Great Petrykivka painting exposition to open on Kyiv
‘Petrykivka Rushkyk’ project mission is to show new sacral and philosophical side of traditional paintings in the context of modern traditional culture.
For ages rushnyk has been the main symbol of Slavic attributes and Ukrainian culture. Rushnyk follows a person during all his life, brings kindness, prosperity, health and protect from troubles.
The project will showcase drawings on paper, rushnyks and shawls with petrykivka ornaments; paintings on textile, wooden plates, furniture, chests, porcelain and clothes decorated by petrykivka ornaments; photos of Petrykivka village and an installation made of 7000 bullet cases ‘Mamai Is Ukrainian Buddha’.
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http://ukrainegoodnews.com/great_petrykivka_painting_exposition_to_open_in_kyiv.html
2016 is the year of Manitoba’s Ukrainian Canadian cultural heritage
The Canadian province of Manitoba proclaimed 2016 as the Year of Ukrainian Canadian Cultural Heritage. It was declared by the province Prime Minister Greg Selinger.
‘Considering a significant contribution of Ukrainians into the development of Canada and Manitoba, and a large Ukrainian community living in the province, Manitoba proclaims 2016 as the Year of Ukrainian Canadian Cultural Heritage’, the head of province government said.
The ceremony of proclamation was attended by the Ambassador of Ukraine to Canada Andrii Shevchenko.
http://ukrainegoodnews.com/2016_is_the_year_of_manitobas_ukrainian_canadian_cultural_heritage.html
His paintings decorated John Kennedy’s office
A big exhibition of printmaker Jacques Hnizdovsky opened in New York. The exposition is dedicated to the 40th anniversary of the Ukrainian Museum.
The exposition includes more than 100 works: paintings, block printing, lino print, ceramic, drawings and etc.
Jacques Hnizdovsky was awarded numerous prestigious prizes including Ossabaw Foundation scholarship. The artist used oil paints and temperas for his art, he graved on wooden and metal plates, sometimes made small-scale sculptures. His heritage consists of hundreds of paintings, more than 300 printings (block printing, lino printing and calligraphic etching). In due time his paintings Winter Landscape and Sunflower were hanging at John Kennedy’s office.
The exhibition runs until August,7.
http://ukrainegoodnews.com/his_paintings_decorated_john_kennedys_office.html
He moved from USA to Ukraine and teaches to make kobza and bandura
41-y.o. Ukrainian composer, producer, inventor of unique musical instruments, cultural activist, teacher and sound director Yurii Fedynskyi was born and grew up in USA. Once in US among his mom’s records he found a record of bandura band of pre-war period. At that moment Yurii found his vocation, ‘but bandura and kobza don’t sing in the foreign land, they cry’.
‘Ukraine is a third-world country, contaminated by Chernobyl, the land of Communism. I heard it many times since childhood in USA. Though I had another opinion. This was the culture of my ancestors. My grandparents told me about blooming cherry trees, cuckoo singing, kind and sincere people, Ukrainian songs and vyshyvanka. Before coming I knew I would see both black and white. And it is really like this. This is my land, and I would not move from here’, Yurii remembers.
Having received his first degree in USA from Henry Doskey (classical piano) Yurii came to Ukraine to get his second degree.
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http://ukrainegoodnews.com/he_moved_from_usa_to_ukraine_and_teaches_to_make_kobza_for_free.html
Ukrainian milk export to the Maldives and Saudi Arabia
‘Lactalis Ukraine’ company started exporting its dairy products to the Maldives and Saudi Arabia.However so far, the deliveries are not regular because the company intends to learn market demand.
‘At present time the company regularly exports the products to the Caucasus, Moldova and the UAE’, Volodymyr Martynchuk, the company representative, says.
In 1996 the French group ‘Lactalis’ became the first company to invest in the dairy industry of Ukraine, a joint French-Ukrainian enterprise producing butter and casein opened in Mykolaiv. In 2007 ‘Lactalis’ bought ‘Molochnyi Dim’ factory in Pavlohrad, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (the enterprise is among Ukrainian leaders on chocolate-glazed cream cheese and UHT-milk production).
‘Lactalis Ukraine’ enters TOP-10 Ukrainian companies that is allowed to export dairy products to the EU.
http://ukrainegoodnews.com/ukrainian_milk_export_to_the_maldives_and_in_saudi_arabia.htm
