A CELEBRATION OF UKRAINIAN INDEPENDENCE; Threads: Poems to Inspire Art book launch
@ Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
2320 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60622
Opening Thursday, August 24th, at 6PM
On Thursday, August 24 at 6 PM the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Poets of Queens and Yara Arts Group will celebrate Ukrainian Independence Day by featuring contemporary art and poetry. The event will include the launch of a new book, “Threads: Poetry to Inspire Art,” an anthology of work by poets whose work inspired the art in the Threads exhibition at the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art till October 22. Virlana Tkacz will read English translations of Ukrainian poet Serhiy Zhadan, as well as her own work. Zhadan’s poem “Fish” also inspired a video by Waldemart Klyuzko that will be screened. Ananda Lima and Olena Jennings will read their own poems. Julian Kytasty will play both traditional music and his new compositions inspired by Ukrainian poetry.
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