A closing reception for the show “Berehynia: Women Keepers of the Flame: Recent Works by Two Ukrainian Artists” will be held on Wednesday, March 27, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the atrium at Gallery 3 of the Fine Arts Building on the Pullman campus. Refreshments will be served. The public is invited.
Recent works by two Pullman-area Ukrainian refugee artists, Olga Hrytsiuk and Ivanka Petrukha, are featured in the show.
“Traditional Ukrainian motifs that are emblematic of Ukrainian folk art form the basis of our multi-media works. These motifs are part of the cultural heritage, the DNA, of Ukraine. And in this show, we interpret those motifs through our own prism of seeing the world. With our exhibition we want to introduce people to a small part of Ukrainian culture,” says Ivanka Petrukha, a refugee artist from Lutsk, Ukraine.
Olga Hrytsiuk, a refugee artist and art therapist from the Ole-Art studio in Lutsk, adds, “Now millions of Ukrainians have dispersed over the world and they do not know when they will return home, or if they will be able to return home at all. Each of those who left their home carries their own culture and all Ukrainian women, whether in the diaspora or in Ukraine, are Berehynia — those who maintain and protect Ukrainian traditions and culture. We explore this concept through this show, ‘Berehynia: Women Keepers of the Flame: Recent Works by Two Ukrainian Artists.'”
