Soyuzivka

Soyuzivka provided language workshops, heritage studies, festivals, concerts, dances, art exhibits and children's summer camps.

[1] [2] [3] Soyuzivka thrived under the leadership of Walter Kwas, a great supporter of the arts, who dedicated his entire life to bettering the center, and was the person responsible for inviting fine artists, musicians and dancers to exhibit, hold recitals and workshops at the resort during the summer months and holidays.

Kwas modeled the resort after the architecture of the Carpathian mountains, with the famous woodcarver, Cherniovsky, embellishing the individual buildings that made up the premises.

Many artists exhibited there over the years, including Slava Gerulak, Jacques Hnizdovsky, Liuboslav Hutsaliuk, Edward Kozak, Halyna Mazepa and others.

Hryhoriy Hrushka, the founding editor of Svoboda, the oldest continuously published Ukrainian-language newspaper in the US (established in 1893); and Hetman Ivan Mazepa, the legendary leader of Ukraine in the 17th century.

Edward Kozak's relief paintings of Ukrainian dancers adorn the Veselka Hall, where exhibitions and recitals are held.

The most advanced dancers are featured (after the completion of a two-week intensive Dance Workshop) at Soyuzivka's annual cultural festival.

During the 1980s, 1990s and more recently, leaders and political dissidents, championing the rights of Ukraine's self-determination, were asked to lecture and meet with the community.

Soyuzivka Chapel, demonstrating unique architecture
Ukrainian artists Liuboslav Hutsaliuk , Edward Kozak and Jacques Hnizdovsky in front of Slava Gerulak's "Mayana" fountain at Soyuzivka
A view of the Catskill Mountains from Soyuzivka Ukrainian Resort in Kerhonkson.