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DECEMBER
Russian
Cultural Centre & The Kitmir Collection present
 Exclusive
Russian Christmas Gifts. Handmade by outstanding ceramic artist and
designer from Yaroslavl Natalia Pavlova
Natalia Pavlova
is an award winning Russian artist and sculptress. She created over
500 unique designs which are sold through out the world and for the first
time presented to Washington DC public. Natalia’s designs are also
featured in the Russian National Father Christmas Museum, which keeps all
the authentic traditions of Christmas and New Year celebrations in Russia.
Opening
reception was held on Friday December 9th Exhibition will be open till the
end of the holiday season. As you know in Russia due to the difference of
calendars the Russian Orthodox Church celebrates Christmas on January 7th
and the New Year (which is called in Russia “the Old New Year”) on January
14th. Please come see this wonderful collection during the open hours of
the Russian Cultural Centre.
Russian
Cultural Centre & Prestige Arts present a special exhibition of art
“Spirits”
Experience art that evokes mystery, nostalgia, past memories or
suggests possibilities; emotions are released through symbolisms or
the collision of light and color.
Opening Reception was held on Wednesday, December 21. Artists were
in attendance for the opening
Artists Exhibited
Alexander
Lavruhin, Nataly Vovk, Alexandra Guguchkina, Chingiz Abassov,
Varuzhan Yepremyan, Sophia Mirvis, Alexander Zolochevsky (artist
photography)
Exclusive for the Event
Books Signed
by the Authors: “My Brother Visotsky”, I.Visotskaya “A Brief
Happiness for a Liftime”, I.Visotskaya “Visotsky’s Letters to
Friends”, I.Kokhonovskiy, DVD Signed by J. Vladimirskaya and A.
Korolev: “Christmas with Josef Brodsky”
Media Participants
ABC Channel
17, NTV, Channel 21, Voice of America, Russia Channel 1, CBS
Channel 9, Radio “Nadezhda” Exhibit open December 21, 2005 -
January 15, 2006, 10AM-7PM
Closed December 31-January 9
NOVEMBER
November 1st Art Exhibition “Folk Traditions”
 Russian Cultural Centre and International Firebird Arts
Foundation, Inc.
In cooperation with Russian Arts Help of U.K. and
Moscow Cordially invite you to "Folk Traditions"
An Art Exhibition/Silent Auction Of paintings by some
of Russia’s most talented young artists And winners of a recent
nationwide art competition
November 1- November l3, 2005
Meet the artists at the Opening reception:
Tuesday, November l, 2005, 7-9 p.m.
OCTOBER
Wednesday, October 5, 7 pm
L'Alliance
Francaise de Washington, the Departments of Slavic and French
Languages & the Center for Eurasian, Russian and European Studies of
Georgetown University, TV-5-USA and the Russian Cultural Centre present
The Latest Conquest
Crossing the Eurasian Arctic en Solo
Russian Cultural
Center In Support of Katrina Victims Presents
Russian Family Dancers
 October 20th
Father Nikolay
Stremsky, an Orthodox priest who fathers the largest family in Russia – 60
adopted children. On the fundraising tour to the United States they
visited Washington DC and had a concert in Russian Cultural Centre. The
children performed traditional Russian dances in national costumes,
musical played instruments and sang in Russian and English.
 October 28th-29th Russian
Festival in Kalamazoo
On October 28th-29th
the city of Kalamazoo, Michigan hosted the 10th Russian
Festival. It started with a symbolic ceremony of planting a birch tree
in the central park of Kalamazoo city. Later in the afternoon an
impressive Gala Performance was given at Western Michigan University’s
Dalton Center. The artists performed traditional Russian music - both
folk and classical. Most amazing was to see Americans sing Russian
romances and 18th century folk songs on a very high
artistic level. Featured artists :
Gennady Zut,
an acclaimed
Russian balalaika virtuoso, Violist
Igor Fedotov,
Golosa
the University of Chicago's Russian folk choir, Baritone
Carl Ratner,
and the
Russian Folk Ensemble from the Embassy of
Russia in
the USA.
The second day of the Russian Festival
featured film shows, art exhibits, more music and dance performances,
traditional Russian food reception and Russian souvenir market.
SEPTEMBER
 From
Russia With Art
Washington DC
- RUSSIAN CULTURAL CENTRE
is
pleased to host
FROM
RUSSIA WITH ART, an
exhibition of original landscapes, still life, portraits and sculpture.
Featured are selected works by the contemporary Moscow artists
:
Yuri Bondarenko,
Oleg Nefedkin, Galina Lopatina, Fedor Lykov, Iskander Ulumbekov, Eugene
Vereschagin, Vladimir Zorin.
The style and philosophy of
the artists in this group are strongly influenced by the 19th century
Russian realism and French "plein aire" experimentation as well as by the
subsequent exploration of color in Russian Impressionist Painting. The
training of these artists has been rigorous as well as all-encompassing,
coming from esteemed institutions such as the Surikov Academy of Art. The
artists integrate masterful technique, clear observation and spiritual
integrity.
The exhibition
runs
September 23,
2005 –October 20, 2005.
Opening reception:
Friday, September
23, 7–9pm.
Russian Cultural
Center is located at:
1825 Phelps Place,
NW
Washington, DC
20008
Open to the public
Monday- Saturday, 10am-6pm
For the exhibition
information, call (202) 265-3840
E-mail:
rcc@rccusa.org
CONTACT AND IMAGES:
Luba Taubvurtzel,
(703) 351-5708
JUNE
Beslan Appeal
To All People of Good Will
It has only been five years since the dawn
of the new Millennium. Ever since the end of the Cold War, people around
the world have looked forward to this moment, hoping that the 21st
century would bring peace, equality, and political progress. These hopes
were nurtured by technological advances that united peoples, countries and
communities to an unheard of extent.
But recent
events have shown that our civilization has
again been confronted with an enormous threat. Evil has intruded into our
homes and taken up residence.
An Evil that recognizes no state boundaries,
violates the laws of morality and human rights, and even ignores the logic
of natural human instinct. This Evil is terrorism.
On September 1, 2004, this Evil chose a new
target – a school in Beslan, a small town in the Republic of North
Ossetia-Alania, part of the Russian Federation.
For three days, terrorists held more than
1,400 hostages – teachers, children and parents who had come to celebrate
“Knowledge Day”, the first day of school – in a gym without food or water.
They wired the gym with explosives, and on the third day they detonated.
330 people were killed, 178 of them children. Some died in the
explosion, and some were shot at point-blank range by the terrorists.
September 3, 2004 became a day of national
mourning for Russia.
The Beslan tragedy showed us that terrorism
can penetrate our safest refuges and strike our most innocent citizens –
children, threatening not only our future, but our faith in Humanity.
We believe that this violence and hatred,
brought into the world by adults, should not be an
unceasing threat upon our children.
The Beslan crisis not only shocked the
world, but also aroused enormous sympathy for the victims among millions
of people of all nations who offered their overwhelming solidarity.
It was this support from people of good
will that restored our faith in mankind's ability to endure misfortune, by
rallying to protect the children, our common future, from the evil of
terror.
Therefore,
on the eve of Beslan’s first anniversary we, who not only suffered such
great loss,
but also felt at that difficult hour,
the support of people around the world, call upon peoples and states, all
men and women,
regardless of racial, religious, political or other distinctions to unite
their efforts for the sake of protecting the children of the planet from
terrorism in the name of the future of all humanity.
We are duty-bound to jointly tip the
balance in favor of a peaceful childhood for new generations, pushing for
responsible actions by all political authorities, and relinquish any
double standards now prevailing in the world community that, by disuniting
people, provoke hatred, violence and destruction.
Let us protect the world's children and our
future from terror!
Beslan, June 1, 2005
If you wish to
support this appeal, please printout this page, sign it and mail to:
Press Office
Russian Embassy
2650 Wisconsin Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20007
 Russian Cultural
Centre Presents
Devotion to Malevich
Kazimir Malevich
(1878-1935) Russian painter and designer, the most
important pioneer of geometric abstract art.
An Exhibition of Unique posters
Opening
Tuesday, June 8, 2005,
6:30 – 9 p.m.
RSVP: 202.265.3840 (acceptances only)
Attire: Casual
Open to the Public: June 9 – August 5, 2005 10
a.m. – 6p.m.
Russian Cultural Centre 1825 Phelps Place, NW
Washington, DC 20008
MAY
 Ehibition of the
Obraztsov Theater
War Puppet
Collection
"They Fought at War too"
APRIL
Exhibition dedicated to the 60-th Anniversary of
Victory in
WW II
FEBRUARY
 Russian Palette II
An exhibit of Russian
paintings by Sergey Alexandrov
Member of Russian Union
of Artists, Moscow, Russia.
JANUARY
 A display of drawings by
academician
Z.Tseretely, a famous
artist.
 Meeting with the
winner of the Russian Language Olympiad Venue: Embassy of the
Russian Federation
2004
DECEMBER
 Photo
display of Y. Gripas
dedicated to the
75-th Birth Anniversary of His Holiness Aleksy II. Patriarch of
Moscow and All Russia.
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