Come and listen to beautiful carols sung by the St. Ignatius Choir and Orchestra, Lithuanian, Polish and Ukrainian choirs, as well be surrounded by the melodious sounds of the bandura, performed by the Chicago Bandura Ensemble. Each country has its own rich musical heritage, and hearing carols from different regions can be a gratifying way to appreciate the varied expressions of joy and devotion associated with the holiday season. 

Carols convey a universal sense of wonder and awe, celebrating the birth of Christ in different cultural contexts. The power of music to transcend language and convey the spirit of the season is truly special. Enjoy the beauty of the carols and the cultural tapestry they represent! Proceeds will go to UMANA, Illinois for medical equipment to Ukraine

Tickets are $20 and will be available on Eventbrite and at the door the day of the concert.

UIMA will be closed today to the public.

This December, we are thrilled to host our third makers market featuring over 30 local creators of all mediums. This market will platform emerging and established creators to sell their work, grow their business, and join our community. It will be a celebration of all the forms that art takes and the perfect time to shop locally for holiday gifts for loved ones.

We are requesting a $5 donation upon admission to the market, which includes complimentary water donated by Open Water and beer or hard seltzer donated by Solemn Oath Brewery. Visitors will also enjoy DJ sets by Stafford. 

We will also be offering $5 raffles with prizes from local stores and restaurants. 

This December, we are thrilled to host our third makers market featuring over 30 local creators of all mediums. This market will platform emerging and established creators to sell their work, grow their business, and join our community. It will be a celebration of all the forms that art takes and the perfect time to shop locally for holiday gifts for loved ones.

We are requesting a $5 donation upon admission to the market, which includes complimentary water donated by Open Water and beer or hard seltzer donated by Solemn Oath Brewery. Visitors will also enjoy DJ sets by Stafford. 

We will also be offering $5 raffles with prizes from local stores and restaurants. 

Усі українці віком від 14 років і старше запрошуються на безкоштовний громадський проект мистецтва під назвою Радіус. 

Цей проект запрошує українців усіх професій і всіх хвиль імміграції. По закінченню цього проекту відбудеться виставка робіт усіх учасників в Українському Інституті Модерного Мистецтва в січні 2024 року. 

Учасники будуть виготовляти мистецькі колажі або малюнки на три різні теми: Українці Хто Ми Є, Війна В Україні та Українське Чикаго. Для цього проекту від учасників будуть потрібні різні фотографії або вирізки з газет, журналів або фото видруковані з інтернету на ту тему яку вони оберуть. Всі інші матеріали: папір, ножниці, фарби та клей будуть надані. 
Можна принести з собою різні сувеніри які відображають українську культуру.

Ціль цього проекту - обєднати УкраЇнську громаду в Чикаго.

Усі українці віком від 14 років і старше запрошуються на безкоштовний громадський проект мистецтва під назвою Радіус. 

Цей проект запрошує українців усіх професій і всіх хвиль імміграції. По закінченню цього проекту відбудеться виставка робіт усіх учасників в Українському Інституті Модерного Мистецтва в січні 2024 року. 

Учасники будуть виготовляти мистецькі колажі або малюнки на три різні теми: Українці Хто Ми Є, Війна В Україні та Українське Чикаго. Для цього проекту від учасників будуть потрібні різні фотографії або вирізки з газет, журналів або фото видруковані з інтернету на ту тему яку вони оберуть. Всі інші матеріали: папір, ножниці, фарби та клей будуть надані. 
Можна принести з собою різні сувеніри які відображають українську культуру.

Ціль цього проекту - обєднати УкраЇнську громаду в Чикаго.

Усі українці віком від 14 років і старше запрошуються на безкоштовний громадський проект мистецтва під назвою Радіус. 

Цей проект запрошує українців усіх професій і всіх хвиль імміграції. По закінченню цього проекту відбудеться виставка робіт усіх учасників в Українському Інституті Модерного Мистецтва в січні 2024 року. 

Учасники будуть виготовляти мистецькі колажі або малюнки на три різні теми: Українці Хто Ми Є, Війна В Україні та Українське Чикаго. Для цього проекту від учасників будуть потрібні різні фотографії або вирізки з газет, журналів або фото видруковані з інтернету на ту тему яку вони оберуть. Всі інші матеріали: папір, ножниці, фарби та клей будуть надані. 
Можна принести з собою різні сувеніри які відображають українську культуру.

Ціль цього проекту - обєднати УкраЇнську громаду в Чикаго.

UIMA will be closed to the public Sunday, November 12th, 2023.

SAVE THE DATE FOR WHAT WILL SURELY BE A NIGHT TO REMEMBER, OUR ANNUAL UIMA BENEFIT GALA

As Russia’s barbaric war enters its second year, and despite tremendous loss of life, infrastructure, as well as eradication of culture, the Ukrainian nation continues to show an indomitable spirit of resistance, courage and resilience. Ukraine is truly fighting this war for all Western nations.  

The Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art stands in solidarity with Ukraine by promoting our national heritage and culture. This sends a powerful message and refutes Russian disinformation that seeks to deny Ukraine’s unique culture and sovereignty.

As a significant cultural landmark in Chicago’s Ukrainian Village, we are reaching out to you foryour generous support of UIMA and its programs. Please join us at our annual gala fundraiser, The Art of Resilience, on November 11, 2023. We will host an exceptionally riveting program, cocktails, dinner, and an online auction, including musical performances by Flautist Anastasia Squires and pianist Stephen Squires, Liza Romanyuk, and Ukrainian-American artist and educator Yulia Gasio, keynote speaker. 

Please consider supporting UIMA's efforts by coming to our event, or making a donation, so that we can continue guarding and preserving  Ukrainian culture and heritage. 

UIMA will be closed to the public Saturday, November 11th, 2023.

The Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art Presents Unbreakable: Ukrainian Contemporary Art created during the russian-Ukrainian war (2022-2023) and brought directly from Ukraine. On view from October 28 - December 30, 2023.  

Khrystyna Chemeris was born on June 11, 2015 in Lviv, where she currently lives. She studies in the 3rd grade of the Lviv Music School named after V. Stus. Since 2022, she has been studying at the Lviv State Children's Music School #1 named after A. Kos-Anatolsky in the class of piano and solfege.

Additionally, she is engaged in: vocals, piano, mental arithmetic, chess, dancing, swimming, rollerblading in summer and skiing in winter, drawing, her favorite subject at school is English. Since the age of 3.5 years she has been singing in the studio "Golden Voice" and at the age of 8 she is already a laureate of All-Ukrainian and International festivals where she received 1 prize.  Since the beginning of russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, she has been singing at charity concerts and festivals in support of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. 

She dreams of studying and living in a free and independent Ukraine!

She loves his homeland and constantly repeats: Glory to Ukraine! Glory to the Nation!! Ukraine!

Today's the day! Join UIMA for the Digital Dozens Weekly Campaign Kickoff Fundraising Challenge happening right now! Help UIMA soar to the top by ordering dozens of Krispy Kreme Original Glazed doughnuts. Don't forget, you can also opt for a monthly subscription and enjoy a delightful dozen each time! Every purchase counts, and the top 10 organizations with the most dozens sold today (Thursday, October 26th) will receive a bonus donation! This special offer ends tonight at 11:59 PM PST! Guarantee your doughnuts here: https://www.groupraise.com/oc/15070-krispy-kreme/5T6TX0

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Join us on the last day to view Threads in the West Gallery!

Join us Saturday, October 21st for the grand opening of Don’t Close Your Eyes, curated by Hanna Melnyczuk.

Join us Sunday, October 15th and view Gravity before the exhibition closes!

On October 14–15, we’re participating in Open House Chicago with the @Chicago Architecture

Center! We’re one of more than 170 sites in 20+ neighborhoods welcoming visitors for this FREE

annual architecture festival.

See this year’s site list at OpenHouseChicago.org #OHC2023

UIMA will have extended hours both Saturday and Sunday. We will be open between 10am- 5pm.

On October 14–15, we’re participating in Open House Chicago with the @Chicago Architecture

Center! We’re one of more than 170 sites in 20+ neighborhoods welcoming visitors for this FREE

annual architecture festival.

See this year’s site list at OpenHouseChicago.org #OHC2023

UIMA will have extended hours both Saturday and Sunday. We will be open between 10am- 5pm.

UIMA will be closed to the public today. We apologize for any inconveniences.

Join us October 7th , 2023 at 4pm for a Ukrainian Folk Glass Painting Workshop hosted by artist and educator, Elena Diadenko. No skills required. This style of Glass painting is a traditional form of folk art and is an intrinsic part of Ukraine’s culture and heritage.

The workshop cost $60 (cash) and all funds will be donated to animal rescue and medical aid for combat soldiers in Ukraine. Supplies are included in the cost of the workshop. The workshop will last roughly 3 hours. To RSVP, email elendadiadenkoartist@hotmail.com to reserve your spot!

Please join us Saturday, September 30th at 7pm to see Anna Yurchenko-Knight live at UIMA! She is a Ukrainian pianist from Kharkiv and has also been featured on WFMT!

Tickets $20, all proceeds designated for the Ukrainian war effort.

CHICAGO, IL–The Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art is thrilled to announce our artist talk with Tom Torluemke. His solo exhibition Gravity, features paintings of landscapes and portraits and began this body of work in 2021 when he pursued landscapes as a focused theme, approaching it with more seriousness as our environment becomes more impacted by climate change year after year. To get some relief from the environment as subject matter and the isolation of the pandemic, Torluemke also began a series of portraits of friends and family, which revealed a connected between the two bodies of work: as the natural environment and social and civic unrest become more contentious, how can people help each other and the environment?

Artist Talk will begin at 1pm.

Please join us for the opening reception of Threads, a group show where art and poetry respond to one another and intertwine. Although the international artists come from diverse backgrounds (Columbia, the Philippines, The United States and Ukraine) their work is connected through their use of fiber and textile techniques to make the poems come to life.

On Thursday, August 24 at 6 PM the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Poets of Queens and Yara Arts Group will celebrate Ukrainian Independence Day by featuring contemporary art and poetry. The event will include the launch of a new book, "Threads: Poetry to Inspire Art," an anthology of work by poets whose work inspired the art in the Threads exhibition at the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art till October 22. Virlana Tkacz will read English translations of Ukrainian poet Serhiy Zhadan, as well as her own work. Zhadan's poem "Fish" also inspired a video by Waldemart Klyuzko that will be screened. Ananda Lima and Olena Jennings will read their own poems. Julian Kytasty will play both traditional music and his new compositions inspired by Ukrainian poetry. 

Suggested Donation: $20

CHICAGO, IL–The Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art is thrilled to announce our next exhibition: Gravity, featuring paintings of landscapes and portraits by Tom Torluemke. He began this body of work in 2021 when he pursued landscapes as a focused theme, approaching it with more seriousness as our environment becomes more impacted by climate change year after year. To get some relief from the environment as subject matter and the isolation of the pandemic, Torluemke also began a series of portraits of friends and family, which revealed a connected between the two bodies of work: as the natural environment and social and civic unrest become more contentious, how can people help each other and the environment?

Join us for a classical fundraising concert Sunday, July 23 at 2pm!

Join us July 21st, 2023 at %pm for a Ukrainian Folk Glass Painting Workshop hosted by artist and educator, Elena Diadenko. No skills required. This style of Glass painting is a traditional form of folk art and is an intrinsic part of Ukraine’s culture and heritage.

The workshop cost $60 (cash) and all funds will be donated to animal rescue and medical aid for combat soldiers in Ukraine. Supplies are included in the cost of the workshop. The workshop will last roughly 3 hours. To RSVP, email elendadiadenkoartist@hotmail.com to reserve your spot!