aaus-list @ ukrainianstudies.org -- [aaus-list] [e-news] This weekend: "Modernism in Kyiv" book launch

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The Ukrainian Museum
222 East 6th Street
New York,
NY 10003
212-228-0110
www.ukrainianmuseum.org

Modernism in Kyiv: Jubilant Experimentation
Friday, November 12,
7:30 p.m.

While the study of modernism has focused largely on Western
cultural centers (Paris, Vienna, London, New York), Modernism in Kyiv,
which will be launched at the Museum on Friday evening, November 12,
demonstrates that the Ukrainian capital was also a major center of
performing and visual arts, and of literary and cultural activity. This
extravagantly illustrated publication – the first book-length
examination of the subject – restores Kyiv to its historical,
intellectual, and artistic complexity and is expected to become a standard
volume in the field. It includes excerpts from the works of artists,
writers, and critics, as well as more than 300 illustrations, all of which
help give life to the exciting creativity of the period.

Several of the book's contributors will be on hand for the book signing,
including its editors, Irena R. Makaryk, professor in the Department of
English at the University of Ottawa, who will speak to the main theme, and
Virlana Tkacz, artistic director of the Yara Arts Group in New York, who
will describe the making of the book. Among the authors of Modernism in
Kyiv, Mayhill C. Fowler of Princeton University will address the theatre,
Maria Ratanova of Harvard University will discuss dance, Myroslava Mudrak
of Ohio State University will speak on art, and Gennady Estraikh of New
York University will explore the Yiddish Kultur-Lige.

Purchase
your copy online now; books will also be available for sale at the Museum
during the launch. A reception will follow the book presentation and
signing.

Tickets: $15; $10 members and seniors; $5 students

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More about
Museum events in November e-news:
http://www.ukrainianmuseum.org/enews/2010/1011/
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LOOKING AHEAD...

Sunday, November 21, 11:30 a.m. – 1:30
p.m.
Family workshop: WOODCUTS
Be inspired by the
artistic style and animal prints of Ukrainian-American artist Jacques
Hnizdovsky and create different types of prints, using a variety of
materials and techniques, to design cards, books, and original artwork.
Workshop fees, which include all materials, are $5 per family member or
$3 per Museum member. To register, please call 212.228.0110 or e-mail
edu@ukrainianmuseum.org.
http://www.ukrainianmuseum.org/edubrochure.pdf

Sunday, December 5
The new exhibition
Invitation to a Wedding: Ukrainian Wedding Textiles and
Traditions opens to the public (Museum member preview December 4)

Saturday, December 11, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
Register for the Ukrainian Christmas Traditions
workshop for hands-on baking of traditional breads and much more.
Print the registration form and mail it in with your payment:
http://www.ukrainianmuseum.org/workshopbrochure.pdf

Saturday, December 11, 7 p.m.
Christmas concert
performers from Ukraine. Detailed information about the concert will be
posted on the Museum's website and in the December edition of
e-news.

Saturday and Sunday, December 11 and
12, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
Don't miss the Christmas
Bazaar: folk art items, ornaments, books, works of art,
hand-crafted items, home-baked goods -- gifts for everybody!

Sunday, December 12, 2 p.m.
Folk art master Yuriy
Melnychuk, Deputy Director of the National Ukrainian Center of Folk Art at
the Ivan Honchar Museum (Kyiv, Ukraine), will give a presentation in
conjunction with the exhibition Invitation to a Wedding on the
making of wedding wreaths and tying of peremitky (head wraps).
Look for the December edition of e-news for more information
about this special event.

Saturday, December 18, 11
a.m.-1 p.m. or 2-4 p.m.
Sunday, December 19, 2-4 p.m.
Register for the Ukrainian Christmas Christmas Tree Ornaments
workshop. Make spiders, cradles, stars, garlands for your
Christmas tree. Print the registration form and mail it in with your
payment:
http://www.ukrainianmuseum.org/workshopbrochure.pdf

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Ukrainian Museum
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New York, NY 10003
212-228-0110
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