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Alberta Council for the Ukrainian Arts’ (ACUA) Signature Artist Series, The Gift of Giving: Miniature Art Exhibition & Sale starts Thursday November 7 and runs until Christmas Eve Tuesday December 24. The series features Ukrainian artists’ work on display in ACUA’s public viewing gallery at 10554 110 Street, Unit 100 during regular gallery hours. Join us for the opening event on Thursday, November 7th from 6:30 — 8:00PM.
Miniature art has been made for over 2,500 years in many cultures and is prized by collectors. A piece could often be made on the back of a playing card. Smaller pieces of art were given during intimate gift exchanges to family members and friends to capture a historical or religious happening, commemorate celebrations, illustrate manuscripts, or just chronical everyday events. These often private gifts allowed artists more freedom to create beyond conventional norms.
The Exhibit features art by local Ukrainian artists including Adeline Panamaroff; Alona Liakh; Andrii Lysenko; Anna Soichenko; Annette Tyrrell; Borys Tarasenko; Camille Ostapowich-Allen; Carmella Haykowsky; Char Vanderhorst; Crystal Mills; Dariia Harrison; David Shkolny; Elizabeth Holinaty; Elvira Falconer; Erin Haugen; Gaye Oxford; Hilary Mussell; Ivanna Dyedkova; June Mielnichuk; Kateryna (Taran) Balout; Larisa Sembaliuk Cheladyn; Larissa Poho; Larysa Eliuk Matchak; Larysa Luciw; Liliya Kostiuk; Lydia Hodgson; Maria Levytska; Mariia Parshykova; Mazahir Huseynov; Mikylie Shapka; Myroslava Oksentiuk; Natalia Iusypchuk; Natalia Stativa-Zharko; Nataliya Petrenko-Litvinova; Nikki Chabot; Oksana Zhelisko; Oles Iusypchuk; Olha Frolova; Olha Lesiv; Olya Lisova; Roman Iusypchuk; Solomia Palanitska; Sophia Podryhula Shaw; Thea Szewczuk; Theodora Harasymiw; Valeriy Semenko; Victoria Kart; Viktoriya Baranik; Yaroslava Naumenko.
