COMMUNITY CHRONICLE (01/11/98)

COMMUNITY CHRONICLE

Plast sorority holds debutante ball

CLEVELAND - The Plast sorority "Buryverkhy" held its annual ball with the presentation of debutantes on May 3, 1997, in the Renaissance Cleveland Hotel, Tower City Center. Nove Pokolinnia of Toronto played at the ball. This year's debutantes and their escrots were: (from left) Natalia Kostryk and Yarema Hrynewycz; Anya Palazij and Marko Skubiak; Luba Korduba and Petro Demchuk; Adrian Chraplyvy and Tatiana Zadony; Lubko Rakowsky and Orysia Kulick; Taras Toporowych and Halyna Mykhailyshyn.

Edmonton museum hosts Lopata exhibit

EDMONTON - On November 28-30, 1997, Edmonton audiences viewed an exhibition of work by the well-known graphic artist Vasyl Lopata of Ukraine. The show and sale were held in the gallery of the Ukrainian Canadian Museum and Archives. Mr. Lopata, whose work depicts the history of Ukraine from the pre-Christian times of the Scythians to the present day, is an "Honored Artist of Ukraine," laureate of the Taras Shevchenko Prize and holder of awards from international graphic arts shows in London, Kyiv and Moscow. He has illustrated some 60 published books and completed over 100 ex libris bookplates. To his credit are historical portraits of all the metropolitans of the Kyiv and Halych sees, as well as a series of Ukrainian saints and other large-scale projects. His most recent undertaking has been a monumental series of works on the subject of Mykola Hohol's (N. Gogol) "Taras Bulba." Mr. Lopata's greatest claim to fame to date has been his design of the national currency of Ukraine - the hryvnia. Seen above are the artist and his wife with Bishop Lavrentiy and the Rev. M. Kovalchyk.