Paul Kroner
- Aug 10
- 2 min read

ANOTHER UKRAINE: Featuring Ukrainian artists from the Kharkiv

November 1-25, 2023

Studio Kroner presents Another Ukraine, featuring Ukrainian artists from the Kharkiv Photography School investigating their inner world amid the upheaval of war. This exhibit uncovers a layer of Ukrainian photography, which is not about the current military turmoil but about psychological aspects of today's reality. The show is also an attempt to financially help the front-line City of Kharkiv creatives and their families in this time of hardship.

But we need your help to make this exhibition a reality!

In conjunction with the Cincinnati-Kharkiv Sister City Partnership, Studio Kroner is looking to raise funds to help these artists prepare for this show. We are reaching to our loyal audience today to see if you can help us reach our goal of raising $3,000 for printing, framing, and hanging the show. All donations go directly to the Cincinnati-Kharkiv Sister City Partnership to help offset the costs of preparing art for this show.

Will you join us in supporting these talented artists? Every donation counts!

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The Kharkiv Photography School

The exhibit features the works of Kharkiv photographers from the renowned Kharkiv Photography School. The School originated in Soviet times as a counterweight to official propaganda, eventually becoming a powerful means of visual self-expression in contemporary Eastern Europe.

Widely celebrated internationally, the School is not a formal organization but a spiritual conglomerate of individuals sharing a common view of many manifestations of reality: from seemingly realistic depictions to pure artistic fantasy. "Harsh, incongruous, uncompromising, acute," and even "humorous" are some of the epithets applied to Kharkiv Photography School by different critics.

Although a non-formal association of artists, the School has been the subject of multiple online publications and art criticism books. Three years ago, the Museum of Kharkiv School of Photography (MOKSOP) opened its doors to visitors and researchers.

Cincinnati-Kharkiv Sister City Partnership

Cincinnati-Kharkiv is known as one of the strongest sister city pairings in the world, and continues to expand the success of the relationship. Over 2,500 Cincinnatians and Kharkivites have traveled between the two cities through delegations and exchange programs to share, teach, learn, and understand.

The mission of the Cincinnati-Kharkiv Sister City Partnership is to establish goodwill, understanding, and cooperation between the people of Cincinnati and the people of Kharkiv and thereby to develop lasting friendships and increased exchange of ideas, goods and services between our two cities. All support for our volunteer-driven, non-profit organization comes from private contributions by individuals, corporations, and foundations. Major projects funded through federal and local grants. CKSCP organizes and facilitates exchanges in areas ranging from education and youth to individual liberty to professionals.