Philadelphia artists created two new paintings in collaboration with painters and social workers from Ukraine.

The people of the village of Petrykivka decorate their living quarters, household belongings and musical instruments with a richly symbolic style of ornamental painting, characterized by fantastic ...

The fruit of their labor is now on view at the Pearlstein Gallery of Drexel University. “Petrykivka Garden,” a 6-by-12-foot floral mural based on the traditional petrykivka folk painting method, was ...

Decorative painting in the past was common in many parts of Ukraine, especially in Podillia region, Kyiv region, Slobozhanshchyna, Bukovyna, but it was the most widespread in the Petrykivka ...

with much of the art drawing inspiration from Petrykivka paintings, which Ms Melnyk describes as “Ukrainian folk painting” and originates from the Ukrainian village Petrykivka. Maryna Melnyk ...