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Open Eye Gallery invites you to celebrate the launch of the UK’s largest showcase of Ukrainian photography.

Home. Ukrainian Photography inspiring UK WordsOpen Eye Gallery invites you to the launch of the <a href="https://openeye.org.uk/whatson/eurofest-openeyegallery/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">UK’s largest showcase of Ukrainian photography, Home</a>, developed with 49 partners and 44 sites across Liverpool City Region as part of EuroFestival. 4 May, 6pm – 8pm, Open Eye Gallery on Liverpool’s Waterfront. Welcoming speeches from:Tetyana Filevska, Creative Director, <a href="https://ui.org.ua/en/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Ukrainian Institute</a>Claire McColgan, CBE, Director of Culture Liverpool, <a href="https://www.liverpool.gov.uk/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Liverpool City Council</a>Jane Beardsworth, Senior Manager, <a href="https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Arts Council England</a><a href="http://www.sosoclub.co.uk/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Singing Our Socks Off</a> choir will sing welcome songs about belonging together at 6 pm. Speeches 6.30 pm.The launch will celebrate: <ul><li>11 new commissions by Ukrainian photographers &amp; UK poets, creating diptychs in public spaces and on Merseyrail sites; </li><li>6 exhibitions featuring 20 Ukrainian photographers across 6 cultural venues; </li><li>an app inviting people to 5 Home Trails taking you to 25 independent dwell spaces hosting a Ukrainian artwork and encouraging everyone to collect the postcard and respond with their own words; </li><li>a book, a zine, a film, a school activity pack, a new writing competition, poetry readings, community workshops and events.</li></ul>Commissioned for EuroFestival by Culture Liverpool / Liverpool City Council.The Home programme was made meaningful through collaboration between Open Eye Gallery and Ukrainian. Photographies, and we would like to thank the following:UKRAINIAN PHOTOGRAPHERS:Anatoliy BABIYCHUK, Valentine BO, Oleksandr BURLAKA, Igor CHEKACHKOV, Alexander CHEKMENEV, Andrii DOSTLIEV, Lia DOSTLIEVA, Maryna FROLOVA, Nazar FURYK, Sasha KURMAZ, Viktor MARUSHCHENKO, Mykhaylo PALINCHAK, Evgeniy PAVLOV, Polina POLIK ARPOVA, Victoria PIDUST, Viacheslav POLIAKOV, Andriy RACHYNSKYI, Anton SHEBETKO, Yaroslav SOLOP, Elena SUBACH, Daria SVERTILOVA. UK POETS: John HEGLEY, Hanan ISSA, Jackie KAY, Roger MCGOUGH (CBE), James CONOR PATTERSON, Deryn REES-JONES.FUNDERS:DCMSThe British CouncilSpirit of 2012Arts Council EnglandSUPPORTERS:Ukrainian InstituteLiverpool ONELiverpool BIDHOME DELIVERY PARTNERS:ace &amp; tate, Arthouse Traffic Films, ArtReview, Arts Bar Baltic, BITA, Bold Street Coffee, C&amp;D Properties, Dead Ink Books, dot-art, Edgehill University, Engage, European Poetry Festival, Hafla Hafla, Hurricane Films, Keith’s, Kirkby Gallery, Liverpool Bid, Liverpool Arts Bar, Liverpool Culture Team, Liverpool One, Liverpool Poetry Space, Max Literacy, MerseyMade, Merseyrail, Norton Priory, Nova Scotia, Ocean Outdoor, Open Culture, Press Bros, Ropes and Twines, Shenanigans, Singing Our Socks Off Community Choir, SUP, Tempest, Tilly Hire, The Atkinson, The Brink, The Double Negative, The Egg Cafe, The Poetry Society, The World of Glass Museum, UCEN – Manchester, Ukrainian Institute, Unity Theatre, University of Liverpool, Victoria Gallery and Museum, Williamson Art Gallery and Museum, Windows, 92 degrees (Hardman St, Baltic and Southport). HOME GUEST CURATORS:Kateryna Filyuk, Ben Harman, Louise Pearson, Monika Szewczyk, Amelie Schüle, Lindsay Taylor.AT HOME GUEST WRITERS:Sarah Hymas, Saul Leslie, Bernadette McBride, Anita Pati, Oleksandra Pron, Deryn Rees-Jones, Pauline Rowe, David Tierney.

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