Maria Vyshnevska

It will be reminded that the holiday was founded by the students of Yurii Fedkovych National University in Chernivtsi. In 2006 the youth was trying to bring the embroidered shirt back to the everyday lives of present-day Ukrainians – as a talisman, a symbol, and inseparable part of the...

The Mykolaichuk anniversary preparation organizing committee held a meeting recently. Thematic conferences, sessions, roundtables, and other events dedicated to the 75th birth anniversary of the legendary actor are scheduled to be held in June. The committee also plans to restore a number of...

This year, Malanka Fest will be held for the fifth time (the colorful and exotic celebration is one of the biggest events in western Ukraine). The forum gathers true fans of folk art from all over the country, as well as foreign guests. The purpose of the festival is to revive and preserve the...

The exhibit “Gathered red clover, red rue…” (“Volodymyr Ivasiuk in pictorial art”) opened in Volodymyr Ivasiuk Memorial Museum. It displays over 20 portraits of Volodymyr Ivasiuk. These are works by famous artists Artem Prysiazhniuk and Orest Kryvoruchko. The...

The presentation event on the Ukrainian superheroes book was hosted by the Bukrek Publishing House and by the original author, Bukovynian writer Lesia Voroniuk-Voloshyna. The illustrations were created by Sofia Rozumenko. Children and parents, who visited the presentation, interestedly reviewed the...

Traditionally, Bukovynians will honor the memory of their prominent countryman Ivan Mykolaichuk this June. He would have turned 74 on June 15...Kitsman raion will hold ethnic culture festival “At Ivan’s Table” once again. This year’s program will feature amateur and folk...

The artist was born and grew up in Zastavnia. He obtained education in Chernivtsi, where in 1877-84 he studied at a local orthodox higher real school, where painting was taught by an outstanding Bukovyna ar­tist, a recognized master of portrait Yustym Pihuliak. Namely he fostered in Mykola...

The organizing committee has formally addressed President Petro Poroshenko in order to ask him to sign a decree on the annual celebration of Vyshyvanka Day in Ukraine on the third Thursday of May.“Vyshyvanka Day is a flashmob-holiday, which aims to preserve the ancient traditions of making...

The Bukovyna Regional Art Museum has for the first time not only let the general public see the traditional folk costume, but also focused on its indispensable attributes, such as woven waistbands, horbotka (women’s below-the-waist clothes), taistra (woven bags), and leather items –...

Chernivtsi became the fourth Ukrainian city to host “Human Factor. Last Edition,” an exhibition consisting of 174 pictures by 41 photographers. These shots capture virtually every major Euromaidan event – from peaceful demonstrations to bloody clashes – and for the most part...