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Folk Art Is Worth Learning About SOCIAL SE R V IC E B U R E A U The U krainian N ational W om en’s League has alw ays shown g re a t u nd erstand in g fo r th e needs and problem s of its m em bers. F rom th e very beginning th ere have been social service volunteers in each B ranch who w ere prim arily responsible for visitin g sick m em bers and help ing those in need. W ith th e grow th of th e organ ization th e needs of th e m em ber ship becam e g reater. M any el derly UNW LA m em bers w ere left w itho ut fam ily attention . M ost of th em knew little E n g lish. They had difficulty in com m unicating w ith doctors, and th ey w ere unfam iliar w ith th e ir responsibilities and th e ir p riv i leges under law. They did not know w here to tu rn fo r help. In order to help th ese elderly m em bers and o th er senior citi zens of th e U krainian com m un ity th e U nited U krainian A m er ican R elief C om m ittee in P h ila delphia established a Social S er vice B ureau. The B ureau is headed by M rs. Helen Lototsky, H onorary U N W LA P resident, whose m any years of experience in m eeting and dealing w ith peo ple has given h er excellent quali fications fo r th e position. The B ureau, opened in May, 1966, has been in operation fo r one year. D uring th is tim e al m ost 100 cases have been re corded in its files. Some of th e cases w ere relatively easy to take care of — others, m ore com plicated, required longer periods of tim e to solve. M ost of th e cases deal w ith pension problem s and govern m ent relief. Q uite a few have to do w ith hospitalization and sick care. T here are also cases of separation and divorce and child custody. N ot infreq uen tly cases dealing w ith education, scholarships, and th e like come up fo r consideration. The Social W elfare B ureau of The recent opening of th e Folk A rt M useum in New Y ork City focused th e atten tio n of our en tire com m unity on th e various form s of U krainian folk art. The well planned opening of th e M u seum also a ttra c te d m any A m er ican a r t en th u siasts. Folk a r t has som ething to of fe r fo r everyone, regardless of th e fa ct w h eth er he is U k rain ian, A m erican, or of some other nationality. It appeals to th e es th etic ta ste of everyone. T here fore, we should never u n d eresti m ate th e popularity and a ttra c tion of such exhibits. We are al read y fam iliar w ith public dem on stratio ns of th e a r t of E a ste r egg decorating, folk fashion shows, and various em broidery p ro jects so popular w ith our UNW LA B ranches. The popu- th e UUARC has proved itself a very valuable addition to th e U k rain ian com m unity. The in creased volum e of w ork necessi ta te d th e establishm ent of a V oluntary Aid Group, com prised of several wom en from th e individual UNW LA B ranch es who assist M rs. L ototsky in dealing w ith th e less com pli cated cases. These women tak e care of such m a tte rs as accom panying th e sick to hospitals, doctors’ and governm ent offices, and serve as in terp re ters and tra n sla to rs fo r those who are not proficient in th e E nglish language. T hrough th e Social W elfare B ureau th e UNW LA has opened a new ch ap ter in its h isto ry of com m unity w ork and co-opera tion on th e local level. In fu tu re issues of our m agazine we will continue to inform our read ers of th e w ork and progress of th e B ureau. larity and frequency of these ex h ib its and projects, however, w a rran ts a w ord of w arning. In “Our L ife” (no. 4, 1967) M rs. D aria Boychuk of D etro it w rites th a t she is upset by the increasing m isuse of U krainian folk art. As an exam ple, she de scribes th e E a ste r egg dem on stratio n s presented during E a s t er in various dep artm ent stores th ro u g h o u t th e country. The women in charge are experts in th e field of U krainian folk art. The exhibitions, how ever, a t tra c t m any en th u siasts who a t tem p t to copy th e designs and later sell them as exam ples of U krainian art. V ery often these “py san ky ” are quite inferior to th e originals from w hich th ey w ere copied and are hard ly quali fied to rep resen t th e beautiful U krainian E a ste r eggs. It is difficu lt to do aw ay w ith such form s of m isrep resen ta tion. B ut we can learn to d iffer en tiate betw een good and in fer ior designs and we should share th is knowledge w ith our less knowledgeable friends and ac quaintances. M rs. B oychuk’s note of advice should prove sufficient fo r all those who care about preserving th e p u rity of U krainian folk a rt and th e a rtis try developed so skillfully and lovingly by our an cestors. It is not enough to know th e a r t of E a ste r egg decorating. We should also striv e to learn th e h isto ry of th e U krainian EJaster eggs and to recognize and d ifferen tiate th e ir designs. This is equally tru e of other form s of U krainian folk art. Our em broidery, ceram ics, and folk costum es are our h eritag e, a h eritag e we should know and treasu re. A t p resen t we have an extensive am ount of lite ra tu re НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ — ТРАВЕНЬ, 1967 19
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