Artist Olena Kulchytska

2003, Ternopil Television. An episode of the program “They Have Brought Fame to Our Region” is dedicated to the artist Olena Kulchytska, her biography, and her contribution to Ukrainian art.

On the video: archival photographs and self-portraits by Olena Kulchytska; views of Berezhany; the Church of the Holy Trinity in Berezhany; an exhibition of Olena Kulchytska’s works at the Ternopil Regional Art Museum; woodcuts; etchings; graphic art; a street sign for Olena Kulchytska Street.

Ihor Duda, director of the Ternopil Regional Art Museum, comments.

The program was created by Olga Medvid. The following people worked on this episode: Nadiya Bobko, Vasyl Panchuk, Nataliya Bandyak, Yuriy Machuga, Yuriy Markovich.

Reference: Olena Kulchytska — a Ukrainian artist who worked in various painting techniques, including sacred art, easel drawing, and printmaking; an illustrator; she developed designs for textile factories; created ethnographic sketches of traditional folk clothing; winner of the Shevchenko Prize; the first woman from Galicia to receive a professional education.