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UKRAINE 
2002
Consultants: Guillermo Barrios • Paul Elicker • Karen Franklin • Amy Módly • Valerie Morris • Jillian Poole
Kiev
Jewish Cultural Center Consultations
July 2-7
The design of the Jewish Heritage Center in Kiev was underway and concepts for the center already formulated when Karen Franklin, Director of the Judaica Museum of the Hebrew Home for the Aged at Riverdale, NY, met with them in July to discuss ideas and
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Karen Franklin in Kiev July 2002
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concerns she thought might be helpful. After meeting with Leonid Finberg, Director of the Institute of Judaic Studies, and members of his staff, she agreed to assist them with three significant projects:
Compiling a database of Ukrainian Jews who emigrated to the U.S.;
Exploring the possibility of Jewish film exchanges between U.S. institutions and Jewish Community Centers in the Ukraine,
Obtaining a list of collections of samidzat, handwritten copies of banished books.
The Fund is eager to continue work these projects, but it has been agreed that funding for consultants is absolutely necessary before further work can continue. The American Embassy in Kiev currently has this program under consideration for funding.
Arts Berezillia Consultations
July 10 to August 1, 2002
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Valerie Morris with Serhiy Proskurnia, Director of Arts Berezillia
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The Fund sent Valerie Morris, Dean of the College of Charleston, SC School of the Arts, and her husband, Boris Bohunchudyniv, who acted as translator, to consult with Arts Berezillia in Kiev. Arts Berezillia has been the principal presenter, in Ukraine, of foreign performing arts and contemporary arts groups from around the world. The goal of the consultations was to help them improve their fundraising techniques so as to enable them to effectively solicit both locally and to an international donor base.
Ms. Morris confirmed that Arts Berezillia must obtain funding independent of the Ukrainian government and she left with them a number of ideas and documents to facilitate their work in this area. The possibility of establishing an independent non-profit foundation outside of the Ukraine to represent Arts Berezillia's interests was explored, and Ms. Morris continues to work with them on this initiative. She also continues to consult with them on their various printed materials.
Kiev Planning Trip
November 25-28, 2002
Jillian Poole visited Kiev from November 25-28 to follow up on The Fund's initiatives and to explore new ways of furthering the arts in Ukraine. Her trip was made possible by the State Department and the United States Embassy in Kiev.
Several projects that The Fund can assist with in 2003 were identified. The Fund will offer a follow up seminar on museum accessibility in Lviv, a general management seminar in Kharkiv, and will send experts to consult on the development of a Museum of Modern Art in Kiev. The Fund will also send a consultant to participate in a project, Music Dialogues, that The Composers Union in Ukraine is trying to develop with the U.S. and other countries. The goal of Music Dialogues is to invite visiting musicians to perform their own and Ukrainian compositions, to provide performances in the classic, contemporary or baroque genres, to give master classes and to contribute to the dialogues on musical culture. At The Fund's invitation, the distinguished American trombonist, Ken Shifrin, has agreed to visit Kiev in March 2003 for this purpose
2003 Projects:
Arts Management Seminar, Kharkiv
Performance and Master Classes, Kiev
Tourism Development Seminar, Lviv
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