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International Council of Women's Triennial In Vancouver During the w eeks of June 20th and July 2nd, our Pres ident, Mrs. Ivanna Rozankowsky and public relations chair person, Mrs. Camille Huk Smorodsky took an active part in the International Council of W omen's Triennial in Vancouver. Owing to the length of their respective reports, we have re served the next edition of OUR LIFE for their articles. In the Ukrainian Section of this issue, however, there is a brief summary of the event. UNWLA PARTICIPATES IN GFWC CONVENTION The 85th annual General Federation of W omen's Clubs Convention was held in Philadelphia from June 14-18, 1976. This convention took on special meaning b eca u se of the Bicentennial and b eca u se a new Executive Board of GFWC was elected. The UNWLA a voting a sso cia te member, was represented by Ms. Olga The UNWLA a voting associa te member, w as represented by Ms. Olga Stawnychy, vice- president. The Philadelphia convention was attended by over 2,200 registered GFWC members, making it the largest to date. The Ukrainian delegation, which comprised Mrs. Lidia Diachenko from WFUWO, Mrs. Oksana Gengalo from Ukrainian Gold Cross and Mrs. L. Berwecky, Mrs. M. Mazur, Mrs. O Hewka, Mrs. I. Yurchak and Mr. S. W owchok from UNWLA, took an active part in all the official convention activities including the International D elegates Dinner and the International Luncheon at which the international clubs were presented to the membership. Ms. Staw nychy attendefl the Junior C onference and Luncheon at the Benjamin Franklin Hot6l where Preventive Medicine was ch o sen as the program of em phasis for 1976-77. All the Junior Clubs will concentrate on this area in their comm unities. In keeping with the Bicentennial spirit, the luncheon featured a typical colonial day meal and a Bicentennial Fashion Show. The Philadelphia Regional Council arranged to have a small Ukrainian Exhibit in the International Lounge at the Bellvue Stratford Hotel. Mrs. M. Mazur, president of Branch 90 organized the exhibit and demonstrated pysanka-making. The new ly-elected president of GFWC is Mrs. Harry Wagner, Jr. of Arizona. The new administration is planning to put more em phasis on areas of international policy and on its International Department. The convention was very interesting and well-planned. B ecau se of the trem endous turnout, the voting time had to be extended and often a two-hour wait to vote occured. The delogates expressed appreciation, respect and love towards the outgoing president and her administration with sp e e ch e s, standing ovations and gifts from different state federations and International Clubs. Next year's GFWC convention will be held in Seattle, W ashington. Qjga stawnychy HUTSUL CERAMICS Ukrainian folk ceram ics developed in various stages, beginning during the Neolithic period and spanning many ages, Although ceram ics were produced in all areas rich in clay and kaolin, local sc h o o ls and techniques of production evolved separately. In Hutsulshchyna all know ledge of the pottery craft was inherited. Pistyn, Kosiv and Kuty, centers of Hutsul ceramic production, b egot a number of note worthy craftsmen, in this, possibly the most outstanding and rapidly develop ing branch of Hutsul folk craft in the 19th and 20th centuries. The first notable potter of Pokuttia was Matvij Kovalskyj, w h ose works date from the early 19th century. He used a poly- chromic maoilican technique on clay panels. O le k sa B ak h m etiu k (1 8 2 0 -1 8 8 2 ) developed and perfected the method of decorating earthware with white-wash and etchings. His contributions include the creation of various new forms of functional pottery and the syn th esis of decorative plant motifs and thematic art. In the seco n d half of the 19th century Hnat Koshchuk adorned his works, pri marily flasks and pitchers, with garland like plant motifs. Petro Koshak com pleted pottery sch ool in Kolomyja where he learned in detail all that w as created by his pre d ecesso rs. He selected their finest elem ents and em ployed them in his works. Pavlyna Tsvilyk, the daughter of potter Josyf Sovizdraniuk, and her husband Hryhor were two of Kosiv's leading craftspeople. She produced many new forms of functional ceram ics, as well as preserved traditional hutsul principles. Her works are found in the largest museum s in the USSR and abroad. During this period, ceram ics crafts men from the clans of Voloshchuk, Tymiak, Tsvilyk and Sovizdraniuk, the family of Tymchuk and others also c o n tributed their share to the proliferation of ceramic art. "JUST BETWEEN US AND THE TELEPHONE" This is not the first time that so m e one has noted that the wearing of long hair is not necessarily the trademark of a ''hooligan''. After all, the signers of the Declaration of Independence wore long hair, as was the style in th ose times. Hair styles com e and go, as do styles of dress and styles of manner (notice how the kissing of a lady's hand is out, whereas men and women alike are now shaking hands with either sex upon meeting). Even the current interest in ethnicity has brought the study of foreign languages back into style as part of the university curriculum. The fashion of wearing embroidered clothing, the interest in the study of the Ukrainian language and Li terature, the revival of Ukrainian tradi tions are all greeted with great joy by Ukrainian ethnics, happy that it is the style of the times. НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ, ЛИПЕНЬ-СЕРПЕНЬ 1976 25
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