Engaging Our Core: Silent Auction Updated

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UKRAINIAN CATHOLIC ARCHEPARCHY of PHILADELPHIA

Engaging Our Core Saturday, October 5 | 5:30PM Cathedral Hall | 830 N Franklin St, Philadelphia, PA 19123

Silent Auction We invite all guests to participate in A SILENT AUCTION during the Reporting and Benefit Event “Engaging Our Core” on the 5th of October 2024 in the Cathedral Hall.

Bidding on the auction lots will begin during the cocktail reception and throughout the dinner program. All bids must be made in increments as identified on the bid sheet that evening.

Our Archeparchy expresses its sincere gratitude to the artists and their families who donated the items. Your generosity is a true source of inspiration for us!

Saint George Description: Oil paint on wood, 2024,

Artist: Roman Zilinko

15 ¾” diameter Donated by: Roman Zilinko

Was born in 1979 in Ternopil, Ukraine. 2001 graduated from the Lviv Theological Academy (now the Ukrainian Catholic University). In 2003 he completed his Master’s degree at the Catholic University in Lublin as well as his doctoral studies at the University’s Institute of Art History.

For many years he worked at the Andrei Sheptytsky National Museum in Lviv and presently he works at the

Starting Bid: $500

Museum of Folk Architecture and Rural Life in Lviv named after Klymentiy Sheptytskyi.

Saint Peter Description: Acrylic, gilding on gessoed

Artist: Ivan Dashko

wood, 2022, 20x46 cm Donated by: IconArt Gallery

Was born in 1989. He graduated from Trush Lviv State College of Decorative and Fine Arts, Painting department and completed his Master’s degree at Lviv National Academy of Arts, Monumental Painting department. His pieces can be found in private collections in Ukraine, Poland, USA, and Canada.

Starting Bid: $500

Saint Michael, the Warrior Description: Ammo box, wooden shingle,

Artist: Lev (Levko) Skop

2022 Donated by: IconArt Gallery

Was born in 1954 and is an art historian, artist, icon painter, poet, musician, and since the war started he has become a devoted volunteer who helps the Ukrainian army.

He resides in Drohobych and works as a restoration artist in the Department of Wooden Architecture at the "Drohobychchyna" Museum.

Starting Bid: $150

Saint Nicholas Description: Acrylic on glass, 2024, 22x18cm

Artist: Ivan Dashko

Donated by: IconArt Gallery Was born in 1989. He graduated from Trush Lviv State College of Decorative and Fine Arts, Painting department and completed his Master’s degree at Lviv National Academy of Arts, Monumental Painting department. His pieces can be found in private collections in Ukraine, Poland, USA, and Canada.

Starting Bid: $100

Nativity Description: Print hand-signed by artist,

Artist: Lyuba Yatskiv

33x48 cm Donated by: IconArt Gallery

Was born in 1977 in Lviv, Ukraine. In 1996 she graduated from Trush Lviv State College of Decorative and Fine Arts, Department of Textile Art. From 1996 to 2002 she studied at the Lviv National Academy of Arts, at the Department of Sacred Art. Since 2002 she has taught at the Department of Sacred Art of the Lviv Academy of Arts. She has participated in numerous exhibitions in Ukraine and

Starting Bid: $150

abroad. Her works are found in private collections in Ukraine, Poland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, USA.

World Creation Description: Print hand-signed by artist,

Artist: Lyuba Yatskiv

33x48 cm Donated by: IconArt Gallery

Was born in 1977 in Lviv, Ukraine. In 1996 she graduated from Trush Lviv State College of Decorative and Fine Arts, Department of Textile Art. From 1996 to 2002 she studied at the Lviv National Academy of Arts, at the Department of Sacred Art. Since 2002 she has taught at the Department of Sacred Art of the Lviv Academy of Arts. She has participated in numerous exhibitions in Ukraine and

Starting Bid: $150

abroad. Her works are found in private collections in Ukraine, Poland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, USA.

Unnamed Description: Oil on canvas, 24” x 20”

Artist: Adriana Tytla Henkels

Donated by: Adriana Tytla Henkels Was born in New York City to Ukrainian immigrant parents.

She attended the University of the Arts earning a Bachelor's Degree in Fine Arts and an Associates Degree in Graphic Arts from Moore College of Art in Philadelphia. She worked as a graphic designer for The Please Touch Museum and then as Art Director for the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce. Her art has been

Starting Bid: $350

exhibited in various shows and venues in the United States.

Scythe Bearer Description: Pencil on paper, 32 ¼” x 25 ½”

Artist: Wasyl Palijczuk

Donated by: Wasyl Palijczuk Born in 1934 in Ukraine. Left war-torn Ukraine as a child, emigrated to the U.S without his parents and lived in a Baltimore boarding house run by a Ukrainian woman.

Obtain bachelor's and master's degrees in art from the University of Maryland. Was an art professor at Western Maryland College.

Starting Bid: $350

From the exhibit: Behind the Lines Description: Framed poster signed by

Artist: Ola Rondiak

artist, 20” x 15” Donated by: Ola Rondiak

Was born in 1966 in Cleveland, Ohio. She earned her BS degree at Hunter College and later her M.Ed. She worked as a psychotherapist. Her paintings stem from her family’s experiences living in Ukraine during the historical events of WWII, Stalin’s Iron Curtain, the Orange Revolution in 2004 and the Revolution of Dignity in 2014.

Her work has been featured in solo exhibitions

Starting Bid: $100

internationally.

Decisions Description: Framed poster signed by

Artist: Ola Rondiak

artist, 2020, 12” x 16” Donated by: Ola Rondiak

Was born in 1966 in Cleveland, Ohio. She earned her BS degree at Hunter College and later her M.Ed. She worked as a psychotherapist. Her paintings stem from her family’s experiences living in Ukraine during the historical events of WWII, Stalin’s Iron Curtain, the Orange Revolution in 2004 and the Revolution of Dignity in 2014.

Her work has been featured in solo exhibitions

Starting Bid: $125

internationally.

Take What's Important Description: Framed poster signed by

Artist: Ola Rondiak

artist, 2018, 12” x 12” Donated by: Ola Rondiak

Was born in 1966 in Cleveland, Ohio. She earned her BS degree at Hunter College and later her M.Ed. She worked as a psychotherapist. Her paintings stem from her family’s experiences living in Ukraine during the historical events of WWII, Stalin’s Iron Curtain, the Orange Revolution in 2004 and the Revolution of Dignity in 2014.

Her work has been featured in solo exhibitions

Starting Bid: $100

internationally.

You Are Accountable Description: Pencil on paper, 33 ½” x 27”

Artist: Halyna Mizak

Donated by: Halyna Mizak Halyna Mizak lives in the Philadelphia area and works as an archivist in the Province of the Sisters of the Order of Saint Basil the Great. In 1985 she graduated from the Lviv Academy of Fine Arts. She worked as a restorer of XV to XVIII century pieces at the Lviv National Art Gallery. She participated in the restoration of numerous iconostases, including the renowned Pyatnytsky iconostasis, an early

Starting Bid: $1,000

17h century national treasure. Halyna continuously enhanced her professional expertise participating in international apprenticeships and exhibitions.

Vyshyvanka Description: Women's size large Donated by: Myroslava Semerej

Starting Bid: $150

Vyshyvanka Description: Men's size large Donated by: “Soloveyko” Ivan and Lesia Kulak

Starting Bid: $150

Rushnyk Description: Antique hand-embroidered wedding rushnyk from the Poltava region, 130" in length Donated by: Talia Pryszlak

Starting Bid: $500

Mother of the Sign Description: Archival Digital Print, 2010,

Artist: Christina Saj

12 “ x 12” Donated by: Christina Saj

Born 1967, Syracuse, New York. In 1988, she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art from Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York. In 1992 she received a degree of a Master of Fine Arts in Painting from Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. Her work has been widely exhibited, including such venues as The Ukrainian Museum (NYC), The Museum of Cultural Heritage (Kyiv,

Starting Bid: $500

Ukraine), the American Embassy (Doha, Qatar) as well as the White House (DC).

Unnamed Description: Copper relief, 14” x 10 ½”

Artist: Jurij Hura

Donated by: Jerry Kindrachuk, Manager of the Jurij Hura Estate

Born in Lviv, Ukraine. His family fled to Krakow, Poland in 1942. He studied at the Lyceum of Fine Arts and the Krakow Academy of Fine Arts graduating in 1956. In 1982 he organized an art department at the Ukrainian Educational and Cultural Center (Jenkintown, PA). Jurij worked for Commercial Advertising Art for 22 years painting large billboards. His works have been exhibited

Starting Bid: $500

internationally, and are represented in collections at museums in Poland, Italy, Canada, and USA.

The Lake Description: Acrylic on plywood, 1997,

Artist: Jurij Hura

12” x 15” Donated by: Jerry Kindrachuk, Manager of the Jurij Hura Estate

Born in Lviv, Ukraine. His family fled to Krakow, Poland in 1942. He studied at the Lyceum of Fine Arts and the Krakow Academy of Fine Arts graduating in 1956. In 1982 he organized an art department at the Ukrainian Educational and Cultural Center (Jenkintown, PA). Jurij worked for Commercial Advertising Art for 22 years painting large billboards. His works have been exhibited

Starting Bid: $300

internationally, and are represented in collections at museums in Poland, Italy, Canada, and USA.

Bell Tower among the Flowers Description: Oil on pressed paper, 1997,

Artist: Jurij Hura

16” x 12” Donated by: Jerry Kindrachuk, Manager of the Jurij Hura Estate

Born in Lviv, Ukraine. His family fled to Krakow, Poland in 1942. He studied at the Lyceum of Fine Arts and the Krakow Academy of Fine Arts graduating in 1956. In 1982 he organized an art department at the Ukrainian Educational and Cultural Center (Jenkintown, PA). Jurij worked for Commercial Advertising Art for 22 years painting large billboards. His works have been exhibited

Starting Bid: $300

internationally, and are represented in collections at museums in Poland, Italy, Canada, and USA.

Skeptic Description: Carrara marble, 1995

Artist: Jurij Hura

Donated by: Jerry Kindrachuk, Manager of the Jurij Hura Estate

Born in Lviv, Ukraine. His family fled to Krakow, Poland in 1942. He studied at the Lyceum of Fine Arts and the Krakow Academy of Fine Arts graduating in 1956. In 1982 he organized an art department at the Ukrainian Educational and Cultural Center (Jenkintown, PA). Jurij worked for Commercial Advertising Art for 22 years painting large billboards. His works have been exhibited

Starting Bid: $200

internationally, and are represented in collections at museums in Poland, Italy, Canada, and USA.

Abstract Flowers Description:Acrylic on canvas, 36" x 36"

Artist: Mykhailo Danylovych

Donated by: Mykhailo Danylovych Born Lviv, he has resided in USA since 1996. Attended the Ivan Tush College of Art in Lviv and the Kyiv Art academy.

His art has been exhibited in Ukraine, Germany, various exhibits in USA, personal art collections, and at the Ukrainian Ministery of Art

Starting Bid: $650

Pokrova Description: Vintage Murano glass beads,

Artist: Olenka Labunka

ceramic beads, mother-ofpearl beads, brass pendants,

Olena Labunka was born in 1976 in the city of Dnipro,

metal and brass accessories,

Ukraine. She completed her higher education at the Ivan

length: 14-19" Donated by: Olenka Labunka

Franko National University in Lviv, with a degree in International Journalism. Olena has conducted several workshops on how to make Ukrainian rag dolls ("motanky") as well as Ukrainian Easter eggs ("pysanky") in the Philadelphia metro area. However, her biggest

Starting Bid: $200

inspiration is designing stylized Ukrainian necklaces ("namysta").

Vyshhord Theotokos Description: Linocut, 1985

Artist: Ivanka Krypiakevych-Dymyd

Donated by: Ivanka Krypiakevych-Dymyd Was born in 1968 in Lviv, Ukraine.In 1988 she graduated from Lviv College of Applied Art, Department of Artistic Painting. From 1988 to 1992 she studied at the Lviv Institute of Applied Art, Department of Monumental Decorative Painting. A Laureate of the Vasyl Stus Prize. Her artworks are found in private collections in Ukraine, Poland, USA, Canada.

Starting Bid: $500

Fantasy Description: Acrylic on canvas, 16"x20"

Artist: Yarko Kozak

Donated by: Chrystyna Kozak Yarko Kozak was born on April 17, 1941 in Krakow, Poland.

During the war, the family first moved to Berchtesgaden, Germany and in 1948 immigrated to Detroit. Yarko graduated from University of Detroit High School and Wayne State University. For many years he worked at General Motors. He was an artist that painted icons, landscapes and abstracts. Yarko was active in the

Starting Bid: $900

Ukrainian community, generously donating his talent to illustrating books, magazines and programs and painting scenery for plays.

Zvizdochky Description: Red Pysanka, Lviv region design

Artist: Sofika Zielyk

Donated by: Sofika Zielyk Native New Yorker of Ukrainian descent. She holds a degree in Art History from New York University. In 1992, she was the first American of Ukrainian descent to exhibit work in their ancestral homeland. Her pysanky are in the permanent collections of the Ukrainian Museum in New York, The Ukrainian Museum and Library of Stamford in Connecticut, the Embassy of Ukraine in Washington, DC,

Starting Bid: $50

American House in Kyiv, and the Pysanka Museum in Kolomyja, Ukraine. They can also be found in numerous private collections worldwide.

Vitryachok Description: Black Pysanka, Lviv region design Artist: Sofika Zielyk Donated by: Sofika Zielyk Native New Yorker of Ukrainian descent. She holds a degree in Art History from New York University. In 1992, she was the first American of Ukrainian descent to exhibit work in their ancestral homeland. Her pysanky are in the permanent collections of the Ukrainian Museum in New York, The Ukrainian Museum and Library of Stamford in Connecticut, the Embassy of Ukraine in Washington, DC,

Starting Bid: $50

American House in Kyiv, and the Pysanka Museum in Kolomyja, Ukraine. They can also be found in numerous private collections worldwide.

Music at the Institute Description: Four tickets and three CDs Donated by: Ukrainian Institute of America

The Ukrainian Institute of America has been at the forefront of promoting Ukrainian culture and democratic values to the world for over 75 years. Through its vibrant programs, the Institute serves as a bridge between Ukraine and the American people, fostering cultural interaction, mutual understanding, and appreciation of shared values and goals. Located on Museum Mile in the heart of New York City in a National Historic Landmark building, the

Starting Bid: $125

Institute is Where the World Meets Ukraine.