul, Korea
2008
Yonsei University Extension, Seoul, Korea
Korean Book Arts Association, Seoul, Korea

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Workshop Photo Albums

Hanji Retreat 2024 #2

Second section of Hanji Retreat 2024, a weeklong intensive, the final retreat of this particular hanji studio. July 29–Aug 2, 2024.

Hanji Retreat 2024 (2)

Hanji Retreat 2024 #1

A weeklong hanji intensive, Aimee’s annual hanji retreat 2024 (section 1).

Hanji Retreat 2024 (1)

Oberlin Paper/Book Winter Term 2024

10th anniversary year of my annual Oberlin Winter Term course on papermaking and book art. Jan 3–26, 2024.

Oberlin Paper/Book Winter Term 2024

Hanji Retreat 2023

Weeklong hanji retreat at Aimee’s private studio. July 24-28, 2023.

Rinsing fiber

Hanji Retreat Oct 2022

Fall hanji retreat, October 2022. Hanji making with mixed fibers including milkweed, paper mulberry, and mitsumata + joomchi, jiseung, natural dyeing, and thread making. Thanks to Justine Chang for photography.

Hanji Retreat Fall 2022

San Antonio 2014

A visit to teach at Southwest School of Art and lecture at Trinity University, thanks to Beck Whitehead and Jon Lee. Feb 2014.

Trinity University paper & print shop

Toronto papermaking 2013

Teaching in Canada for CBBAG and Paperhouse Studio in Nov 2013.

Blackboard drying

Art New England Artists’ Books:…

Open studio displays of student work in my week-long artists’ books class. July 2013.

Martha Slocum

NBSS hanji workshop

The very first hanji workshop taught by Aimee Lee (artist) and Minah Song (conservator), hosted by the North Bennet Street School in Boston in April 2013.

Aimee paper yarn demo

Hanji workshop in Cleveland

A visit to the hanji studio at the Morgan Conservatory to make hanji and do demos for their annual Open House in early October.

Making blue hanji

Hanji in Burnie 2018

A wonderful trip to Tasmania to teach in Burnie at Creative Paper Tasmania as part of paper on skin, a biennial event showcasing the best in paper garments. June 2018.

Hanji workshop

Oberlin Paper/Book Winter Term 2018

One month of intensive studio work making paper, decorating it, and making books from it. Students learned techniques and history from various cultures around the world and finished class with a public exhibit of their new artwork. Jan 2018.

Papermaking

Ox-Bow Hanji 2017

A week-long intensive making hanji and so much more. Saugatuck, August 13-19, 2017.

Diana pulling hanji

Oberlin Paper/Book Winter Term 2023

A month of intensive studio work making paper, decorating it, and using it to make books at Oberlin College. Sponsored by Oberlin College Library, supported by Shansi, supports Book Studies. Jan 3–24, 2023.

Pulp painting

Wells Book Arts Summer Institute 2018

A hot and rainy hanji class at Wells College for their annual book arts summer institute—nine fabulous students took over the outdoors, a greenhouse, a basement, and a second floor to make hanji and art out of it. July 2018.

Jane at the vat

MassArt Hanji Workshop 2019

An early August hanji workshop at MassArt in Boston with an incredible group of students who gelled immediately. I loved working with them—it’s always easier to survive a ridiculously hot classroom when you enjoy the people sweating inside of it. Aug 5–8, 2019.

Boarding paper

Penland papermaking workshop Fall 2018

A beautiful week of making Asian-style papers at Penland in their brand-new paper studio. Ten of us explored processing plant material (paper mulberry and milkweed) from scratch, joomchi, jiseung, shifu, books, and natural dyes while sharing stories and lots of paper love. Oct 6-3, 2018.

Milkweed stripping

Oberlin Paper/Book Winter Term 2020

A month-long exploration of papermaking and book art, Jan 2020.

Exhibit installation

Hanji Retreat July 2022

Inaugural Korean American hanji retreat at Aimee’s new hanji studio in South Euclid. July 11-15, 2022.

Vat agitation

Chicago 2018 hanji workshops

SAIC hanji workshop

Oberlin Paper/Book Winter Term 2022

A month-long intensive in paper and book making and so much more with a fantastic cohort of 8 undergrads, Jan–Feb 2022.

Asian-style papermaking

Hanji and Washi 2022 at Dieu Donné

Groundbreaking new course, taught by Tatiana Ginsberg and Aimee Lee, to show comparative hands-on study of Korean and Japanese papermaking vats. From fiber prep to final drying in three days, Aug 12, 13, 14, 2022.

Hanji and washi vat

Hanji at PBI 2016

4-day intensive course in making hanji and manipulating it, producing almost 400 sheets of 2-ply paper in the Korean tradition. 13 students made paper rope and thread, fused and textured paper, dyed paper and bark, laced and smoothed bark, and wove paper. Paper Book Intensive at Ox-Bow, May 2016.

Frank at the vat

Haystack Papermaking 2016

A two-week summer papermaking course at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, called Paper Contains the Universe. I taught students to make paper directly from plants as well as half stuff, to make and use a variety of natural dyes, and to manipulate the paper and bark into all manner of WOW. July 17-29, 2016.

Susan couching

PapierWespe hanji workshops 2017

Nine consecutive days of multiple workshops at PapierWespe focusing on making and using hanji—bark lace, joomchi, jiseung, natural dyes, and ssangbal tteugi sheet formation. Thanks to Beatrix Mapalagama for hosting, Feb 2017.

Vienna hanji workshop

Oberlin Paper/Book Winter Term 2017

Another month of making paper and books at Oberlin! Jan 2017.

Papermaking at Hales

Oberlin Paper/Book Winter Term 2016

An intensive studio course making paper and books at Oberlin, Jan 2016.

Marbling

One-on-one hanji making

Private hanji intensive with Youmee Lee, a past hanji student from Wells Book Arts 2018 course. May 23–25, 2022.

One-on-one hanji making

Oberlin Paper/Book Winter Term 2015

A January intensive course in papermaking and book arts, transforming an old shower space into a paper studio and a library classroom into a bindery. Eight students made hundreds of sheets of paper by hand and bound them into beautiful books. January 2015.

Eastern formation

Penland 2014

A two-week class at Penland School of Crafts all about Eastern papermaking and paper crafts. May/June 2014.

Beating kozo

Peters Valley 2014

A week-long class on Eastern papermaking and paper arts on national park land in NJ at Peters Valley School of Craft. July 2014.

Student work

Chile 2016

A trip to Santiago and a few nearby places for the 9th International Korean Studies Conference at the Pontifical University in Chile. October 18-26, 2016.

Valparaíso

Winter Term: Papermaking at Oberlin

Aimee Lee ’99 teaches current Oberlin students different areas of paper and book making over the course of Winter Term.

Asian paper/dye workshop for Oberlin

A workshop funded by the Luce Foundation to promote Asian studies and environmental studies at Oberlin College, co-taught by Tatiana Ginsberg and Aimee Lee. Oberlin faculty, staff, and students learned to prepare fiber, make paper, and dye paper with various natural dyes and mordants. March 7, 2015.

Dyed paper drying

Oberlin Paper/books Winter Term 2014

The first ever papermaking and book arts Winter Term project on campus, sponsored by the library and supported by many other departments. Paper was made in an old gym basement and books were made at the library, which also hosted an exhibit at the end of the January term. January 2014.

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Papermaking

Asian Art Museum Korean Culture Day

The Asian Art Museum presented Korea Foundation Korean Culture Day on Sunday, Nov. 17, 2013 for the fifth consecutive year. This feast of Korean culture featured food, music and other performances as well as hands-on art activities for all ages. The festival was presented in conjunction with the museum’s special exhibition In Grand Style> Celebrations in Korean Art during the Joseon Dynasty.

Focus on Book Arts 2013

A 3-day workshop manipulating bark (paper mulberry) and paper (hanji) related to the Korean paper traditions in Forest Grove, OR at the biennial FOBA conference. June 26-28, 2013.

Gale Buffett

Watts hanji workshop

Papermaking workshop taught by Aimee Lee for the Watts Program of the John Carter Brown Library, serving the students of Brown and RISD. Photos by Lauren Pearlman of Paper Connection; April 13, 2013.

Watts hanji workshop

WSW Eastern paper workshop 2013

Teaching an Eastern paper workshop (using kozo as well as milkweed) at Women’s Studio Workshop in Rosendale, New York in July 2013.

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WSW Eastern paper workshop

Mills papermaking

A workshop for Julie Chen’s Intro to Book Art class at Mills College. March 2013, photos kindly taken by Brenda Paik Sunoo.

Mills papermaking workshop