Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
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The Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art (UIMA) is a modern art museum serving the greater Chicago
area with an ongoing program of cultural exhibitions, literary events, film screenings and music recitals. UIMA was founded in 1971 by Dr. Achilles Chreptowsky in the heart of Chicago's Ukrainian Village, Chicago. Its Core Member of the Chicago Cultural Alliance
, a consortium of 25 ethnic museums and cultural centres in Chicago.
Five to six major exhibits are held in the main gallery which occupies 2100 square feet (195.1 m²). Three side galleries house the permanent collection which includes the work of Chicago artists as well as that of sculptors and painters of Ukrainian descent.
UIMA is committed to a program of exhibitions, concerts, lectures and multidisciplinary events relevant and challenging to all members of the community. The immediate neighborhood is home to an ethnically diverse population and offers a wide variety of cultural events. UIMA is a not- for- profit organization staffed entirely by volunteers.
In 2006, the Institute celebrated its 35th anniversary.
In 2010 the museum hosted a career retrospective of the art of Gladys Nilsson
, noted member of the "Hairy Who"
art group.
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
area with an ongoing program of cultural exhibitions, literary events, film screenings and music recitals. UIMA was founded in 1971 by Dr. Achilles Chreptowsky in the heart of Chicago's Ukrainian Village, Chicago. Its Core Member of the Chicago Cultural Alliance
Chicago Cultural Alliance
The Chicago Cultural Alliance is a consortium of community-based ethnic museums, cultural centers, and historical societies in the Chicago metropolitan area....
, a consortium of 25 ethnic museums and cultural centres in Chicago.
Five to six major exhibits are held in the main gallery which occupies 2100 square feet (195.1 m²). Three side galleries house the permanent collection which includes the work of Chicago artists as well as that of sculptors and painters of Ukrainian descent.
UIMA is committed to a program of exhibitions, concerts, lectures and multidisciplinary events relevant and challenging to all members of the community. The immediate neighborhood is home to an ethnically diverse population and offers a wide variety of cultural events. UIMA is a not- for- profit organization staffed entirely by volunteers.
In 2006, the Institute celebrated its 35th anniversary.
In 2010 the museum hosted a career retrospective of the art of Gladys Nilsson
Gladys Nilsson
Gladys M. Nilsson is an American artist, one of the original Chicago Imagists, a group in the 1960s and 1970s who turned to representational art...
, noted member of the "Hairy Who"
Chicago Imagists
The Chicago Imagists is the name of a group of representational artists associated with the School of the Art Institute of Chicago who exhibited at the Hyde Park Art Center in the late 1960s. Their work was known for grotesquerie, surrealism and complete uninvolvement with New York art world trends...
art group.