Fuller Craft Museum proudly presents Soul of a Nation: Voices of Resilience in Ukrainian Folk Art, a multimedia exhibition celebrating Ukraine’s rich artistic heritage and enduring creative spirit. Highlighting the profound role of traditional crafts as acts of resistance and cultural preservation, the exhibition features Zaporizhzhya embroidered textiles, hand-painted pysanka (Easter eggs), Crimean-Tatar ceramics, Hutsul wood art, and Petrykivka painting. Through vivid colors, floral motifs, geometric patterns, and multiple media on view, visitors will witness the resilience and creativity that define Ukraine’s enduring cultural identity.
This exhibition was supported by Denise De More and Peter Keohan
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This exhibition was also featured in the print issue of American Craft, Summer 2025
Pictured above (left to right):
Pasha Plytorak, Pysanka, 2025, Ivano-Frankivsk region, wax-resist batik technique on ostrich egg
Tetyana Konovalm, Pysanka, 2023, Kyiv region, wax-resist batik and vinegar-etching techniques on emu egg.
Svitlana Stadnyk family, Pysanka, 2017, Ivano-Frankivsk region, wax-resist batik technique on ostrich egg
Pasha Plytorak, Pysanka, 2025, Ivano-Frankivsk region, wax-resist batik technique on ostrich egg
Svitlana Stadnyk family. Pysanka, 2017, Ivano-Frankivsk region, wax-resist batik technique on ostrich egg
Photo credit: Will Howcroft