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Posts tagged as “Ukraine”

Conserving Ukraine’s Cultural Heritage

Recently, two conservators, Olha Yarema Wynar of the Metropolitan Museum Textile Conservation Department and Yuri Yanchyshyn of Period Furniture Conservation visited Ukraine on a Fulbright, introducing textile and wooden objects conservation approaches and techniques at various Ukrainian institutions. This presentation will focus on their experiences, while highlighting the little known art of Ukraine, and outline perspectives for preserving it for…

Film Screening & Discussion. The Leading Role (U.S. Premier)

Please join the Ukrainian Film Club at Columbia University for the New York premier of The Leading Role (2016) directed by Serhiy Bukovsky. Professor Yuri Shevchuk will introduce the film and mediate the discussion. Russian language with English subtitles. In his latest feature documentary, Serhiy Bukovsky, paragon of Ukrainian documentary filmmaking, pays tribute to his mother and actress Nina Antonova. A natural…

Stories of Maidan

It’s been 5 years… Join us for “Stories of Maidan” RAZOM and the Ukrainian Institute of America are organizing a night to mark the 5th years since the beginning of Maidan revolution in Ukraine. We invite you to listen and share “Stories of Maidan” on Friday, December 7th, at 6:30 pm at the Ukrainian Institute of America. Join us for…

Easy

N.I.C.E. Closing Night New Italian Cinema Events (N.I.C.E.) Film Festival celebrates its 28th edition in the United States. Easy (Italy/Ukraine, 2017, 91 min.) Directed by Andrea Magnani Screening to be followed by Q&A with Andrea Magnani in conversation with Stefano Albertini, NYU. Isidoro, known to all as Easy is lonely and depressed. His career as a young go-cart driver was…