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Valeriy Semenko was born in the picturesque part of Western Ukraine, Bukovyna. Valeriy began his art education from the School of Fine Art in his hometown of Chernivtsi, Ukraine. Years later he graduated from Ivan Fedorov Academy of Publishing, Faculty of Graphic Arts. He worked as an Art Director at the Leo Tolstoy Publishing Amalgamation […]

Terry, currently residing in Langley, BC, is a prominent and wellrecognized Canadian artist in the field of illustration through the world of fine arts, fashion, and costume. Through her Ukrainian heritage, Terry has found a passion inspired by blending experiences as an illustrator and a dancer to document the expressive spirit of the Ukrainian dance […]

Born in Lutsk, Ukraine and raised in Sydney, Australia, Sophia settled in Edmonton in 1976. Sophia is a landscape artist, who first studied to become a nurse. While pursuing a career in nursing she attended the Sydney Technical College in Australia to study Composition and Design. Other art related studies were conducted at the Edmonton […]

Raphael has created arrangements of Ukrainian Christmas carols in four-part harmony for choirs of mixed voices: soprano, alto, tenor, and bass. The carols are harmonized in accordance with the practices of traditional, classical harmony and are printed in the style and form used by the publishers of church hymns. Thirty-one of the more familiar carols […]

Ever since I began to paint, I have really enjoyed painting our romantic Alberta skycaps, attempting to capture the vastness of the landscapes in a fleeting moment of spectacular atmospheric condition. I love to try and capture the radiance and mystery of the sky, most often fitting the shapes and oculars f the foreground in […]

Tanya is a Graphic Communications Specialist living in Toronto, Canada. A graduate of the School of Graphic Communications Management (BTech) at Ryerson University, Tanya has more than 15 years of professional experience in the pre-press, print, design and marketing industries. Now a work-at-home mom to the two most darling boys you will ever meet, she […]

In 1948 to 1950, the federal government, the provincial government and the sugar beet industry worked together to bring to Canada families displaced by WWII to tend sugar beets in Alberta. It is the only instance that we know of where the Canadian government paid for the passage of whole families from DP Camps in […]

Olga Lepska is a young artist from the charming city of Lviv, Ukraine. She graduated from the Lviv Netional Academy of Arts from the faculty of Decorative and Applied Arts, specializing in the art of textile printing. The magic of colours strongly intermingles with the artist’s thoughts, and has been a crucial point in understanding […]