EXHIBITION OF THE ROMANY ART SCHOOL “ROM ART”
2018
On 28 March 2018, it was opened the exhibition of paintings by Tiberii Yonash and pupils of the art school “Rom Art” in the exhibition hall of the Transcarpathian Museum of Folk Architecture and Life.
The exposition is devoted to the International Day of Romanies.
The exhibition represented 76 works – paintings and graphics. According to the director and founder of the art school Tiberii Yonash, these were the best works of the students of this institution, and they presented their works to the public of the city over the river Uzh for the first time. All the works highlighted the life of the Romany community.
“Two years have passed since we opened the art school “Rom Art” in the Roma camp of Mukachevo," Tiberii Yonash said. “And we’ve been teaching there the children of exclusively Roma nationality. I am a Romany, and you all know that our nation does not live in good conditions – sometimes without housing, education, work. Therefore, we opened this school where we could teach art to children. In this way, we decided to promote our culture, the Romany nation, to help talented youth. This exhibition was organized so that people saw what our children could do – this is also important."
In general, it was presented the work of about 60 pupils of the school aged 8 to 17 years. In particular, Miki Amit, Oleksandr Yonash, Alex Horvat, Alex Balog, Roman Yovzhi, Benjamin Konolosh, and others.
The genre's palette of the works is quite rich: bright still lifes, landscapes, graphics. The works are made with watercolour, gouache, tempera. It should be noted that the works of these talented children are also exhibited abroad - in the USA, the Netherlands, etc.
As for Tiberii Yonash, he also presented his paintings at the exhibition – they depict the life of the Romany community.
The exhibition will last in the Transcarpathian Museum of Folk Architecture and Life for two weeks.
Text: Denys Fazekash
Photo: Robert Dovganych
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