ART BRINGS VICTORY
Charity art event in support of Ukraine
ART BRINGS VICTORY
Charity art event in support of Ukraine
Introduction
Throughout its history, Ukraine has faced formidable challenges to preserve its identity and existence. As one of the numerous components of cultural heritage, Ukrainian art was subjected to tyranny by the authorities in charge during the occupation, whether they were the Russian Empire, the USSR, or the Russian Federation. During the large-scale invasion, this problem has become more relevant than ever.
Russia destroyed and is destroying Ukrainian art. It continues to infringe on our identity and cultural heritage, forcefully seizing and distorting them. It instills in us an inferiority complex with a longing for their bloody metropolis.
Today, Ukrainian progressive art has a vital mission to end all Russian cultural expansion and to ensure that Russian "culture" has no legitimate place in the world.
Mission
● "Art Brings Victory" is an all-encompassing art initiative that strives to bring together the community of diverse art movements and artists from all around Ukraine to approach the inevitable - our victory.
● The project is designed to mobilize society in the volunteer movement and manifest the necessity for active engagement in the struggle at all levels, primarily in the artistic field.
● All works of art or compositions presented at the exposition or on stage have the value of reflecting the epoch and our defining reality. In a complex historical confrontation at the survival level, each canvas or each piece of music becomes a combat unit at the cultural frontline. Therefore, our task is to attract and unite different genres in one artistic field into one cluster to direct and implement art supporting the main front - the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Patrons and buyers in Ukraine and abroad are benefactors of our victory. We find and involve them in the joint struggle. In return, we offer and guarantee triple profit:
● Aesthetic satisfaction from works of highly-skilled Ukrainian creators;
● Support of the principal and artistic front;
● Investment:
After the victory, every unit of art involved in the liberation war will become a relic. That is why art acquires new significance today. Its cost on the world market will only grow because the high price of our art generates priceless values that will live forever.
Project’s objective
The art initiative will help us with our goals of:
● Raising funds for the needs of the Armed Forces
● Moral and cultural support of defenders of Ukraine; consolidating and educating on the topic of the Ukrainian spirit's tenacity and struggle
● Establishing a cultural platform for the revival and reconstruction of a state with a solid cultural bedrock
● Supporting artists in their desire to join the struggle
● Presenting and promoting artists abroad
● Introducing Ukraine as a country with profound and unique culture
Outcomes
The charity art event "Art Brings Victory" was launched in 2016 and was known under the name "For fighters from artists". From the beginning of the Russian-Ukrainian war, before a full-scale invasion in the east of the country, hostilities were ongoing, and the needs of the front were considerable.
For this reason, from 2016 to 2018, various art events were staged, allowing artists from all across Ukraine to join forces and assist the Ukrainian military on the frontline of the anti-terrorist operation.
After February 24, our project logically continues its activities in a fundamentally new sense - to celebrate victory and hold the final artistic event in the city of Sevastopol.
Within two months after the volunteer initiative "Art Brings Victory" resumed activity, 38 works of art were sold, and UAH 240,000 for automobile purchases were raised. Besides, humanitarian aid for the Ukrainian Armed Forces was collected and delivered.