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March 25, 2023 – September 10, 2023, Open Wednesday – Sunday from 10am to 4pm with free parking and admission
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March 25, 2023 – September 10, 2023, Open Wednesday – Sunday from 10am to 4pm with free parking and admission
“A house without a rushnyk is not a home.” — Ukrainian proverb
The word rushnyk derives from ruka, “hand,” and while it can refer to an ordinary towel, the ceremonial rushnyk is distinct in its ornamentation and its importance. In almost any Ukrainian home, the family icons—and, more recently, family photographs—would be draped with rushnyky. They are believed to offer protection to family, home and village. The cloths appear in all family rituals, infants are wrapped in them at birth and they play a significant role in betrothal and wedding ceremonies. Remarkably, even after the turmoil of the twentieth and twenty first centuries the use of rushnyky is still an integral part of Ukrainian culture.
The Blessed Michael McGivney Pilgrimage Center is hosting this traveling exhibition from the Museum of Russian Icons, Clinton, Massachusetts. This exhibit features rushnyky and related artifacts from the collection of Franklin Sciacca, Associate Professor of Russian Language and Literature at Hamilton College in Clinton New York.
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March 25 (Saturday) 10:00 am - September 10 (Sunday) 4:00 pm
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Blessed Michael McGivney Pilgrimage Center
1 State St, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
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The exhibition is an immersive experience of Black realities across time and space, featuring local, national, and international Black artists.
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The exhibition is an immersive experience of Black realities across time and space, featuring local, national, and international Black artists. The exhibition will transport you to different realms and open a world of possibilities.
The opening reception will be held on August 26th, 2023, from 6PM to 9PM.
The exhibition will be open for viewing through Oct 28th and includes satellite galleries in various locations across New Haven.
Event sponsored by the Community Foundation of Greater New Haven.
● Free Admission
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This event is part of the 6th Dimension Festival 2023.
ABOUT THE 6th DIMENSION FESTIVAL
Scheduled from August 26 to October 28, 2023, the 6th Dimension Festival brings Afrofuturism to Connecticut. Curated by the Arts & Culture organization Cultured AF and its founder Juanita Sunday, the festival will take place at various locations in New Haven and Hamden (CT). It will offer a city-wide, multidimensional program– including a wide range of scheduled events from immersive art exhibitions, panels, workshops, conversations, performances, live music, movie screenings, book clubs, dance parties, social gatherings, and interactive experiences.
THE THEME: AFROFUTURISM
The 6th Dimension Festival will explore the theme of Afrofuturism: a cultural aesthetic and movement, addressing topics and concerns of the Black diaspora through the lenses of arts, science, history, philosophy, technology, speculative fiction, and fantasy. Intersectional and empowering, the theme of Afrofuturism allows us to reclaim the past, rethink the present and
envision different futures.
For more info on the festival, please visit www.6thdimension.net
Click here to see the FULL PROGRAM.
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August 26 (Saturday) - October 28 (Saturday)
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The Lab at ConnCORP
496 Newhall St, Hamden, CT, 06517