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November 2009
In this issue
· A century of New York news photography
· Concert: "SongDance"
· Film screening: The Living (Zhyvi)
· UNWLA Branch 113 fund-raising gala
· 60th anniversary of Hirniak-Dobrovolska theater
· Christmas Bazaar
· Christmas-themed workshops
· Sponsorship opportunities for major exhibition
· Now showing …
· Thank you, Branch 86!
· Around the Museum
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A century of New York news photography
Thursday, November 5, 6:30 p.m.
In conjunction with its exhibition The Year in Pictures, which is being hosted this year by The Ukrainian Museum, the New York Press Photographers Association (NYPPA) is presenting a unique oral history of New York newspaper photography on Thursday evening, November 5. The event will feature renowned photographers and editors telling their stories (press photographers are great story-tellers!) and showing some of their extraordinary photographs. Among the participants:
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Hal Buell worked at the Associated Press (AP) for 40 years and was its Chief of Photo Operations for 25 years. During his tenure, AP photographers won 12 Pulitzer Prizes.
Richard Drew, a 1993 Pulitzer Prize winner, has been on the staff of AP since 1970. He was with Robert Kennedy when he was assassinated, photographing the aftermath. In 2001, he took the iconic 9/11 photograph of the "falling man" from the World Trade Center.
Dick Kraus was a Newsday staff photographer from 1960 to 2002. He covered President Kennedy's funeral and the inaugurations of Presidents Eisenhower, Reagan, and Clinton.
Marty Lederhandler worked for AP from 1935 to 2001, capturing numerous famous figures and historic events. He welcomed D-Day with Ernest Hemingway and Ernie Pyle and charmed his way into going on Nelson Rockefeller's honeymoon! On 9/11/2001, he took the seminal image of the burning World Trade Center from the Rainbow Room at Rockefeller Center.
Morris Warman was with the New York Herald Tribune from 1941 until it closed in 1966. He specialized in dramatic portraits of such iconic figures as Winston Churchill, Edith Piaf, and Arthur Miller.
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Admission to this event is a $5 donation. Tickets may be reserved by contacting NYPPA (rsvp@nyppa.org or 212.889.6633) or Susan Grayson (516.509.1269 or 646.912.6124).
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Please note that seating at all Museum events is limited; it is therefore recommended that tickets be reserved in advance. Tickets for Museum events include same-day admission to the galleries.
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Concert: "SongDance"
Friday, November 13, 7 p.m.
Don't miss this second of two concerts in the series "Fine Art / Folk Art: Two Counterpoints," a program of new works, drawing on deep folkloric sources, developed in conjunction with the Museum's exhibition Fine Art / Folk Art: A Dialogue. "SongDance" will feature bandurist/singer/arranger Lilia Pavlovska; dancer/choreographer Katja Kolcio; violist Ron Lawrence; special guests Nadia Tarnawsky (voice), Nicole Stanton (dance), and Brandon Vance (fiddle); and the Radio Banduristan Song and Dance Ensemble. Bandurist Julian Kytasty will host the event.
"SongDance" is presented by the Ukrainian Wave Community Cultural Initiative of the Center for Traditional Music and Dance and the New York Bandura Ensemble/Bandura Downtown.
To reserve your concert tickets ($15; $10 for members and seniors; $5 for students), which include a reception following the event, please contact the Museum at 212.228.0110 or info@ukrainianmuseum.org.
Film screening: The Living (Zhyvi)
Saturday, November 14, 6:30 p.m.
American Museum of Natural History
The Ukrainian Museum is proud to co-present this U.S. premiere of The Living (Zhyvi) at the American Museum of Natural History's Kaufmann Theater as part of the 33rd annual Margaret Mead Film & Video Festival.
The Living (Zhyvi) (2008, 75 minutes) is director Sergiy Bukovsky's tribute to the children who survived the horrors of the Holodomor, Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin's attempted genocide, through starvation, of the Ukrainian people in 1932-1933. British journalist Gareth Jones was one of the few outsiders who were able to travel behind the Iron Curtain and witness the atrocity, which he documented in his personal diaries. The film shares these shocking first-hand accounts and juxtaposes Soviet propaganda of the time – showing happy, productive peasants – against snippets of testimony of Holodomor survivors. The scattered remembrances of these witnesses – who had been children at the time of the Holodomor – slowly fit together to complete a horrific picture of an atrocity that claimed the lives of 25,000 Ukrainians each day but remained hidden by Soviet authorities for decades and is still largely unknown.
Director Sergiy Bukovsky will be present for the screening.
Tickets for this event must be purchased from the American Museum of Natural History, either on-site during Museum hours, by phone (212.769.5200), or online (www.amnh.org/mead). To receive the special Member price of $10, please mention The Ukrainian Museum.
The American Museum of Natural History is at Central Park West and 79th Street. For the film screening, please enter at the 77th Street entrance, between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue.
UNWLA Branch 113 fund-raising gala
Saturday, November 21, 7 p.m.
Ukrainian Institute of America
Illustration courtesy Gogo Slupchinsky
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In celebration of its 25th anniversary, Branch 113 of the Ukrainian National Women's League of America is holding a fall fund-raising gala at the Ukrainian Institute of America to benefit The Ukrainian Museum's upcoming exhibition Ukraine-Sweden: At the Crossroads of History (17th-18th Centuries). Enjoy dining, dancing to the music of the very popular Slavko and Olya ensemble, and the inimitable Ihor Chuma as master of ceremonies.
Tickets for this event ($75 per person) must be reserved by November 7 by contacting Luba Firchuk at 212.460.8615 or 718.721.5675. The Ukrainian Institute of America is located at 2 East 79th Street, at the corner of Fifth Avenue.
60th anniversary of Hirniak-Dobrovolska theater
Sunday, November 22, 2 p.m.
Together with the Shevchenko Scientific Society, the Museum is hosting an evening commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Theater-Studio of Joseph Hirniak and Olimpia Dobrovolska. The event, on Sunday, November 22, at 2 p.m., will include a presentation/lecture by Dr. Larissa Onyshkevych, a history of the Theater-Studio in pictures, the recorded voices of Joseph Hirniak and Olimpia Dobrovolska, and reminiscences by actors of the Theater-Studio.
To reserve your tickets for this event ($15; $10 for members and seniors; $5 for students), please contact the Museum at 212.228.0110 or info@ukrainianmuseum.org.
Photo: Hirniak and Dobrovolska in a scene from Molière's Tartuffe
© The Ukrainian Museum Archives
Mark your calendars: Christmas Bazaar
Saturday, December 12, and Sunday, December 13
Be sure to circle Saturday, December 12, and Sunday, December 13, on your calendar; those are the dates of the Museum's traditional Christmas Bazaar. Whether you're looking for a special gift or a tasty treat, or just browsing, the Christmas Bazaar is the place to be. It will feature folk art items, Christmas ornaments, books, artworks, delicious home-baked goods, and much more. Don't miss it!
With Christmas around the corner …
It's time to sign up for our special Christmas-themed workshops:
Traditional Ukrainian Christmas Tree Ornaments
December 5, 6, 13, 2:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Using beads, walnut shells, colored ribbons, and paper, create traditional Christmas tree ornaments such as spiders, cradles, stars, mobiles, and garlands. A great outing for the entire family!
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Ukrainian Christmas Traditions
Saturday, December 12, 10 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Bake traditional Ukrainian Christmas breads and learn about the customs, traditions, and rituals practiced during this joyous holiday.
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For more information or to sign up for a workshop, download our Folk Art Courses and Workshops brochure, or contact the Museum at 212.228.0110 or info@ukrainianmuseum.org.
Sponsorship opportunities for major exhibition
In March 2010, The Ukrainian Museum plans to mount an important exhibition – Ukraine‒Sweden: At the
Crossroads of History (17th-18th Centuries). The exhibition was shown to
widespread acclaim in 2008-2009 at the National Museum of Ukrainian
History in Kyiv to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the
Swedish-Ukrainian alliance, the Battle of Poltava, and the death of Hetman
Ivan Mazepa. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden attended the opening of the
exhibition in Kyiv.
Ukraine-Sweden: At the Crossroads of History includes more than 100
priceless historical artifacts from Ukraine and Sweden, Ukraine's ally in
the Battle of Poltava, one of the most critical events in Ukraine's
history. The exhibition promises to be a poignant reminder of an event
that, to this day, continues to irk Russia. It will also demonstrate to
the American public and to younger Ukrainian Americans that the battle to
preserve Ukraine's independence was already being fought, by Hetman Mazepa
and his Cossacks, 300 years ago.
A number of sponsorship opportunities are still available for this
important exhibition. Among the benefits of sponsorship are recognition at
the exhibition entrance, in the invitation to the exhibition opening, in
the brochure, on the Museum's website, and in e-news (circ. 4,000+).
Sponsors will also be invited to the opening reception and will
receive a complimentary copy of the full-color exhibition catalogue. For
more detailed information, or to become an exhibition sponsor, please
download the sponsorship brochure or contact the Museum's administrative
director, Daria Bajko, at 212.228.0110 or info@ukrainianmuseum.org. All
donations are tax-deductible and may be billed to your Visa or Mastercard.
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Thank you, Branch 86!
High fashion, a tasty lunch, and a great cause went hand-in-hand on Sunday afternoon, October 25, as Branch 86 (Newark) of the Ukrainian National Women's League of America hosted a luncheon and fashion show at the Ukrainian American Cultural Center in Whippany to benefit the Museum. The event attracted 100 fashionistas and generated $1,000 in proceeds, for which the Museum is exceedingly grateful.
Around the Museum
Film screening: The English Surgeon
Despite the cold, the rain, and the wind, almost 80 people turned out on October 15 to watch The English Surgeon and, more importantly, to meet Dr. Henry Marsh, the subject of the film. A prominent British neurosurgeon, Dr. Marsh has been traveling to Ukraine for 15 years to work with his colleague Dr. Igor Kurilets, both men determined to save the lives of patients previously given little hope of survival. Dr. Marsh took part in a spirited question-and-answer session following the film and – despite having to travel to Washington, D.C., for a conference the following morning – graciously stayed well into the night, continuing numerous conversations during the post-screening reception. Among the participants was a group of 25 students from the New York University School of Medicine, keen to find out more about Dr. Marsh's experiences.
The English Surgeon DVD may be purchased in person or online at the Museum gift shop (www.ukrainianmuseum.org/shop).
Book launch: Scratches on a Prison Wall
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Emotions were heightened at the Museum again two days later when Christine Prokop launched her English translation of Scratches on a Prison Wall: A Wartime Memoir by her mother, Luba Komar. Well over 100 people attended the event, which was organized by Luba Komar's other daughter, Lida Prokop, and family members. The Museum co-sponsored the evening with the Shevchenko Scientific Society and the Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in the U.S. After Professor Alexander Motyl set the stage with a brief history of Ukrainian resistance movements, particularly the role of women in the fight for Ukraine's freedom, Christine Prokop read excerpts from the book. Her readings were interspersed with video clips of an interview given by her late mother and numerous historical photographs illustrating the harrowing events that Luba Komar experienced and later recorded: her arrest, interrogation by the dreaded NKVD (the precursor to the KGB), trial, sentencing, imprisonment, commutation of her death sentence to exile in Siberia, and much more.
Scratches on a Prison Wall may be purchased in person or online at the Museum gift shop (www.ukrainianmuseum.org/shop).
Concert: "StringText"
"StringText," the first of two concerts in the "Fine Art / Folk Art: Two Counterpoints" series developed in conjunction with the exhibition Fine Art / Folk Art: A Dialogue, took place October 23. A presentation of the Center for Traditional Music and Dance's Ukrainian Wave Community Cultural Initiative and the New York Bandura Ensemble/Bandura Downtown, "StringText" featured bandurist/composer Mike Andrec, poet Bob Holman, violist Ron Lawrence, and the Radio Banduristan Song and Dance Ensemble. The concert series is hosted by bandurist Julian Kytasty.
Header image: Woman's Shirt (detail). Bukovyna region, Chernivtsi oblast', southwestern Ukraine, early 20th century. The sleeves are decorated with rich polychrome embroidery using cotton, wool, and metallic threads.
© The Ukrainian Museum collection
All photos © The Ukrainian Museum
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The Ukrainian Museum's film series and traditional arts programs are funded in part by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
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The Ukrainian Museum's traditional arts programs are funded in part by the New York State Council on the Arts
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