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Guests from 18 Countries Learn About Pysanky and Ukrainian Art A U N W L A -sp on sored p rogram held on M arch 18 a t t h e U k ra in ian In s titu te o f A m erica, N e w Y ork C ity, w a s atten d ed b y f i f t y g u e s ts , in clu d in g w iv e s o f U n ited N a tio n s and co n su la te o ffic ia ls and fo r e ig n p r o fe ssio n a ls and sch olars n ow in th e U . S ., a s w ell a s A m erican s. In s p ite o f damp, sn o w y w e a th e r, th e m a g n e t w h ich drew th e la d ies w a s a d em on stration o f p y sa n k a p a in tin g b y e x p er t M rs. Y a r o sla v a Surm ach M ills, and a to u r o f th e I n s titu te and U k rain ian F olk A r t M useum . T h e p rogram w a s arran ged b y U N W L A P u b lic R e la tio n s C hair m an, M rs. M. D u sh n y ck , w ith th e coop eration o f M rs. N . L orin g B ow en, N . Y. H o sp ita lity C hair m an o f th e N a tio n a l Council o f W om en o f U .S . T h e U N W L A is a m em b er o f N C W , o f w h ich U N W L A P resid en t, M rs. S. P u sh k ar, is M igration Chairm an. T h e p rogram b eg a n w ith th e a d m in istra to r o f th e I n s titu te , Mr. J. R evay, tr a c in g th e h isto r y and th e fo u n d in g o f t h e In s titu te b y th e la te W m . D zu s. A s th e g u e s ts tou red th e f i r s t th r e e floors, Mr. R e v a y described w ork s o f U k rain ian a r t is t s and scu lp tors on e x h ib it. T hen Mrs. P u sh k a r and M rs. I. P etro w sk a , M useum co m m itte e m em ber, to o k th e lad ies on a to u r o f th e U k rain ian F olk A r t M useum , co m m en tin g on th e k y ly m s, cos- w ith op position and rid icu le n o t on ly fr o m m en b u t, w h a t is fa r w orse, fr o m w om en, re g a rd le ss o f w h e th e r th e y a re su c c e ssfu l or not. F o r all o f th e m th e F ro n t r e p r esen ts a th r e a t to th e ir w ell e sta b lish ed , p ea ce fu l e x iste n c e . L e t u s hope th a t o u t o f th is tu rm oil a n ew lib erated w om an w ill arise. A w iser w om an w h o w ill se e h e r s e lf as an equal p a r t n er to all m en and w om en and w h o w ill b e m ore w illin g th a n e v e r to ca rry th e re sp o n sib ilities t h a t equal r ig h ts and oportuni- t ie s im p ose on h er. H e le n S . P r o c i u k tu m e s, w ood -carvin gs, em b roi deries and p y sa n k y . U N W L A P u blic R ela tio n s C om m ittee m em b ers M esdam es I . Padoch, J . B encal, A . B erw eck y and R . P o l che, and B ranch 72 m em b ers a c com panied th e group. F o llo w in g th e tou r, Mrs. Y a ro sla v a Surm ach M ills, N e w Y ork-born fo rm er a r t te a ch er and a r t d irector o f H u m p t y D u m p t y , a ch ildren ’s m agazin e, and now book illu stra to r, au th or and p ain ter, w a s introduced b y M rs. D u sh n yck . ‘Y a r o sla v a ,” as sh e is k now n p ro fessio n a lly , e x p lained th e h is to r y and unique art o f p ysan k a p a in tin g to h er liste n e r s from 18 cou n tries, em b racin g all co n tin en ts. S he tou ch ed on h er w orks o f illu s tr a tin g ch ild ren ’s books w ith U k rain ian m o tifs ( T h e M i t t e n , S t o c k i n g f o r a K i t t e n , A n E g g i s f o r W i s h i n g , I v a n k o and H o w a S h i r t G r e w i n t h e F i e l d ) cre a tin g g r e e tin g cards, in clu d in g a U N IC E F C h ristm as card (th e C arolers) w h ich w a s reprin ted in a U N IC E F E n g a g e m e n t Cal endar, r e v erse g la s s p a in tin g w h ich sh e h a s ex h ib ited , and about h er own ch ild ren ’s book ( T u s y a a n d th e P o t o f G o l d ) , to be p u b lished th is au tu m n . L e a f le ts about p y sa n k y w e re su p plied th e g u e s ts , and a ft e r q u es tio n s and a d iscu ssion , m a n y la d ies w ere ea g er to p a in t a p y sanka. A t th e con clu sion o f th e dem . o n stration , th e g u e s ts w ere in v ite d fo r te a and U k rain ian p a s tr ie s, served b y U N W L A B ran ch 72 m em b ers — M esdam es M. R ick et, A. Zezko, N . Saw icki, A . K osciw and T . H u siak . L adies fr o m A u str ia , B urm a, Canada, E g y p t, E n glan d , F ran ce, G erm any, H olland, India, Iran, Jam aica (W e st I n d ie s), N e w Zealand, N orw ay, S w eden, S ou th A fr ica , S w itzerlan d , U r u g u a y and th e U n ited S ta te s said it w a s one o f th e m o st u nu su al pro g ram s th e y had a tt e n d e d ; m an y w ish ed to retu rn and b rin g g u e s ts to th e In stitu te; o th er s hoped to h a v e a sim ilar p rogram n e x t y e a r ; som e e x p re ssed in te r e s t in th e p ic tu res, o th ers in a t te n d in g th e b allet, “K v it P ap o- r o ti,“ and m o st in p o s s e s s in g a U k rain ian p ysan k a. M . D u s h n y c k . M rs. Y a r o sla v a S u r m a c h M ills d e m o n s tr a te s p y s a n k a p a in tin g , w h ile p a r t o f h e r a u d ie n c e (s h o w n a t t h e U k r a in ia n I n s titu te o f A m e r ic a , N e w Y o rk C ity ) w a tc h e s a tt e n tiv e ly . T h e p ro g r a m to o k p la c e o n M a rch 18, f i f t y g u e sts, in c lu d in g la d ie s fr o m 18 c o u n tr ie s, p a r tic ip a tin g . 18 НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ — КВІТЕНЬ, 1970 Видання C оюзу Українок A мерики - перевидано в електронному форматі в 2012 році . A рхів C У A - Ню Йорк , Н . Й . C Ш A.
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