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IN BRIEF: NEWS FRO M UNW LA HEADQUARTERS A Summary of Articles in the Ukrainian Section. This issue contains the final installment of Iwanna Rozankowsky’s article chronicling the 50 years of Our Life magazine. “ Internat — Doroha v Zhyttia,” — Olga Korczagin’s article, illustrates the importance boarding schools played in the life of Ukrainians in Brazil. The main objective of the boarding schools was to keep the Ukrainian identity alive in young Ukrainians. Boarding schools also gave them direction and a sense of spiritu ality. This article also discusses the UNWLA Scholar ship Fund and how it helped finance the boarding schools. Martha Bohachevsky writes about the small village of Narodychi, near Chornobyl, in her article entitled — “Small Village without major happenings” (Male selo bez velykych podij). Read this charming account of those living in the village, and the way this village func tions years after the Chornobyl explosion. UNWLA REGIONAL COUNCIL MEETINGS D etroit R egional C ouncil — February 5, 1994 The Exec utive Board was represented by UNWLA President Anna Krawczuk. Lidia Kolodchyn was elected Re gional President. N ew Jersey R egional Council — March 19, 1994 The Executive Board was represented by UNWLA Presi dent Anna Krawczuk. Jaroslawa Mulyk was elected Regional President. Chicago R egional C ouncil — March 12,1994 The Exec utive Board was represented by the first Vice Presi dent of the UNWLA Olga Trytyak. Anastasia Cha- rysh was elected as Regional President. FUTURE MEETINGS N ew E ngland Regional C ouncil — April 16, 1994 The Executive Board will be represented by Financial Secretary Taissa Turiansky. N ew York R egional C ouncil — April 17, 1994 The Exec utive Board will be represented by the first Vice President of the UNWLA Olga Trytyak. Upstate N ew York Regional C ouncil — April 17, 1994 The Executive Board will be represented by UNWLA President Anna Krawczuk. Ohio R egional C ouncil — April 23, 1994 The Executive Board will be represented by UNWLA President Anna Krawczuk. News From UNWLA Headquarters continued on last page of the Our Life section... K IT S C H : B E Y O N D F O L K A R T ARCADIA OLENSKA-PETRYSHYN Kitsch, which is sometimes referred to as pseudo art, because it is based on a false perception of what art really is, has become an ever growing threat to the understanding of the fine arts. To achieve the intended expressions, the practitioners of kitsch cultivate extra- artistic characteristics, which can be seen primarily in exaggerations and facile interpretations of subject mat ter. Generally this can be said of many subjects, which are presented in sentimentalized versions. As for exam ple, multi-colored landscapes which are often seen in ethnic restaurants. Kitsch flourishes best when it feeds on emotions, especially where didactic or sentimental ideas are concerned. It is, inevitably, “art” with a mes sage and lends itself well to expressions of ethical and nostalgic ideals. One of the difficulties of identifying kitsch as a falsi fication of art is that it looks very much like art, that is, it has the same visual characteristics that art does. The difference is really one of appeal, as kitsch clearly addresses itself to the sentimentality of the viewers. One only needs to recall the many imitations of Classical statues, including fountains which are placed in some contemporary gardens. In a wide perspective, kitsch is most troubling as an outgrowth of the abuses of the fine arts, when non- artistic ideas are presented as art, yet it is also a con cern in other areas of contemporary culture, especially in the interrelation with commercial products, as well as artifacts and the folk arts. Although the printing of cross-stitch design on ceramics is the singularly most evident problem, the application of cross-stitch on gar ments has resulted in misuse of folk art symbolism. It is kitsch as an outgrowth of the abuses of the folk arts, and not as a falsification of the fine arts, which has long been a concern of Ukrainian artists and ethno graphers. In 1937, in Lviv, the artist Mykola Butovych organized a symposium, entitled “ Kitsch in Halychyna” (“ Nasha Khata” no. 6, 1937), in which he, along with his colleagues, decisively addressed misguided uses of techniques in the folk arts. There have been numerous discussions of the abuses of the folk arts sincethen, yet in the absence of clear guidelines, the problem persists. НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, КВІТЕНЬ 1994 13
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