Exhibit: Destroyed Temples of Ukraine
2024-03-01 - 2024-03-31 | Rutherford Library, University of Alberta, 11208 89 Ave NW, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2J8, Canada
In partnership with our colleagues at the Національний музей Революції Гідності • Maidan Museum, CIUS is honoured to host the exhibition 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝘆𝗲𝗱 𝗧𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗨𝗸𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲, a visual exposition of places of worship damaged and disfigured in Russia’s ongoing war against Ukraine. These beautifully brutal photographs depict the haunted state of many of Ukraine’s churches, synagogues, and mosques, revealing the targeted yet haphazard destruction unleashed in war.
Located in the Galleria of the Rutherford (Humanities and Social Sciences) Library, University of Alberta on the University of Alberta campus, 𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘛𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴 will be on view for the entire month of March. The display is free and open to the public.
Thank you to the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) for support of this important exhibition.

Kateryna Kryvolap
2024-03-08 08:00 - 2024-03-30 17:00 (America/Edmonton) | ACUA, 10554 110 Street Unit 100, Edmonton, Alberta, T5H 3C5, Canada
KATERYNA KRYVOLAP
MAR 08, 2024 TO MAR 30, 2024
We are delighted to announce our March Signature Artist is artist Kateryna Kryvolap!
Exhibition will be on view at ACUA March 8 – March 30 during regular hours.
Gallery Hours
Tue-Thu 10am-4pm
Friday 2pm-7pm
Saturday 11am-3pm
ACUA
10554 110 Street
Edmonton
Kateryna Kryvolap is an artist originally from Ukraine who makes her home in Canada. She was raised and educated in an artistic family where she found her passion for fine art.
Although Kateryna creates artwork of different styles, her website is dedicated exclusively to both contemporary decorative and traditional decorative painting styles. According to the artist, her paintings are more than fine art because they carry positive energy that is coded in symbolic decor elements.
Traditional Ukrainian decorative painting arose out of a folk art which was believed to have the magical power to protect from sorrow. Depictions of certain elements such as birds and flowers represented prosperity, harmony, and happiness.
When creating decorative art, Kateryna dedicates her time to the extension of conventional boundaries by incorporation of techniques and styles of the past, adapting them to the trends and materials of the present. Balanced colourful compositions with attention to small details combined with sophistication, tell the viewer about the artist’s self-expression, creativity, and aesthetic taste.
Since the perception of art is diverse, people of different nationalities and countries collect Kateryna’s original artwork not only for decoration purposes but in order to possess the new heritage of decorative art.

Destroyed Temples Exhibit - Reception & Tour
2024-03-14 17:00 - 18:30 | Rutherford Library, University of Alberta, 11208 89 Ave NW, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2J8, Canada
14 March, 2024
5-6:30 P.M. MT
Rutherford Library, University of Alberta
11208 89 Ave NW, Edmonton
Join Maidan Museum (Kyiv) Director Ihor Poshyvailo for the reception of the “…And They Will Rise in Glory and Power”: Destroyed Temples of Ukraine photo exhibit, currently on display in the galleria of the University of Alberta’s Rutherford Library.
Light refreshments and a guided tour will be provided.
No RSVP required.

2024 Bohdan Bociurkiw Memorial Lecture
2024-03-14 19:00 - 20:00 | Telus International Centre, Room 134, 11104 87 St NW, Edmonton, AB, Canada
The Ukrainian State and the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Times of Russian Aggression: Religious Freedom, National Security, and the Rule of Law Contexts with Dr. Dmytro Vovk
14 March, 2024
7 P.M. MT
Telus International Centre, Room 134
University of Alberta
11104 87 St NW, Edmonton
In this lecture, Dmytro Vovk will analyze the legal measures implemented by the Ukrainian state to restrict or ban the operation of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church historically and ecclesiastically connected with the Moscow Patriarchate. He will argue that, while this conflict is often framed as a “religious freedom versus national security” case, it should also be considered a part of a broader decolonization and de-Russification agenda, endorsed by Ukrainian society and pushed forward by the Ukrainian state. However, human rights and rule of law concerns will require a more well-balanced approach.
Registration is required. To RSVP, please click the link below.
This is a hybrid event and can be joined in-person at the University of Alberta, or via Zoom.
For questions contact lytwyn@ualberta.ca
