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The UNWLA Folklore Museum WOMEN’S SESSION The World Congress of Free Ukrainians which is scheduled to be held in New York City on November 16-19, 1967, has stirred a beehive of activity in Ukrainian communities through out the Free World. Delegations from Ukrainian centers in Eur ope, North America, and Aus tralia will attend the Congress, with the largest delegations coming from U. S. and Canada. As was reported in the last is sue of “Our Life,” a special women’s Session is being planned by the World Federation of Ukrainian Women’s Organiza tions to be held on November 15, 1967, in the New York Hilton Hotel. All WFUWO member organi zations have been invited to at tend and participate in the work of the various Commissions and plenary Sessions. Eight years have passed since the II Women’s World Congress was held in New York, and al though its decisions are still va lid today, the time has come to review m ajor decisions and to re-study new and pressing prob lems. Im portant changes have occurred in the world situation, many American-born women have joined our ranks, and the younger generation is beginning to take an interest in Ukrainian organized life. Therefore, let us prepare con scientiously for the Women’s Session of the World Congress! All representative groups of Ukrainian womanhood should be represented at the Congress. The women’s Session will mani fest our strength and our accom plishments. In addition to participating in the work of the Congress, wom en attending the event will have the opportunity to meet with leaders of the Ukrainian wom en’s movement from all over the world, view exhibitions by Uk rainian women artists, and visit One of the first appearances of the Ukrainian National Women’s League of America before the American public was a folklore exhibition prepared by the UN WLA at the Astor Hotel in New York in 1926. For many of those attending that exhibition it was their first meeting with Uk rainians. Very little was known about us then but the first im pression was a lasting one. The exhibition featured folk articles owned by our members. Consequent exhibitions were ar ranged in much the same way. In time, the Executive Board of UNWLA decided that the League should have its own per manent collection of folk art. Because at that time such a col lection could easily be obtained from Ukraine, a great number of authentic and highly artistic ar ticles of folk art were imported to this country in 1932. The collection was first ex hibited in the Ukrainian pavilion at the World Congress held in Chicago in 1933. The success of the exhibition was fantastic. Thousands of visitors viewed the UNWLA exhibition, the works of the world-famous sculptor Archipenko, and heard the finest Ukrainian-American chorus of the time. The folk art collection was later borrowed by indivi dual UNWLA Branches and ex hibited in Ukrainian communi ties throughout the U. S., thus gaining new recognition for Uk rainian culture. Today, after more than thirty years, the collection rightfully belongs in a museum. Many of the UNWLA Folklore Museum in New York. Let us all take full advantage of this unique opportunity to re evaluate our thinking and meet the challenge of tomorrow. the articles have become unique, while others require special care. The late Wolodymyr Dzus, noted Ukrainian philanthropist and founder of the Ukrainian Institute of America Founda tion, recognized the need for preserving the valuable col lection, and recommended that it be housed permanently in the Ukrainian Institute of America in New York Cityj. Wolodymyr Dzus did not live to see the open ing of the Museum, but his son, Theodore, has kept close to the terms of the agreement made by the Institute and UNWLA. A preliminary Women’s Folk A rt Exhibit was held in the In stitute in connection with the XIV UNWLA Convention in No vember 1965. Currently, the In stitute is making preparations for the opening of the perma nent Folklore Museum, accord ing to all the rules governing such bodies. The Museum Catalog lists ex hibit articles representing every genre of folk art from every re gion of Ukraine. There is a large collection of embroidered and hand-woven articles, hand- loomed rugs, Easter eggs, cera mics, wood-carvings, and metal- ic objects from the Hutzul re gion. Regional folk costumes and various articles connected with the ritual life of the homeland such as wedding wreaths and festive wedding breads complete the collection. A preview reception of the Folklore Museum for the Amer ican public is scheduled for April 7, 1969. An artistic program fea turing Ukrainian songs and dances will be included in the opening. All UNWLA Branches are in charge of an all-Ukrainian buffet. НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ — КВІТЕНЬ, 1967 17
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