Ukrainian Embroidery in Canada – A Historic Perspective & Traditional Embroidery in Modern Ukrainian Fashion: Post-Maidan Reflections

APR 10, 2021 to APR 10, 2021

12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Online Lecture

Cost: $10

Ukrainian Embroidery in Canada – A Historic Perspective

Feeling beautiful, wanting to belong, and preservation of a culture – these are the three major motivating factors that perpetuated Ukrainian needlework in Canada. Who were the women that made it happen and what about the artists?

Presenter: Larisa Sembaliuk Cheladyn, artist, folklorist, and researcher at the Kule Folklore Centre, University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta

Traditional Embroidery in Modern Ukrainian Fashion: Post-Maiden Reflections

Learn about how Ukrainian embroidery became a political statement in modern Ukraine.

Presenter: Lada Tsymbala, Associate Professor, Lviv Academy of Arts in Lviv, Ukraine

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