KORINNYA: Elise Futoransky & Taras Lachowsky

MAR 04, 2022 to MAR 04, 2022

ART OPENING & UKRAINIAN COMMUNITY OUTREACH EVENT
Friday March 4, 2022
6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at ACUA Gallery

• Opportunity for community to gather, touch base, and support one another. Food and beverages provided.
• Collecting monetary donations for humanitarian aid in Ukraine.
• Proceeds from art sales going to aid Ukraine.
• Community speakers & group prayer.

Exhibition on view March 4 – March 25, 2022 during regular gallery hours (below).

Viewing Hours:
Tue-Thu 10am-4pm
Friday 2pm-7pm
Saturday 11am-3pm

ELISE FUTORANSKY is an artist living and practicing in Edmonton, Alberta. Her work is sourced primarily in printmaking and painting, and she draws on her Eastern European background for inspiration. Her practice often references folk practices and the narrow delineation between art and craft, as well as utilising religious elements as visual shorthand. The tension between tradition and the contemporary is highly of interest to Elise, and as such her work is not only a celebration of her heritage but also an investigation of how culture is filtered through the passage of time and distance.

See more work and follow Elise: @baba_yaga_art on Instagram

TARAS LACHOWSKY is a Ukrainian-Canadian artist living, working, and creating in Guelph, Ontario. His current body of work is an extension of the examinations begun with the Vytynanka (Ukrainian paper cut-outs) study. It continues the narrative revolving around the post colonial discussions of belonging and acknowledgement. He is inspired by Vytynanka ideas and techniques, the symbolism of Vyshyvanky (Ukrainian embroideries,) and Pysanky (Ukrainian Easter egg,) pattern, design, and colours. Taras hopes to introduce and familiarize people with the words of Ukraine and make them a part of the Canadian lexicon. As a “vintage ethnic,” his voice wanders between where he came from and where he fits in currently, but is always trying to communicate and understand. For Taras, folklore and ethnic modernity are two great wells of information and inspiration.

See more work and follow Taras: @theukrainianpagan on Instagram

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9534 87 Street
Edmonton