February-March 2022
“The Peace in the World” exhibition of children’s drawings from Izyum, Ukraine visits the Cutler Memorial Library, Plainfield, VT
March 6, 2022
“Lessons from more than a decade of children’s drawing exhibitions”
WHAT: Fermata Arts Foundation presentation
WHERE: Cutler Memorial Library, 151 High St, Plainfield, VT
WHEN: 03/12/2022 @ 11AM
HOW: Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84019601804…
Meeting ID: 840 1960 1804
Passcode: 708617
PRESENTER: Sean Cummings, Fermata Arts Foundation Director
DESCRIPTION: Coinciding with the Fermata Arts Foundation exhibition, “The Peace in the World” from Ukraine currently at the Cutler Memorial Library, Sean Cummings will present lessons learned about the importance of children’s artwork to artmaking in general, and also some historical perspectives from artists; past and present.
January 14, 2022
Many thanks to the Vermont Humanities for their support of the Fermata Arts Foundation project in Cutler Memorial Library, Plainfield, VT
NOTE. Photos and Videos for Ukrainian activities in the US from December 2012 to April 2018 have been archived. To obtain any media materials for these dates please email your request to office@fermata-arts.org
MANCHESTER, New Hampshire 9th February 2016:
Tatyana Ishutkina and Nikolay Synkov from Connecticut decorate their car with a pirate and a dragon balloon figure to represent their view on Putin. “In Washington D.C one person passed by and said ‘you are right to represent Putin as a pirate’. Putin is a real pirate, just to rob, to destroy,” said Tatyana. (Photograph by: Jin Kyung Grace Seo/BUNS)
April, 2018
“The Peace in the World” visits the Concord Public Library in Concord, New Hampshire
March, 2018
“Ideal House: Bulgaria and Ukraine with poetic support” in the Athol Public Library, Athol, Massachusetts
January, 2018
The Ideal House: Bulgaria and Ukraine on display in The Licia & Mason Beekley Community Library, New Hartford, Connecticut
Certificate of Participation Award Ceremony at the S. Vasylkivskyi Children’s Art School, Izyum, Kharkiv region, Ukraine:
You Tube
March, 2018
Exhibition of children’s drawings “The Peace in the World” from Izyum, Ukraine travels to Conant Public Libraryin Winchester, New Hampshire
Fermata Arts Foundation Celebrating 10 years
“Peace in the World” Exhibition Traveling in 2018
Fermata’s exhibition with artworks from Estonia is travelling from January 2018 to January 2019. It is currently at libraries in New Hampshire. See the attachment below for more information about the exhibition and the exhibition schedule. Click here to see the Exhibition Catalogue.
March, 2018
Exhibition of children’s drawings “American Science Fiction through the eyes of Ukrainian Children” travels to the Licia & Mason Beekley Community Library in New Hartford, Connecticut
February, 2018
Richard Salter Storrs Libraryin Longmeadow, Massachusetts is hosting the exhibition from Krivoy Rog “THERE IS NO WINTER IN UKRAINE: “Ideal House” Ukraine in the USA
February 6, 2018
Fermata Arts Foundation Presentation at the Richard Salter Storrs Library Central Library:
Presentation Outline:
Fermata Arts Foundation by the numbers
Ukraine is Changing (Video materials from the Embassy of Ukraine in the
U.S)
City of Izyum (presentation materials from the Mayor’s office of Izyum)
Questions and Answers
February-March, 2018
Exhibition of children’s drawings “American Science Fiction through the eyes of Ukrainian Children” travels to Yarborough Branch LibraryAustin Public Library, Austin, Texas
http://library.austintexas.gov/events/exhibits “Thanks for sharing the art with us. Our customers enjoy the exhibitions.”
Rebecca
Rich-Wulfmeyer
January, 2018
Bentonville Public Library , Bentonville, Arkansas. You Tube for the Children of Kharkiv Regional Library for Children
“The students of Bentonville Public Library’s Homeschool Group enjoyed the recent Fermata Arts Exhibit from the young students. We spent several class sessions studying the Ukraine and our students had several questions that they would like to ask the young patrons of Kharkiv Regional Library. We videotaped the the students and their questions and you can access this video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9iDtHtfDOQ&t=3s
As we discussed, there may be a language barrier and it is our hope that you will be able to help in the translations. We hope that your young students will be able to do a video blog in return and we will work at translating on our end.
Thank you and happy holidays!
Sue Ann Pekel, MLS
Children’s Librarian
Bentonville Public Library
January – February, 2018
Exhibition of children’s drawings “American Science Fiction through the eyes of Ukrainian Children” travels to Silas Bronson Libraryin Waterbury, Connecticut
January, 2018
Plainville Public Libraryin Plainville, Connecticut is hosting the exhibition from Krivoy Rog “THERE IS NO WINTER IN UKRAINE: “Ideal House” Ukraine in the USA
December, 2017
Exhibition of children’s drawings “American Science Fiction through the eyes of Ukrainian Children” travels to Canton Public Library, in Canton, Connecticut
IMAGES COMING SOON“We received so many compliments and comments about the work. Thanks to you and your organization for sharing it with us!”Betsy Ash Canton Public Library
December, 2017
Silas Bronson Library in Waterbury, Connecticut is hosting the exhibition from Krivoy Rog “THERE IS NO WINTER IN UKRAINE: “Ideal House” Ukraine in the USA
November, 2017
Exhibition of children’s drawings “American Science Fiction through the eyes of Ukrainian Children” travels to the Cora J. Belden Libraryin Rocky Hill, Connecticut
October, 2017
Exhibition of children’s drawings “American Science Fiction through the eyes of Ukrainian Children” travels to Hampton Branch at Oak Hill, Austin Public Library, Austin, Texas
October, 2017
The Athol Public Library, in Athol, Massachusetts is hosting the exhibition from Krivoy Rog “THERE IS NO WINTER IN UKRAINE: “Ideal House” Ukraine in the USA
October, 2017
Exhibition of children’s drawings “American Science Fiction through the eyes of Ukrainian Children” travels to Conant Public Libraryin Winchester, New Hampshire
July, 2017
The Windsor Public Library, in Windsor, Connecticut is hosting the exhibition from Krivoy Rog “THERE IS NO WINTER IN UKRAINE: “Ideal House” Ukraine in the USA
July-September, 2017
Exhibition of children’s drawings “American Science Fiction through the eyes of Ukrainian Children” travels to George Holmes Bixby Memorial Library in Francestown, New Hampshire
June, 2017
Exhibition of children’s drawings “American Science Fiction through the eyes of Ukrainian Children” travels to Plaistow Public Libraryin Plaistow, New Hampshire
June, 2017
Exhibition of children’s drawings “American Science Fiction through the eyes of Ukrainian Children” travels to Nashville Public Library – Hermitage Branchin Hermitage, Tennessee
May – August, 2017
Exhibition of children’s drawings “American Science Fiction through the eyes of Ukrainian Children” travels to Arkansas: The Bentonville Public Library– Bentonville, AR
May, 2017
The New Britain Public Library, in New Britain, Connecticut is hosting the exhibition from Krivoy Rog “THERE IS NO WINTER IN UKRAINE: “Ideal House” Ukraine in the USA
May, 2017
Exhibition of children’s drawings “American Science Fiction through the eyes of Ukrainian Children” travels to New Hampshire: Minot Sleeper Library– Town of Bristol, NH
We don’t have a lot of room, so we plan to change out the artwork once per week. Attached is a photo!
Brittany Overton
Librarian | Director
Minot-Sleeper Library
35 Pleasant Street
Bristol, NH 03222
April, 2017
Exhibition of children’s drawings “American Science Fiction through the eyes of Ukrainian Children” travels to New Hampshire: Cook Memorial Library, Tamworth, NH
Thank you for sharing this artwork, I hope it will inspire some of our children to read more science fiction and also to share their art far and wide.
Mary Cronin, Director
Cook Memorial Library
93 Main Street
Tamworth, NH
March-April, 2017
The Licia and Mason Beekley Community Libraryin New Hartford, Connecticut is hosting the exhibition from Krivoy Rog “THERE IS NO WINTER IN UKRAINE: “Ideal House” Ukraine in the USA
Reflections from the patronsof the Licia and Mason Beekley Community Library in New Hartford, Connecticut library to the art of Ukrainian students:
March, 2017
OUR THANKS to Texarkana Public Library[600 W. 3rd.St. Texarkana,Texas] for hosting the exhibition from Kharkiv, Ukraine
March, 2017
Exhibition of children’s drawings “American Science Fiction through the eyes of Ukrainian Children” travels to New Hampshire: Hall Memorial Library[18 Park St, Northfield, NH 03276]
… the work is fabulous! I only wish we could keep it longer. A wonderful way to communicate across the invisible borders that serve to divide us if we allow it. So very many of our patrons have commented and spent time studying the pieces… I must reiterate “stopping to study, reflect and comment on the work”… which is unusual. Often people breeze by art work, not this time. It is refreshing to see and your budding artists and their instructors would be pleased with the reaction to their artwork.
With heartfelt thanks to all involved – instructors, students, administrators, etc… in making this exhibit possible,
Maggie McCall
Hall Memorial Library
Northfield, New Hampshire
January-February, 2017
Cora J. Belden Library Central Library, Rocky Hill, Connecticutis a host for the exhibition from Krivoy Rog “THERE IS NO WINTER IN UKRAINE: “Ideal House” Ukraine in the USA
December, 2016
Canton Public Library, Canton, Connecticut, is hosting the exhibition from Krivoy Rog “THERE IS NO WINTER IN UKRAINE: “Ideal House” Ukraine in the USA
Exhibition of children’s drawings “American Science Fiction through the eyes of Ukrainian Children” [60 graphic works from the project “American Science Fiction: Dreams and Reality”
Project participants: students from Ukraine, Russia, Bulgaria and Hong Kong
Year: 2015
Courtesy of Sergey Grichanok, Head of the methodical association of the visual profile, secondary school №133 (Lyceum of Arts), Kharkiv, Ukraine] travels to New Hampshire:
- December, 2016 – February 2017: Olive G Pettis Library [36 Mill Village Road North Goshen, NH 03752]
- March, 2017: Hall Memorial Library [18 Park St, Northfield, NH 03276]
- April, 2017: Cook Memorial Library [93 Main Street, Tamworth, NH 03886]
- May, 2017: Minot-Sleeper Library [35 Pleasant Street, Bristol, NH 0322]
- June, 2017: Plaistow Public Library [85 Main St, Plaistow, NH 03865]
- July, 2017: George Holmes Bixby Memorial Library [52 Main St, Francestown, NH 03043]
- August, 2017: Conant Library [111 Main St, Winchester, NH 03470]
January 31, 2016
International exhibition of children’s drawings” Ideal House ” in Kharkiv, Ukraine
GALLERY:
http://school50.edu.kh.ua/1osvitnij_okrug_zorezlet/fermata_arts_foundation/
November, 2016
Exhibition from Kharkiv, Ukraine “American Science Fiction through the eyes of Ukrainian Children” is on display at the New Britain Public Library, New Britain, Connecticut
“Thank you for finding new interesting ways to present the materials”
Sergey Grichanok, Head of the methodical association of the visual profile, secondary school №133 (Lyceum of Arts), Kharkiv, Ukraine
October, 2016
Gordon-Nash Library, New Hampton, New Hampshire, was a host for the exhibition from Krivoy Rog “THERE IS NO WINTER IN UKRAINE: “Ideal House” Ukraine in the USA
Pictures and a video from a concert on the 26th of October – with a closing for the artwork.
“Thank you!
Everyone loved the exhibition!”
Cathy Vincevic
Director
Gordon-Nash Library
New Hampton, NH
October, 2016- January, 2017
Exhibition “American Science Fiction through the eyes of Ukrainian children” in Hillary Rodham Clinton Children’s Library & Learning Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
August, 2016
Opening of the Fermata Arts Foundation exhibition “Ideal House” in the Novopskov, Ukraine
August, 2016
Exhibition from Krivoy Rog “THERE IS NO WINTER IN UKRAINE: “Ideal House” Ukraine in the USA in the Minot-Sleeper Library, Bristol, New Hampshire
Thank you so much for allowing this exhibit to travel. The people who have seen the work at the Minot-Sleeper Library have very much enjoyed the pieces and have shared how impressed they are with the work done by such young people.
Thanks again!
Brittany Overton
Librarian | Director
Minot-Sleeper Library
July, 2016
Exhibition from Krivoy Rog “THERE IS NO WINTER IN UKRAINE: “Ideal House” Ukraine in the USA in the George Holmes Bixby Memorial Library, Francestown, New Hampshire
“Come and Enjoy a wonderful Art exhibit that we are very lucky to have.”
George Holmes Bixby Memorial Library
June, 2016
Exhibition from Krivoy Rog “THERE IS NO WINTER IN UKRAINE: “Ideal House” Ukraine in the USA in the Conant Public Library, Winchester, New Hampshire
May, 2016
Exhibition from Krivoy Rog “THERE IS NO WINTER IN UKRAINE: “Ideal House” Ukraine in the USA in the Pease Public Library, Plymouth, New Hampshire
“We are loving the art work!”
Tanya Ricker
Acting Director
April, 2016
Exhibition from Krivoy Rog “THERE IS NO WINTER IN UKRAINE: “Ideal House” Ukraine in the USA in Fiske Free Library, Claremont, New Hampshire
“The patrons are enjoying the exhibit immensely! It is amazing
to see the level of talent in these young people.”
Marta Smith,
Adult Services and Assistant City Librarian at City of Claremont Fiske Free Library
March 24, 2016
Acts of terrorism of the Putin’s nihilism clashed with the public opinion in the eastern Ukrainian city of Sloviansk through children’s drawings
Opening of the Fermata Arts Foundation exhibition “Ideal House” in the Central Library, Sloviansk, Ukraine
March 17, 2016
Commandoes handed Slavyansk children drawings from 11 countries
17.03.2016, 07:40, 134 0 Press release
The 95th separate air-mobile brigade of the Airborne Forces of Ukraine gave the children of Slavyansk (Donetsk region) 250 pictures created by little artists from 11 countries. This is reported by the website of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, reports IA “Vchasno”.
The servicemen handed to the children gifts from their peers from the United States, Italy, China, Latvia, Georgia, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Nagorny Karabakh and Bulgaria. Thus the “winged infantry” joined the international project «Let’s Build a Roof over The World» approved by the UNESCO World organization.
The children’s gifts have been placed in the Central Library of Slavyansk. The exhibition of the paintings will start on March 22.
Source: Information Agency “Vchasno” – Donbass news today
March, 2016
Exhibition from Krivoy Rog “THERE IS NO WINTER IN UKRAINE: “Ideal House” Ukraine in the USA in Peterborough Town Library, Peterborough, New Hampshire
Thank you for putting this together! We have had a great response on the exhibit. Here is a link to our blog post about the art and a photo. Thank you!http://peterboroughtownlibrary.org/ukrainianchildrensartexhibit/
Corinne Chronopoulos
Library Director
Peterborough Town Library
603) 9248040
PeterboroughTownLibrary.org
February of 2016
Exhibition from Krivoy Rog “THERE IS NO WINTER IN UKRAINE: “Ideal House” Ukraine in the USA in Keene Public Library, Keene, New Hampshire
Comments from the Fermata Arts Foundation:
To: Christy Menard
Library Director
Conant Public Library
111 Main St.
Winchester, New Hampshire 03470
Letter: FAF- 031816-021
Date: March 18, 2016
Re: A second vision: country Ukraine – Kievan Rus
Withdrawal of Putin’s forces from Syria gives an opportunity to Poroshenko to transfer their military operations against Putin to Syria
Dear Ms. Menard:
From the experience of American communications with the countries of the post-soviet space (cf. John Reed and the USSR) one can notice that US institutions are able to initiate the process and to wind it down in the span of sometimes one day, or, at most, of one month.
Your wish to communicate directly with libraries / schools / students in Ukraine is within your rights, as much protected by the constitution as your right to vote.
And yet in the period from 2011 – when the first drawings from the countries of post-Soviet space were provided to you by FAF – to the present time you have not exercised that right in any practical form – which would have meant posting the information about the exhibitions on the web site of your library – so that every participating child could enter the web site and see it.
But such links are rapidly destroyed.
Therefore, a non-profit organization that has a web site demonstrating the effects of traveling exhibitions provides an opportunity, based on the statistical data stored in the operational process of the “child – library, library – child” communication, minute by minute, regardless of the participant’s situation or mood.
Example: the Winchester Elementary School has refused to accept the exhibition. But other schools have supported the process of making a school exhibition.
A traveling exhibition of children’s drawings is an initial stage in the creation of the Investment and Cultural Club (ICC) – see letter of support from Senator K. Witkos an Senator J. Lieberman
The library in Windsor, CT made a re-application which was not in the spirit of our understanding – “we only serve the citizens”.
The right of American citizens for expressing their views is not served by a forceful process of “do as I do”, but a process of cultural development of each individual with an access to an inter-cultural dialogue.
The network of American libraries is a network of independent libraries of the USA. ICC formation can only start from independent participants, individuals not depend on the mood of their neighbor.
Presidential structures of the USA embody a history of independent individuals acting within the framework of the constitution that has enabled these individuals to express their concepts both at the individual and societal level. America cannot survive without a president. Examples of countries trying to express themselves without presidential structures are Russia and the countries of the post-Soviet space. The loss of these countries’ culture at the time of the collapse occurred simultaneously with the process of losing the ruler of the country.
This comment will be placed on the Fermata Arts Foundation (FAF) website for Ukraine as the epigraph for children’s drawings in the development of ICC and apropos correction processes in the development of tolerance.
Contact with the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine will be made in one form or another (wrt the formation of the laws in Ukraine).
The address for a direct contact that you have requested:
Elena Stepanovna Filanchuk
Director
City Children’s Library
36 Otto Brozovsky St.
Krivoy Rog, Ukraine
E-mail: knopka-aknela@mail.ru
The language for communication: Ukrainian in Ukraine,
Georgian in Georgia, Armenian in Armenia, etc.
Good luck.
Libraries are not a reliable structure; the ICC, an abandoned building and an architectural student project – this is a form that will be more responsible for the task ahead, as there is a process of addressing the government: the lawmaking process is involved and an introduction to the country’s constitution.
The FAF website is an international web site, and each child (in the countries of the post-Soviet space) can go and see his or her drawing. They have neither the money nor the capacity to do so at present.
Putin has managed to break up Ukraine into 459 independent urban centers.
Your direct contact would support such policies of President Putin.
You are using your right to vote (according to the constitution of the USA) in that country to form the concept of a touching love for the USA, not backed up by the finances of the country. Developing a computer dialogue via Skype, is an attempt to form a nobility class in the country. Constitutionally, the concept of “love for America” is in no way reflected in the constitution of this country, which leads to what has happened today.
Such Skype is a patronizing fiction. It’s like visiting a prisoner in jail when you know that at any time you can get up and leave.
January of 2016
Exhibition from Krivoy Rog “THERE IS NO WINTER IN UKRAINE: “Ideal House” Ukraine in the USA in Prosser Public Library, Bloomfield, Connecticut
Note. Five photos of individual drawings by Dennis A. Hubbs
“IDEAL HOUSE” IN UKRAINE
“Ideal House” exhibition opening in Kharkiv, Ukraine – January 19, 2016
Exhibition schedule for children’s drawings from Krivoy Rog, Ukraine from January, 2016 to February 2017 in New England has been finalized: SCHEDULE
THERE IS NO WINTER IN UKRAINE:
“Ideal House” Ukraine in the USA
“There is no winter in Ukraine
There is no end to wishes
There is only love to Ukraine
That saturating all hearts”
by Nick Jacobson
On the occasion of the celebration of the 240 anniversary of Krivoy Rog, one of the most populous city in Ukraine, Fermata Arts Foundation is happy to announce a traveling exhibition of children’s drawings that will be traveling around New England states from January of 2016 until January of 2017.
The exhibition consists of forty (40) drawings from 14 (fourteen) schools in Krivoy Rog:
- Krivoy Rog City Art School № 1 – thirteen (13) paintings;
- Krivoy Rog City Music School № 10 – four (4) drawings;
- Krivoy Rog City Art School № 2 – one (1) drawing;
- Krivoy Rog Magnet School № 4 (Level I-III1) – two (2) drawings;
- Krivoy Rog City Music School № 3 – one (1) drawing;
- Krivoy Rog School № 45 (Level I-III) – one (1) drawing;
- Krivoy Rog City Music School № 5 – three (3) paintings;
- MOEI2 “Station of young technicians” (Dzerzhinsk district) – one (1) drawing;
- Krivoy Rog Pedagogical Gymnasium (Dolgintsevsky district) – three (3) paintings;
- Krivoy Rog School № 15 (Level I-III) — four (4) drawings;
- Krivoy Rog City Music School № 8 – three (3) paintings;
- Krivoy Rog School № 111 (Level I-III) – two (2) drawings;
- Krivoy Rog lyceum № 3 — one (1) drawing;
- Krivoy Rog School № 93 (Level I-III) — one (1) drawing.
Student age: from 7 years old to 15 years old
These works participated in the Fermata Arts Foundation exhibition “Ideal House” Ukraine in September -November of 2015.
Level I = elementary school; Level II – middle school; Level III – high school
Municipal After-school Educational Institution
FORTY drawings from the “Ideal House” program in Krivoy Rog arrived to Connecticut.
Our thanks to Oleg Vladimirovich Kosyak, lawyer, PhD in Juridical sciences, associate professor, chairman of the City Committee on the fight against corruption and violation of rights of the citizens (Krivoy Rog, Ukraine) for his support.
Today, on Nov. 26, 2015, “Ideal House” exhibition arrived to Kharkov, Ukraine. Many thanks to Southern Ukrainian Railways for their sponsorship in transportation!
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We are proud to announce our new sponsor The Southern Ukrainian Railways!
Many thanks to The Southern Ukrainian Railways for supporting our project “Ideal House: Ukraine”
Images of the Ideal House drawings created by children from Krivoy Rog
On November 6, 2015 the City Children’s Library in Krivoy Rog held a closing ceremony of the international exhibition of children’s drawings «Ideal House», organized by the Fermata Art Foundation
Closing Ceremony Scenario :
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Images from Krivbass- Online Information Agency
SCENARIO for “Ideal House” exhibition in Krivoy Rog, Ukraine – September 2, 2015
Images from Krivbass – Online Information Agency
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“On April 16, 2015 at 12-00 the National Library of Ukraine for Children held a ceremonial opening of the international exhibition of children’s drawings «Ideal House», organized by the Fermata Art Foundation (USA).
The guests of the event were the users of our library (readers, students from grades 5-6), who were impressed by bright, colorful exhibition of drawings.
The festival was opened by General Director of the Library Alla Gordienko and a representative from the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine, the Head of libraries and reading Maria G. Vysocansky who expressed support for the project and highlighted the importance of development of relations between the different countries in the world and wished the children in the world happy future, and most importantly, to draw their own house of the future!
Participants of opening ceremony were entertained by the students of the State Children’s Ukrainian dance studio “Barvinochek” who performed dances of the peoples of the world – Hungarian, Ukrainian and American country-dance. The musical gift – the song “Blooming Ukraine” was performed by a student of the vocal studio “Cheerful notes” from the Center for Children and Youth in Sviatoshynsky district of Kiev Golosko Darya.
We are sending you a brief photo report from the presentation of the exhibition.
Sincerely,
Head of the Department of Art
NBU children Galina Gudzima
Greetings Letter to Kyiv“Ideal House”
from US Senator C. Murphy
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, UKRAINE!
EXHIBITION SCHEDULE
LIST OF DRAWINGS
Groton Public Library – Groton, Connecticut – April 2012
New Britain Public Library – New Britain, Connecticut – July 2012
Bridgeport Public Library – Bridgeport, Connecticut – August 2012
Hartford Public Library – Hartford, Connecticut – October 2012
Canton Public Library – Canton, Connecticut – October 2012
Renbrook School – West Hartford, Connecticut – November 2012
Keene Public Library – Keene, New Hampshire – December 2012