The Rehoboth Art League hosts Gallery Talks as a free opportunity for the public to delve deeper into the arts and humanities content of our exhibitions. A wide range of presenters—including exhibition judges, jurors, art historians, and artists themselves—provide unique perspectives on fine arts, their historical contexts, and how the arts contribute to the human experience.
FROM THE JUDGE WITH JINCHUL KIM
Saturday, July 19, 2025 (10am)
Join the Rehoboth Art League for a conversation with judge of the 87th Annual Members' Fine Art Exhibition, Jinchul Kim, who will discuss his award decisions, and speak to his experience as an artist.
Jinchul Kim was born in South Korea and came to the U.S. in 1989. He earned a BFA and MFA from King Se-Jong University in Seoul Korea, concentrating in painting. In 1993 he earned another MFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York City. He exhibits his work internationally, including shows in Korea, Japan, France, Spain and the U.S. He has had over 20 solo exhibitions in New York, Florida, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Seoul and over 300 invitational group exhibitions. He was selected as the Artist of the Year in 1986 by Art Journal magazine in Seoul. In 1995 he received the Phyllis H. Mason Grant from Art Students League of New York. In 2005 he was awarded a grant from the George Sugarman Foundation in Novato, California. He has received the Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award twice, in both 2006 and 2013. Kim is a professor at Salisbury University and teaches Senior Exhibition, Painting and Drawing classes as head of the painting and drawing areas. In 2008 he earned the University System of Maryland’s highest faculty honor: The Regents Faculty Awards for Excellence in Teaching. The same year he also received the Salisbury University Distinguish Faculty Award in Teaching.
FROM THE JUDGE WITH JOHN STECK, JR.
Saturday, January 10, 2026 (10am)
Join the Rehoboth Art League for a conversation with juror and judge of the 11th Regional Juried Photography Exhibition, John Steck, Jr., who will discuss his jurying process and award decisions.
John Steck Jr. is a visual artist and educator who resides in Baltimore, MD. He is a maker of photographic images and ephemeral objects. Using light-sensitive emulsions, he creates photographs that both fade and form over time. This work addresses our complex relationship with time, memory, and impermanence.
Steck has exhibited across twenty states and six countries. His most recent solo exhibition, A Silver Memory, which highlighted over ten years of his artistic practice, took place in 2024 at the Moreau Gallery at Saint Mary’s College in Notre Dame, IN. In the summer of 2025, he presented on his project, Beneath the Layers, as part of the Metamorphosis of Time conference at the University of Gdansk in Poland. Steck has been included in over fifty publications, including a feature in Art21 Magazine as part of an article on the ephemeral nature of art. He is also a member of the International Society for the Study of Time.
Steck is a first-generation graduate who received his MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute and his BFA from the Massachusetts College of Art & Design. He has been an educator for ten years and is currently the Photography Coordinator and Senior Lecturer for the Center of Visual Arts at Johns Hopkins University.
Steck’s work can be viewed on his website at www.johnsteckjr.com
