theme: Everything is the other way around

‘When creating the program, we focused on the tastes of the Cherkasy audience. But they invited those who create the latest and most relevant in Ukrainian literature. This year’s theme of the festival is ‘Everything is the other way around’, so our program corresponds to this slogan’- says the organizer of #chebookfest, Lyudmila Fit. There was a cool ethnic punk party. There were feminist events, sports competitions between writers and professional basketball players, discussions about intellectual politicians. All this and more …

On January 27, 2021, the Cherkasy Art Museum hosted an exhibition-presentation of the book ‘Splashes of Beads’ by graphic artist and author of white poems Evgenia Vasilchenko.

Snow-white weightlessness, lightness, the mystery of the black-and-white world, sensual female images of graphics supplemented by the consonances of white poetry. The Lord blessed this evening with beautiful fresh snow, and as dusk began to fall on the ground, the small white hall of the museum where the exhibition was held was filled with a mysterious glow. It seemed so simple: an empty room with white walls, translucent tulle curtains, but so much Life, elegance, sophistication, soulfulness of graphic works and philosophical, lyrical lines, and of course endearing, dreamy visitors – Breathing airy fabric, creative energy, warm conversations, interpretations, reading the author, impressions, and once again a pleasant process of contemplation. My friend, successfully noted the presence of the East and Japanese notes in the work, and so symbolically and unforgettable the presence of snow in some works of the artist … Charming, unforgettable evening, minimalism in everything, air weightlessness, lightness, philosophical lyricism, combination of Eastern and Western micro , and of course a meaningful intention. Thank you, dear and unique artist Zhenya Vasilchenko, who was able to immerse us in a fabulous black and white sensual and so unlike anyone else’s world and make our evening so amazing …

Kateryna Grabareva

The exhibition features 30 enlarged graphic works, out of 128 presented in the book ‘Splashes of Beads’. Graphic works are accompanied by the author’s texts (translated into Ukrainian by Kateryna Grabareva). Thanks to this combination, the meaning of both facets of creativity reaches a new level of impressiveness.

Evgenia Vasilchenko’s graphic works are in black and white, but in combination with poetry they convey the colorful world of the author’s philosophical thoughts and feelings. Illustrations accompanied by white unrhymed poems open up the cosmos, which is not far away, but here, next to it, intertwined with everyday life in one whole…

The exhibition runs until March 6, 2021.

On the occasion of the Independence Day of Ukraine, the Cherkasy Regional Museum traditionally hosts exhibitions presenting the fine arts of the Shevchenko region. This year’s exhibition “Cherkasy. Image. Ukraine “is dedicated to our hometown.
People’s Artist of Ukraine Ivan Bondar, Honored Artists of Ukraine Viktor Oleksenko and Nadiya Nikiforova invite you to take a walk through Cherkasy in the 1970s and 1990s.
The images of golden-domed temples, architectural pearls of our city at the turn of the XIX-XX centuries the Slavyansky Hotel, the Tsibulsky House, etc. attract attention. These buildings became a source of inspiration for Ivan Surzhikov, Pavel Soloshchenko, Ivan Kolisnyk.
Poetic landscapes of the Dnieper bank, favorite corners of Cherkasy parks appear in the landscapes of Honored Artists of Ukraine Yuriy Ishchenko and Viktor Afonin, Pavel Soloshchenko, Evgenia Vasilchenko. The works of artists from the Nedoseko creative family reproduce the invisible world of feelings born of contemplation of the urban landscape at different times of the day.
Exhibition “Cherkasy. Image. Ukraine “- a sincere dedication of artists to their hometown.

The exhibition runs until September 20, 2020

https://18000.com.ua/strichka-novin/u-xudozhnomu-muzeyi-vidkrilasya-vistavka-kartin-do-dnya-nezalezhnostihttps://18000.com.ua/strichka-novin/u-xudozhnomu-muzeyi-vidkrilasya-vistavka-kartin-do-dnya-nezalezhnosti‘Cherkasy. Image. Ukraine‘

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In 2018 I was one of the winners of the international competition Hiii Illustration 2017. It was attended by 1329 works from more than 50 countries from different regions of the world. After several rounds, 75 awards and 126 finalists were selected and the selection rate was only 15.20%. The organizer of this competition is Hiiibrand.com. Hiiibrand is a creative professional platform for a wide range of artistic and design talents. Since 2010, Hiiibrand has successfully conducted more than 30 international and professional competitions. The organizers held exhibitions of the winners of the competition in China, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan and published the book “International Collection of Illustrations Hiii” (Fifth Series).
And I could not but add a photo about the psychology of victory, although the author is unknown to me … (copyright – sori):)))

theme: Crossroads of Cultures

Thousands of books, exclusive meetings, creative performances. From October 11 to October 13 the Third Book Festival took place in Cherkasy. The literary festival was organized by the non-governmental organization Book Book Maestro with the support of the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation.
For three days, literary meetings with writers and lectures on various topics were held at the Cherkasy Regional Philharmonic. Publishers were selling books and bands were performing in the Philharmonic Hall.

The scale of the action will help you figure out the numbers. In three days, the festival was attended by over 12,000 people. The books were sold by 53 publishers from Kiev, Lviv, Vinnytsia, Ternopil, Kharkiv, Ivano-Frankivsk. More than 130 guests participated in more than 100 events.
In addition to the locations of the Philharmonic, there were 18 other locations.