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Ukrainian Independence Day Fundraiser to Aid Ukraine
Ukrainian Art Center and Ukrainian Culture Center Present: Art Exhibit & Silent Auction
We are excited to announce that our Easter weekend fundraising event LArtistsForUkraine was a great success! We collected over $27 thousand for humanitarian and medical assistance for the people of Ukraine. The Silent Auction collected - $17 thousand and Classical Music Concert - $10 thousand. We have received very many emergency relief requests and will fulfill as many as we are able with the collected funds.
An enormous thank you to Ukrainian Culture Center, artists – Victor Makohonenko, Dr. Maxim Kuzin, Myroslava Khomik, Lado V. Goudjabidze, Marlene Greenberg, Nik Le Skela, Yuriy Viktiuk, Juri Koll, Yulia Gasio, and a whole village of volunteers who made this fundraiser such a wonderful success – Victoria Kuzina, Asya Gorska, Iryna Vasylkova, Halyna Bond, Andrew Demus, Elizabeth Zaharkiv-Yemetz, Luda Wussek, Julia Michaels, Olga Starow, Debra Kaspersky, Yustyna Nickerson, Olena Kalish, Olena Baklar, Mariano Galante, and Laurie Dominic.
The creative talents of LArtistsForUkraine raised awareness about the Ukrainian classical and popular music on par with world class composers and brought outstanding fine art to the Ukrainian Culture Center.
LArtistsForUkraine plan more projects. Please stay tuned.
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Ukrainian Art Center and Iryna Vyshnevska present an exhibition of paintings on homespun kilims.
As a child, the artist IraVish (Iryna Vyshnevska) felt the magical influence of homespun kilims (tapestry). She grew up in the Gagauz culture, where kilims also possessed powerful symbolism. The Gagauz are Turkic-speaking people who practice Christianity and live in Bessarabia (Moldova and the southern Odesa region in Ukraine). It is one of the Ukrainian national minorities.
The systematic displacement and suppression of Gagauz culture, by historical and modern globalization processes, led IraVish to create a unique series of paintings on traditional kilims, designed to recreate the beauty of life and customs of this nation. The artist skillfully focuses the audience’s attention on cultural tradition as the main guaranty of the nation's existence.
What do we, Ukrainians, know about the life and traditions of national minorities, with whom we have coexisted for centuries? Are we fully aware of the crucial importance of the mission of preserving our own culture – the code of identification, which makes us a part of the complicated historical reality? Looking for answers to these questions in her art, IraVish encourages the viewer to think.
About the artist:
IraVish (Iryna Vyshnevska) lives in Odesa, Ukraine. At a young age, the artist was involved with journalism: she worked as a reporter, editor, and published five books. She got back to painting in adulthood.
IraVish is an active participant in collective art projects. In 2020 and 2021, the artist impressed the Odesa audience with two solo shows that made her a star of contemporary art in Ukraine.
The artist paints in the style of romantic primitivism. “In my new role, I remain a journalist, so each of my paintings is a story with a complex, confusing plot, which has a sequel,” she explains.
30th Anniversary of Ukraine's Independence
UAC REOPENED WITH THE CELEBRATION OF THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF UKRAINE'S INDEPENDENCE
Dear Members, Supporters and Friends,
I am sharing with you the prominent date and ensuing celebratory event of the 30th Anniversary of Ukraine's Independence.
After so many months of pandemic shutdown, Ukrainian Art Center officially reopened with a special art exhibition dedicated to the successful Independence Day concert, VIP reception and program organized by Ukrainian Culture Center of Los Angeles on August 22, 2021. UCC's beautiful auditorium was filled to capacity with guests who have endured this long period of inactivity and were ready to enjoy and participate in this joyful celebration.
Many VIP guests who were Counsels of their respective countries together with Ukraine's Cousel General from San Francisco Dmytro Kushneruk and a huge throng of local attendees enjoyed the concert program under the direction of our Cultural Directors Victoria Kuzina and Asya Gorsky including the energetic Kalyna Dancers, several nostalgic and delightful singers and other artists. The success of the program was received with unending applause. Comments from the VIP Counsels and their partners were extremely positive regarding the collection of traditional folk art as well as the fine art exhibited, all connected by Ukrainian themes but with different styles and periods of history. Not to mention the raves regarding the beautiful hall, saying that they do not have anything comparable.
Great appreciation to all organizers, artists, vendors and the tireless volunteers that made the celebration of this historic day a huge success!
Please check our website "ukrainianartcentersocal.org" or Facebook and Instagram for many more photos.
My best to everyone and sincere appreciation for your continued support.
Daria Chaikovsky
UAC President
