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34 OUR LIFE • July-August 2023 UNWLA Appreciation Day at The Ukrainian Museum Liudmyla Rabij , UNWLA Arts and Museum Chair On April 30, 2023, The Ukrainian Museum in New York hosted an Ap - preciation Day for members of the UNWLA’s New York branches. The event included guided tours of the exhibitions Janet Sobel: Wartime and Lesia Khomenko: Image and Presence , which were described in detail in the May 2023 issue of Our Life . After the tours, all the attendees gath - ered for an information session and networking reception. Museum di - rector Peter Doroshenko welcomed everyone and spoke about the Mu - seum’s history, mission, and recent initiatives. UNWLA president Natalie Pawlenko followed by explaining our organization’s role in establishing and engaging with the museum. The UNWLA has sponsored many of The Ukrainian Museum’s exhibitions and catalogues, most recently as one of the sponsors of the Lesia Khomenko show. Natalie Pawlenko and Liudmyla Rabij, UNWLA Arts and Museum chair, then awarded certificates of appreciation to the branches and individuals who have actively supported The Ukraini - an Museum. These included Branch 64, Branch 83, and Branch 113, as well as Soyuzianky Alla Leshko, Bohdana Slysh, Larysa Zielyk, Motria Melianych, Natalka Duma, Natalka Sonevytska, Oksana Lopatynska, and Stefania Semyschak. The president of the Museum’s Board of Trustees, Chry - zanta Hentisz, and the Museum’s former director, Maria Shust, spoke about the Museum’s history and de - scribed its current activities. Mariia Venger, newly elected president of the New York City Regional Coun - cil, congratulated Natalie Pawlenko on her upcoming birthday and pre - sented her with flowers. The Museum then gifted each participant with catalogues from its Alexander Archipenko and In Bloom exhibitions as a gesture of appreciation for their support. The Appreciation Day event at The Ukrainian Museum was a great success. It gave UNWLA members an opportunity to engage with Ukrainian art and culture, to learn more about the Museum’s initia - tives and history, and to be recog - nized for their support. The Ukrainian Museum in New York was founded on October 3, 1976, at the initiative and with the fund - ing of the UNWLA. Since its estab - lishment in 1925, the UNWLA has defined preserving and promoting Ukrainian culture as one of the criti - cal missions of the greatest Ukraini - an women’s organization in the U.S. The Ukrainian Museum is the largest art institution in America that pre - serves and represents Ukraine’s cul - tural heritage among the Ukrainian diaspora and an international audi - ence. The Museum holds exhibitions, art discussions, and book presenta - tions about Ukrainian art, and has educational programs for children and master classes for adults. We encourage every member of the UNWLA to support and be - come a member of The Ukrainian Museum. Members of the UNWLA’s New York branches with Ukrainian Museum direc - tor Peter Doroshenko. item during the one-hour auction. Lydia Taraschuk was the auctioneer. Nadia Lypetzcky Purnell, Branch 96 Scholarship Chair, and Irene Petrina, Branch 96 Cultural Co-Chair, collect - ed the payments from the auction winners. Participants later enjoyed a rich and tasty dessert buffet with tea and coffee, and spent a pleas - ant afternoon at the Domivka. In her annual report, Branch 96 Treasurer Mary Stecko shared that Branch 96 had raised over $14,500 in 2022. The Branch sent over $10,500 to UNWLA headquarters for Ukraine: for medical equipment, the Keep Ukraine Warm drive, and general humanitarian aid. This sum included funds donated by indi - vidual Branch members, proceeds from the two Branch fundraisers, and two very generous donations to Branch 96: $3,000 by Mayor James R. Fouts of Warren through his connection with Marie Zarycky, and nearly $2,000 by the family of the late Marta Zubar. Additionally, Mayor Fouts contributed camou - flage nets for Ukraine. In addition to sending funds for Ukraine to the UNWLA, Branch 96 supported two students, one in Ukraine and one in Brazil, through the UNWLA Scholarship Program, at an annual cost of $780. Marie Zarycky sent eight parcels to Ukraine (Lviv and Rivne) with cam - ouflage nets for tanks. The Detroit Regional Council contributed $500 for the purpose. Fundraising for Ukraine is under way in 2023 as well. Branch 96 Sec - retary Maria Kalba and Lydia Tara - schuk obtained permission from Father Emilian Dorosh of St. Josa - phat Ukrainian Catholic Church in Warren to raise funds for Ukraine every Friday during the church’s Lenten Fish Fry Dinners. Hundreds of people attend the dinners. Branch members and support - ers also donated a large number of original Ukrainian embroider - ies, weavings, ceramics, carvings, and art for the Ukrainian Arts and Crafts sale at the church. Continued from page 30
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