Ukraine art and celebration at Fallbrook Library

FALLBROOK – Beginning Nov. 9 and running through Jan. 3, the Friends of the Fallbrook Library will host an exceptional art exhibit featuring the work of four Ukrainian artists.

In conjunction with this exhibit, the artists and the San Diego Ukraine community will host a Ukraine celebration in the community room of the library, 124 S. Mission Ave., on Sunday, Nov. 9 from 1 to 4 p.m. The event will feature the Ukrainian dance troupe, Chervona Kalyna Ensemble, from Los Angeles, along with Ukrainian music and food.

The organizers of the celebration expect Ukrainians from across Southern California to attend. Additionally, proceeds from a charity art sale will benefit refugees and those at risk from the situation in the eastern Ukraine. Everyone is invited and there is no charge to attend.

The art exhibition, “Ukraine Mission,” features four artists, three of whom now reside in the United States. Coming to Fallbrook from Europe (he has a home in Kiev, but temporarily resides in Tallinn, Estonia because of the situation in the Ukraine) is Dimitry Dobrovolskyi. His paintings are shown throughout Europe and held in the Queen’s collection in England.

Familiar to the Fallbrook art community is Igor Koutsenko. From Los Angeles is Gregory Radionov who recently showed an award-winning print at the Fallbrook Art Center print exhibit. Alla Bartschchuck is a talented young painter who came from Rivne, Ukraine on an art college scholarship. She earned her MFA at the Laguna College of Art and Design and now teaches there.

The art exhibit will feature a variety of media, styles and topics. Intimate family scenes, gardens, landscapes, recollections of the Ukraine and psychologically intriguing interiors are exposed as watercolors, oil paintings and original prints. The exhibit and the celebration provide an unusual opportunity for Fallbrookians to experience Eastern Europe through the eyes of talented Ukrainians.

For additional information, contact Friends of Fallbrook Library at (760) 731-4650, or visit http://www.fallbrooklibraryfriends.org.