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John
Pietrowski, Director of Arts & Events | Caroline Romanelli,
Coordinator of Arts & Events
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Don't Close Your Eyes: Ukrainian Artists Respond to the
War
The only exhibit in the United States featuring wartime
artists from Ukraine.
Now through April 2
Gallery Hours Posted | Additional
Programs include new Ukrainian Poetry in Translation | Two Evenings of
Films on Ukraine from the Thomas Edison Film Festival and The Film
Society of Summit | A Music/Dance Concert with Ukrainian Artists:
Pianist Larysa Maliutina and Dancer Oksana Horban
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Don't Close
Your Eyes: Ukrainian Artists Respond to the War
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Come see
what the Madison
Eagle has called "an arresting new art
show."
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Curated by
Ukrainian artist Halyna Andrusenko and two Ukrainian-American
artists Hanna Melnyczuk and Olha Powzaniuk, this exhibit features
works created after the Russian invasion by artists living in
Ukraine.
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At Left: Diary 10-03-22 by Ksenia
Datsiuk
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Thomas Edison Film Festival | Films
on Ukraine | "City of Ghosts" & "Khuylo - War in
Ukraine" | Friday, March 24, 2023 | 7:30 pm
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As part of
the Madison Community Arts Center's programming around the
month-long exhibit Don't Close Your Eyes: Ukrainian
Artists Respond to the War, running from March 1 through April 2,
MCAC is partnering with the Thomas Edison Film Festival to present
two films (ticket info below): City of Ghosts – City of Ghosts
– Narrative - 15 min. by Christian Elliot and Elle …
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Poetry of Witness: Translations of
New Poetry from Writers in Ukraine | Yana Kane Wednesday, March 29, 2023 | 7:30 pm
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Yana Kane
was born in Russia and emigrated to the United States when she was
16. A published poet herself, in 2021 she began to translate the
Russian-speaking Ukrainian citizens' "Poetry of Witness"
to the aggression that ultimately manifested itself in the 2022
Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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A resident
of Madison, over the past year she has been reading her
translations at the monthly Platform Open Mics presented by Arts by
the People at the Madison Community Arts Center.
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Film Society of Summit | Julia Blue |
Films on Ukraine Saturday, April 1 | 8:00 pm
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Julia, a
bright university student, is preparing for a life abroad when an
unexpected romance sparks between her and English, a damaged
soldier returning from the war zone in eastern Ukraine. From
metropolitan Kyiv to a remote Carpathian village, Julia and English
must decide if they are ready to build a future together in a
homeland that is slowly being torn apart.
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Director
Roxy Toporowych about Julia Blue: “It is my love letter to Ukraine,
a witness to my time abroad and to the youth growing up and
claiming their identity in a country at war.”
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Don't Close Your Eyes: A Farwell
Celebration Concert with Larysa Maliutina & Oksana Horban Sunday, April 2, 2023 | 4:00 PM
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Join us on
April 2 to celebrate and bid farewell to the Don't Close Your Eyes:
Ukrainian Artists Respond to the War exhibit with two very special
artists from Ukraine: pianist Larysa Maliutina and dancer Oksana
Horban. Each will perform solo pieces then collaborate on a final
improvisatory dance piece. Larysa Maliutina was born into a musical
family in Donetsk, …
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Getting Here & Contacting Us
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10 Kings
Road, Madison NJ 07940, directly across from the railroad tracks.
Parking located on the street in front of the building. MCAC is an
hour from NYC either by car or by train on the NJ Transit Morris
& Essex Line, and a five-minute walk from the Madison Train
Station. Entrance is pictured here. Directions to the Madison
Community Arts Center Physical …
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