It is celebrated on the third Thursday of May. The Ukrainian traditional embroidered shirt is not just a beautiful garment, but a genetic code of the nation. Check out this interactive map of Ukrainian embroidered shirts throughout different regions of Ukraine and fee free to share your vyshyvanka with on our social media.
If you are longing for outdoor activities, try going for a virtual walk through Ukrainian open-air museums. This website was created by the Ukrainian Ministry of Culture in cooperation with Google, and features seven open-air museums in different parts of
Today, we commemorate 76 years since the May 18, 1944 mass deportation of the Crimean Tatars from their homeland on the Crimean peninsula of Ukraine. The Crimean Tatars’ ongoing struggle as victims of the Soviet ethnic cleansing under Stalin has
Zhanna Kadyrova: The Market A special installation direct from the 2020 Armory Show, by 2018 PULSE PRIZE winner and 58th Venice Biennale representative from Ukraine, lands on New York’s Museum Mile. Art at the Institute is pleased to present Zhanna
The Ukrainian Institute of America wishes Mr. Marchuk a very Happy Birthday and continued health, happiness and success in the coming year.
Revisit this group exhibition that was on display in our gallery in the summer of 2014. This dynamic selection of paintings featured works by Vasyl Bazhaj, Ilona Sochynsky, Temo Svirely, Max Vityk and Mykola Zhuravel.
“Julia Blue” was shot entirely in Ukraine and beautifully depicts the country and her people in the post-Maidan era. It is the first American independent narrative feature film to be entirely shot with all Ukrainian cast and crew.
Julia, a photojournalism student living in war-torn Ukraine, finds her path towards independence and a brighter future challenged after meeting and falling for English, a young soldier fresh from the war zone.
Donations made throughout the month of May will be matched by the #Nonprofit Matching-Fund Initiative by the Nonprofit Hub, Do More Good, and Firespring.
While our gallery is closed, we invite you to revisit our past exhibition of mixed media works by American-born Ola Rondiak, titled ‘Identity, Interrupted’, in which the artist uses traditional cut-and-paste collage and painting techniques to touch on influences ranging from personal history, womanhood, ethnic and national identity, politics, to street art.
Casi Desnudo (“Almost Naked”), the film about the Ukrainian-American avant-garde writer Yuriy Tarnawsky by Oleksandr Fraze-Frazenko had its world premiere at the Ukrainian Institute of America on March 8, 2019. Yuriy Tarnawsky is a bilingual Ukrainian/English author of some three