Ode to a Butterfly

Together with the World Federation of Ukrainian Women’s Organizations and the Permanent Mission of Ukraine to the UN, the UIA is hosting a celebration of the life of world-renowned opera star Solomea Krushelnytska.

PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS

Author/great grand-nephew of Solomea Krushelnytska, Andrij Semotiuk

Filmmaker and daughter of Mr. Semotiuk, Natalie Semotiuk

Pianist Pavlo Gintov

International opera diva Sofia Soloviy

Purchase Tickets: HERE

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A Group Exhibition Celebrating the Life of Solomea Krushelnytska (on view to February 19, 2023)

In partial celebration of the 150th anniversary of the birth of Ukrainian soprano Solomea Krushelnytska, the World Federation of Ukrainian Women’s Organizations (WFUWO), the Permanent Mission of Ukraine to the United Nations and the Ukrainian Institute of America put out an open call for visual artists to submit works inspired by the colorful life of the opera singer for an exhibition to be held at the Ukrainian Institute of America in New York.

Curated by Andrew Horodysky and Rymma Mylenkova, PhD, Ode to a Butterfly brings together 20 selected artists working in a wide range of media — painting, sculpture, photography, assemblage, collage, and fiber — who are each unique in style yet collectively bold in the quest to reimagine notions of the muse, reinventing popular motifs and metaphors, among them portraiture, nature, music, and still-life. A number of artists form literal connections to Solomea Krushelnytska’s image, while others connect their unique pasts with their cultural experiences of the present to create works that are rich in archetypal and spiritual storytelling.

Exhibiting artists:

Erik Airpatian
Armine Bozhko
Daria Dorosh
Anya Farion
Katerina Ganchak
Alla Guzhva
Kathie Halfin
Maya Hayuk
Anastasiia Kovalova
Katrina Majkut
Rymma Mylenkova
Yevgenia Nayberg
Ola Rondiak
Christina Saj
Ulana Salewycz
Ilona Sochynsky
Serhiy Stepanov
Misha Tyutyunik
Lesia Verba
Yulia Yasenetska