The Nazar Voitovich Art Residence project team is addressing you with a proposition to join

Dear Sir or Madam,

The Nazar Voitovich Art Residence project team is addressing you with a proposition to join our Community of Friends who support the development of young Ukrainian art. Our goal is to open new free-access ceramic and printmaking art studios. They are meant for aspiring artists who will be able to further develop their talents and learn from their more experienced colleagues as well as do projects together with them. This experience will pave their way to presenting their art pieces in Ukraine and abroad.

We are collecting funds for creating proper living conditions and buying equipment for two new studios.

And bunk-beds for artists who will be hosted in The Nazar Voitovich Art Residence in the village of Travneve, Ternopil region, Western Ukraine.

The Residence has already carried out its first AIR program, in which 6 artists from Ukraine and the USA took part. At the current moment, we have one fully-equipped and functional studio in Travneve which has a library, a cinema club, art classes for children and the youth, and a community center. All of this has become possible thanks to donations we collected from various sources, mainly our partners, philanthropists, non-governmental and governmental organizations, businesses and volunteers. With their support, we managed to collect 57.000 UAH, which we used to renovate the abovementioned studio and carry out the first AIR program.

This time we have a goal twice as large. We are collecting 100.000 UAH through Big Idea, a Ukrainian crowdfunding platform. Every hryvnia collected on Big Idea will be doubled by the International Renaissance Foundation, which will secure the steady work of all three – one existing and two in progress – art studios for half a year, as well as allow us to organize presentations and exhibitions in Ukraine and abroad.

· The project is dedicated to the youngest hero of the Heavenly Hundred - Nazar Voitovich, a young man who died during the armed altercation with the military forces on Maidan on January 20^th, 2014. He was studying to be a designer and dreamed of becoming an artist, which is why he was getting ready to enter the art academy at the time of the horrific events. His other big dream was to see Ukraine – “the country of kind people”. By helping this project, you will be able to help make Nazar’s dreams come true and become a part of a community that can and shall do good even in the hardest of times.

· We are working on this project because we know that art centers are required not only in large cities but in small communities as well, perhaps even more so. This small project in a no-name village in Ternopil region has the potential to become a world-famous institution. We believe that together we can build a truly unique international art center.

· How can you help?

We have less than one month till the end of our campaign, so if you’ve decided to support our project by donating the sum comfortable for you, you can do this by the following link:

//biggggidea.com/project/vidkriti-majsterni

In order for your donation to be received, you need to register on the Big Idea website. You can do this through your Facebook profile or Google+. Then press the button «ФОНДУВАТИ». Please note: LiqPay is a system for transactions around Ukraine. In order to make a donation in any other currency than hryvnia, use WayForPay.

If you find it more comfortable to make a cash donation without registering on the website, please contact Liudmyla Nychai, project manager. We will transfer all the cash we receive through the website using the ФОНДУВАТИ form.

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