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Wednesday, March 15, 2023

New Art From Ukraine at the Madison Community Arts Center

 


John Pietrowski, Director of Arts & Events | Caroline Romanelli, Coordinator of Arts & Events


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

Gallery Showing

 

Don't Close Your Eyes: Ukrainian Artists Respond to the War

 

March 3- April 2

 

Gallery Hours and Information

 

Madison Eagle Article

 

Come see what the Madison Eagle has called "an arresting new art show."

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


Associated Events

Thomas Edison Film Festival | Films on Ukraine | "City of Ghosts" & "Khuylo - War in Ukraine" | Friday, March 24, 2023 | 7:30 pm

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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Thomas Edison Film Festival | Films on Ukraine | "City of Ghosts" & "Khuylo - War in Ukraine" | Friday March 24 2023 | 7:30 pm

Poetry of Witness: Translations of New Poetry from Writers in Ukraine | Yana Kane 

Wednesday, March 29, 2023 | 7:30 pm

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.

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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Poetry of Witness: Translations of New Poetry from Writers in Ukraine | Yana Kane | Wednesday March 29 2023 | 7:30 pm

Film Society of Summit | Julia Blue | Films on Ukraine 

Saturday, April 1 | 8:00 pm

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.

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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Film Society of Summit | Julia Blue | Films on Ukraine | Saturday April 1 | 8:00 pm

Don't Close Your Eyes: A Farwell Celebration Concert with Larysa Maliutina & Oksana Horban 

Sunday, April 2, 2023 | 4:00 PM

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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Don't Close Your Eyes: A Farwell Celebration Concert with Larysa Maliutina & Oksana Horban | Sunday April 2 2023 | 4:00 PM

Getting Here & Contacting Us

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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Getting Here & Contacting Us


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