“Together we Create. Together we Preserve”: Shortlist of the art competition announced

In the framework of the communication campaign “Together, We Create. Together, We Preserve”, in partnership with the Lavra Art Gallery in Kyiv, an artist competition was held from 26 May to 20 June.

The competition invited artist to present their own reflections on the Russian war and Ukraine’s heroic resistance, supported by the EU.

Over 50 art projects were submitted. Seven projects that were shortlisted by the jury will be presented to the public on 8 July 2023 at the Lavra Gallery in Kyiv as part of the Cultural Mosaic Art Open Air, to which the EU Delegation to Ukraine is inviting.

This open-air event is an opportunity for guests to have a closer look at the artists’ work and to interact with some of them personally.

The exhibition presents the shortlisted projects:

• Siren Songs (Arsen Savadov and Roman Mykhaylov)
• The same words (Anna Vereschaka)
• Come Back Alive “Hugs” (Serhiy Korniyevskyi)
• Ukraine (Serhiy Borodin)
• Sculptures (Valeriy Pirogov)
• Evacuation, Evacuation (Oleg Kharch)
• Copper Shroud / Found Objects (Vasyl Dmytruk)

The exhibition of art projects is just one of the many sites of the Cultural Mosaic in the Lavra Gallery.Visitors will be able to meet and talk to Ukrainian artists and those involved in EU cultural projects and programmes, learn the basics of handicrafts, watch documentaries, browse through books, and find out many little-known facts about the life of Ukrainian culture during the war and the support provided by the European Union. Young visitors can join creative activities and competitions.