Mission

A long-term project is unique to Ukraine to honour the memory of the youngest Hero of the Heavenly Hundred, through the creation of an important institution for the development of the local community and creative Ukrainian youth.

To become a safe and comfortable space for collaboration and individual development for Ukrainian and international emerging artists, fostering research, experimentation, and the creation of new artworks. 

To create conditions for understanding Ukrainian culture through peer-to-peer communication, integrating contemporary art into the development of rural areas, enabling barrier-free interaction with the local community, and inspiring the young residents of the community.

This project was developed as a part of the big idea - Heroes' Awards, which is designed to honour the memory and provide an opportunity to continue the work started and to realize the dreams of the fallen Heroes of the Heavenly Hundred in the critical days of the Revolution of Dignity. Thanks to the "Nazar Voitovych Art Residence" project, in the young man's native village, we celebrate the community that raised a courageous, kind-hearted and talented artist, whose life was cut short at the age of 17.

 

Vision

The art residence is a free cultural space that will operate throughout the year, implementing educational and artistic projects. Every year, according to a competition announced at the international level, the institution awards young artists - the opportunity to implement their projects in cooperation with curators and to be represented in Ukrainian and foreign institutions.

The art residence named after Nazarii Voitovych is an educational and artistic centre with workshops, recreation rooms and an exhibition hall in the village of Travneve, Zbaraz community, Ternopil region.

The artistic residence is a continuation of the "Vidznaky Heroiv" project and operates according to the charter and within the framework of the contract of the public organizations "Congress of Cultural Activists" and "Family of Heroes of the Heavenly Hundred". The artistic residence is a non-governmental, non-profit project.

The art residence acts in the interests of young talented Ukrainian artists (provides scholarships for residence and creation of works of art) and in the interests of the local community (communication with foreign artists, educational programs and a place for the formation of an active centre).

The main goal of the art residency is to create a president in Ukraine of a successful project for the development of the local community and artistic exchange and to develop a model for the implementation of similar projects in the country's cultural policy and thus to HONOR the name of the youngest hero of the Heavenly Hundred - Nazarii Voitovych.

 

Priority areas of activity:

supporting the professional growth of young talented Ukrainian artists and communicating with the world art market.

development of the local community;

introduction of innovative, ecological and economic technologies through culture and art;

learning through practice and communication;

development of mobility of ideas and people;

overcoming isolation, and providing the local community with access to contemporary art.

 

Team

Liudmyla Nychai/ Lucy Nychai

Curator of programs and projects of the Nazar Voitovych Art Residence. 

Responsibilities:  Strategic development, Facilitation of organizational development, Cultivation of international partnerships, Art curation

Curator of art and cultural projects, artist, art critic, art manager, teacher. Co-founder, Project Coordinator of NGO Congress of Cultural Activists, author and coordinator of the ART Mobility of Ukraine project, facilitator of the program Active Citizens of the British Council in Ukraine, Associate Artist 2023-2025 with D6:Culture in Transit, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

Personal webpage

 

Yuriy Voitovich

Executive director, Curator of art studios.

Responsibilities: Institutional development, Facilitation of material facilities, Cultivation of local partnerships, Production management

Member of the NGO "Family of Heroes of the "Heavenly Hundred", artist, director of the branch of TsKiD "Mystetska residencia Nazaria Voitovycha" 

 

Valery Rudenko

Project manager, assistant to the curator of residency programs.
Cultural manager, facilitator, and researcher. Project manager of the NGO "Congress of Cultural Activists", coordinator of initiatives in the field of cultural mobility and interdisciplinary artistic and social projects.

 

Svitlana Volkova

The communication manager of the 2023 project, and curator's assistant.

Digital artist, clothing designer, and community activist. Member of the NGO "Congress of Culture Activists".

 

Vartan Markaryan

Tech-curator of "Artist is Absent" programs.
Digital artist (XR), art director of the international project "A:PART Berlin-Poltava"
Personal page

 

Oleksandra Stopnyk

Project communication manager 2017 — 2021

Deputy Head of NGO “Youth Center Development “BRIDGE”, art manager, the author of the single-titled festival of modern art “ArTerVizia”, Ternopil

 

Olena Pravylo

Mentor of the project 

Chairwoman of NGO “Congress of Cultural Activists”, an expert of Culture EU-Eastern Partnership Programme, Head of PU “Active Citizens Association”

 

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You can support us by donating:

Non-Government Organization “Congress of Cultural Activists”

04071, Kyiv, Lukianivska Str., b.27, apt. 138

USREOU code: 39572679

Settlement account UA503218420000026005053019209

in PJSC CB "PRIVATBANK",

Kyiv, MFO 321842

Destination of payment

A CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION/project Art Residence

 

Contact

For national partnerships:

cultural.activists@gmail.com

For international partnerships and individual residency programs:

nvair.artist.is.absent@gmail.com

The curator of the project is Liudmyla Nychay / Lucy Nychay

Contacts: liudmyla.nychai@gmail.com

What's App: +380 95 3739231

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