Midsummer Art Night

We invite you to gather for Midsummer Art Night in Sunflower Ranch for:

• traditional Ukrainian baking goods and drinks,
• petrykivka style painting on the shed workshop ( from 5 pm, ticket needed),
• embroidery workshop ( from 6 pm, indoors, ticket needed),
• lecture about Ukrainian embroidery and petrykivka style painting,
• live music,
• and movie screening (8 pm, ticket needed)

General admission is free.

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Shed painting workshop

Summer is the time of bloomimg, and we want our shed to bloom as well. So come and try yourself in petrykivka (trditional Ukrainian floral style art technique) on the big surface. Let's make ouy shedbright together! That will be an activity for adults. Will need a separate ticket. All materials and tools will be provided. Wear something appropriate - your clothing could be in non-washable paint. Duration - 3 hours.

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Embroidery workshop

This time we'll have one more meditative activity - cross-stitches style embroided pendant. That will be an activity for adults. All materials and tools will be provided. Duration - 2 hours.

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Movie

This evening we'll watch documentary movie "FREE PEOPLE" by Ganna Yarovenko about the modern kobzars, Ukrainian traditional lyre players. It is also a study of the cultural and informational space in which Ukrainians lived on the eve of the Revolution of Dignity.

In the film you will see five main characters from different regions of Ukraine united by a common cause to reconstruct kobzars’ journey according to a centuries-old tradition.

The ancient art of kobza and lyre playing has a long history in Ukrainian culture. The blind minstrels wandered in Ukraine since Medieval times, singing their epic songs about Ukraine's heroes in their quest for freedom and religious spirituality. This tradition survived many regimes despite state persecution. The documentary “Free People” is a film-experiment and film-investigation of the modern mass culture in Ukraine. You will meet five modern kobzars Yaroslav Krysko, Taras Kompanichenko, Andriy Liashuk, Yarema Shevchuk and Taras Dorotsky, who walk from village to village in central Ukraine singing their old songs of struggle, courage and freedom. In the old times, kobzari were treated as spiritual leaders. To listen to a kobzar song was equal to listening to a prayer. What would be the reaction of people whom they will meet on their journey? Would they embrace the old tradition, or the string of history has already been lost?

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Where your donations go: Your donation goes to arts and craft supplies, to support Sunflower Ranch and to our local non-profit organization Liberty Ukraine. Learn about our traditions, and help Ukraine to stop the war!

Event Policy: All tickets are final sale and cannot be exchanged or refunded. In the case of an event cancellation without a rescheduled date, a full refund will be automatically issued to each patron on the credit card used to purchase. By purchasing a ticket to this event, you agree to this purchase policy.