Join us for a stirring conversation about the arts in contemporary Ukraine—and about displacement, loss, and cultural resilience in times of war. Lviv-based essayist Sasha Dovzhyk, Lviv-based poet and author of A Field of Foundlings Iryna Starovoyt, and UCSD professor Amelia Glaser (moderator) will gather to discuss how Ukrainian artists and writers have helped shape independent, multicultural national identities, from the collapse of the Soviet Union to the Maidan protests of 2013–14, and through Russia’s invasion of eastern Ukraine in 2014 and full-scale war beginning in 2022. Traditional Petrykivka artworks by Halych-born and Santa Monica–based artist Marina Malyarenko will be on display. Dovzhyk and Starovoyt—members of PEN Ukraine—will read from their works.

The panel will be preceded by hands-on workshops by Dovzhyk, Malyarenko, and Starovoyt, giving attendees a chance to meet and learn from them firsthand. Light bites will be provided after the workshops and before the conversation.

The event is free and open to the public but does require an RSVP.