Exhibition by Woodcarver Vasyl Shevchuk

Chernivtsi State Television and Radio Company, 1996. The program “Photograph: When a Tree Sings...” features an exhibition of works by Ukrainian wood artist Vasyl Shevchuk, which took place at the “Vernissage” Cultural Center in Chernivtsi.

In the video: the exhibition display; works by Vasyl Shevchuk; event attendees; bandura player Vasyl Pindyk performing an excerpt from the song “Hey, Brothers Opryshky”; excerpts from speeches by Yarema Polatayko, chairman of the board of the Chernivtsi Regional Organization of the Union of Artists of Ukraine (1995–2002); Myroslav Lazaruk, head of the Department of Culture and Arts of the Chernivtsi Regional State Administration (1996–1998); People’s Artist of Ukraine Ivan Kholomeniuk; art historian and director of the Chernivtsi Regional Art Museum (1995–2004) Tetiana Dugaeva; Honored Journalist of Ukraine Vasyl Babukh; exhibition curator Vasyl Shevchuk; poems by Maria Matios and Volodymyr Voznyuk are recited.

Reference: Vasyl Shevchuk — a Ukrainian woodcarver and Honored Artist of Ukraine — worked in the field of decorative arts, creating plaques, panels, and other works.