February 20, 2025
Fermata Art Foundation Program in the South Hadley Public Library:
Art Workshop:
South Hadley Public Library Workshop, “What happens when the animals move north?” Observations by Ekaterina Synkova, Fermata Arts Foundation volunteer.
The Workshop “What happens when animals fly north?” was a Workshop directed by Sean
Cummings on February 20, 2025. Sean Cummings is an architect. The workshop consisted of five children, grades 3rd through 4th grade. As an opening to the workshop, we all drew
drawings for the children in Ukraine. The children saw the display of the Ukrainian pictures and got inspired by the exhibition of foreign animals from desert places. Many of the drawings that the Ukrainian drew were with animals such as tigers, whales and dolphins. It is very interesting that that was the choice of the Ukrainian children. Ukraine is going through great difficulties, so maybe the children reflect this by drawing unrealistic and far away things. Children are capable of creating an accurate representation and reflection of what their society is like. This is why it is very important to let children draw what they see around themselves. Later our children in the workshop reflected on the Ukrainian drawings, observing their animals, and decided to draw more animals for the Ukrainian children. The children did very well on their drawings for the Ukrainian children.
All of them consistently paid attention to instructions and help given by the director of the
workshop. The children learn how to draw from perspective, and how to find a point in the room they are drawing. The children were asking questions if they were unsure of something or if they needed help completing the objective. The objective was to draw the wall on the opposite side of the room, where there were many drawers and an interesting ceiling texture. The children started drawing from the ‘point’, and everything later on stems off of this ‘point’. To learn how to draw from the point is an essential skill even when you do not use it in your later profession. A girl in the workshop, Monroe, had told us, “I am not an artist,” when she did not draw perfect lines. In the end, she was glad she had drawn her picture. She had a good time drawing and showed of her drawing to the children and to her parents.
Information Session:
February 11, 2025
Fermata Arts Foundation welcomes first participants from Kharkiv and Kharkiv Region, Ukraine in our new project!
- Mariia Kolesnik Mariia, 13 years old. Instructor: I.B. Falko, Kharkiv, Ukraine.
- Sofia Goncharenko, 12 years old. Instructor: I.B. Falko, Kharkiv, Ukraine.
- Victoriia Kolesnik, 12 years old. Instructor: I.B. Falko, Kharkiv, Ukraine.
- Anna Sergienko, 11 years old. Instructor: I.B. Falko, Kharkiv, Ukraine.
- Diana Zaporozchenko, 10 years old. Instructor: I.B. Falko, Kharkiv, Ukraine.
- Anna Bunina 15 years old. Instructor: I.B. Falko, Kharkiv, Ukraine.
- Yelyzaveta Tokmakova, 8 years old. Instructor: I.B. Falko, Kharkiv, Ukraine.
Title: “The giraffe saw the northern lights when he came from hot Africa to the North Pole.” - Veronika Ogienko, 8 years old. Kharkiv, Ukraine.
- Tymofii Verbovetskyi, grade 3-A. Kharkiv, Ukraine.
- Lilia Fomenko, 9 years old. Kharkiv, Ukraine.
- Myron Shostak. Instructor: Lyudmila Bojko. Staryi Merchyk village, Kharkiv Region, Ukraine.
- Veronica Netesa, 10 years old. Instructor: Lyudmila Bojko. Staryi Merchyk village, Kharkiv Region, Ukraine.
- Timur Bilenko, 11 years old. Instructor: Lyudmila Bojko. Staryi Merchyk village, Kharkiv Region, Ukraine.
- Iryna Savchenko, 11 years old. Instructor: Lyudmila Bojko. Staryi Merchyk village, Kharkiv Region, Ukraine.
- Dmytro Kotelievets, 10 years old. Instructor: Lyudmila Bojko. Staryi Merchyk village, Kharkiv Region, Ukraine.
- Alyona Kukla, 10 years old. Instructor: Lyudmila Bojko. Staryi Merchyk village, Kharkiv Region, Ukraine.
- Margarita Khalimon, 10 years old. Instructor: Lyudmila Bojko. Staryi Merchyk village, Kharkiv Region, Ukraine.
- Kateryna Cherniaeva, 10 years old. Instructor: Lyudmila Bojko. Staryi Merchyk village, Kharkiv Region, Ukraine.
- Sofia Sushko. Instructor: Lyudmila Bojko. Staryi Merchyk village, Kharkiv Region, Ukraine.
- Arseniy Kolesnik. Instructor: Lyudmila Bojko. Staryi Merchyk village, Kharkiv Region, Ukraine.
- Mariia Shapovalova. Instructor: N.V. Kulinich, Kharkiv, Ukraine.
- Nadezhda Movchan, 9 years old. Kharkiv, Ukraine.
- Margarita Gevorgova, Kharkiv, Ukraine.
- Katerina Kuvaldina, 12years, old. Kharkiv, Ukraine.
- Stefaniia Klimenko, 7 years old. Kharkiv, Ukraine.
- Kseniia Ivashenko, 12 years old. Kharkiv, Ukraine.
- Oleksandr Lishkun, 8 years old. Kharkiv, Ukraine.
- Mariia Lupivovk, 5 years old. Kharkiv, Ukraine.
- Evgen Palamarchuk, 9 years old. Kharkiv, Ukraine.
- Uliana Pislar. Kharkiv, Ukraine.
- Sofia Somenko, 8 years old. Kharkiv, Ukraine.
- Ivan Usatuy, 9 years old. Kharkiv, Ukraine.
- Olena Volosnik, 11 years old, Kharkiv, Ukraine,
- Daryna Havrylko, 10 years old. Instructor: Nadezhda Anatoliivna Smelnik. Cherneshchyna village, Berestyn district, Kharkiv region, Ukraine.
- Mariya Kumaritashvili Mariya, 9 years old. Instructor: Nadezhda Anatoliivna Smelnik. Kharkiv, Ukraine.
- Stanislav Shemezhys, 10 years old. Instructor: Nadezhda Anatoliivna Smelnik. Novoselivka Village, Berestynskyi district, Kharkiv region, Ukraine.
- Zlata Nahirna Zlata, 9 years old. Instructor: Tetyana Sergiivna Chashchina. Krasnokutsk village, Kharkiv region, Ukraine.
- Polina Denchik, 8 years old. Instructor: Lyudmila Mikhailivna Maiboroda, Head of the Studio “vikArt” Kharkiv, Ukraine. Title: “Surprise”.
- Angelina Rupan, 8 years old. Instructor: Lyudmila Mikhailivna Maiboroda, Head of the Studio “vikArt” Kharkiv, Ukraine. Title: «Kiwi adventures in Ukraine»
- Lina Fursina, 10 years old. Instructor: Lyudmila Mikhailivna Maiboroda, Head of the Studio “vikArt” Kharkiv, Ukraine.Title: To rescue” [«Redden»]. Deutschland
- Anna Artyomova, 10 years old. Instructor: Viktoriia Anatoliivna Usenko. Music school No. 8 named after P.D. Gaidamaka, Kharkiv, Ukraine.
- Yulia Benedyk, 10 years old. Instructor: Viktoriia Anatoliivna Usenko. Music school No. 8 named after P.D. Gaidamaka, Kharkiv, Ukraine.
- Elizaveta Kuzminskaya 10years old. Instructor: Viktoriia Anatoliivna Usenko. Music school No. 8 named after P.D. Gaidamaka, Kharkiv, Ukraine.
- Uliana Lukinova, 10 years old. Instructor: Viktoriia Anatoliivna Usenko. Music school No. 8 named after P.D. Gaidamaka, Kharkiv, Ukraine.
- Zlata Narozhna, 8 years old. Instructor: Viktoriia Anatoliivna Usenko. Music school No. 8 named after P.D. Gaidamaka, Kharkiv, Ukraine.
- Alisa Plakhotina, 7 years old. Instructor: Viktoriia Anatoliivna Usenko. Music school No. 8 named after P.D. Gaidamaka, Kharkiv, Ukraine.
