Windsor Viter newsletter Part 3
Myron Hlynka
Volume 8, Number 6 December, 1998
ARTIST ED DRAHANCHUK
The Windsor Public Library (on Ouellette Ave.) contains,
on the main floor, a 31 by 9 foot "Fossil Forms: a mural in
stoneware clay" by Ed Drahanchuk. The Windsor Viter decided
to find out more about the artist. First we discovered the
web page of Ed and Ethel Drahanchuk.
http://oberon.ark.com/~drahan/
From the web page and from information Ed sent to us via
e-mail, we present the following synopsis.
Ed Drahanchuk was born in 1938. He is of Ukrainian
ancestry. His grandparents came to Alberta in the early
1900's. His mother's maiden name is Billy. She was raised in
the Smoky Lake area of Alberta.
Ed graduated from the Alberta College of Art in 1963 and
set up his own art studio, where he specialized in ceramics.
He has participated in ninety government and gallery
exhibitions, in fifteen countries. Many of his pieces were
purchased for Canadian embassies.
In 1969, he moved into a specially designed 5600 square
foot studio/residence. This building won an award as one of
Canada's best designed buildings for the decade 1960-70.
In 1975, Ed and his wife Ethel, also an artist, moved and
set up a new studio on Quadra Island, B.C. which is a
fifteen minute ferry ride from Campbell River on Vancouver
Island. Ethel specializes in soapstone sculptures bronzes,
and pottery.
In 1983, Ed began specializing in painting as well as
ceramics. His murals can be found in the Hudson Bay Oil and
Gas Building (Calgary), Alberta House (London, UK), Royal
Bank of Canada (Calgary), Mercantile Bank (Vancouver), and
many other locations.
A few of the many awards of this successful artist are
Canada Council Grant, "Best Group by one potter" (Canadian
Ceramics Show), "Best stoneware, best design" (Canadian
Ceramics 65), Allied Arts Medal (Royal Architectural Inst.
of Canada), Achievement Award - Excellence in Art
(Government of Alberta), Design of Excellence Awards (Design
Canada).
Regarding his nature paintings, art critic says they are
"radiant. ... Ed Drahanchuk's paintings are striking from
across the room and intriguing close up."
Ed Drahanchuk is [one of] the most successful artists of
Ukrainian ancestry in Canada. He is somewhat known in the
Ukrainian Canadian community. Articles about him have
appeared in Novy Shliakh (e.g. Aug. 21/65, Sept. 25/65).
However, he deserves to be even better known in our
commmunity.
Drahanchuk Studios Ltd.
Box 74 - Quathiaski Cove
Quadra Island, B,C, V0P 1N0
dra...@oberon.ark.com
(250)-285-3160
ENGLISH UKRAINIAN AUTOMOTIVE DICTIONARY
Dr. Alex List of Windsor is compiling an English Ukrainian
dictionary of Automobile Engineering Terminology. He
already has a list of 50,000 English words and phrases and
many Ukrainian counterparts. He recently presented a paper
on the subject to the Shevchenko Scientific Society, Detroit
Branch. Interest in the work has been expressed by members
of the Ukrainian Engineering Society in Detroit, and he has
already had a request for a copy of the book (as soon as it
is published) from O.S. Onyschenko, Director of the Central
Scientific Library of the National Academy of Ukraine in
Kyiv.
COUNTDOWN
Dr. Myron Hlynka and Dr. Lucia Mandziuk are giving up
editorship of The Windsor Viter after June, 1999. Anyone
interested in the editorship should contact President Marie
Boyer.
THANKS
Thanks to Marie Boyer, Vera Tkachuk, Dr. Alex List, Sts.
Volodymyr and Olha Ukrainian Catholic Church Bulletin, Olga
and Kathleen Meyer (The Ukrainian Graduates Bulletin) for
information appearing in this newsletter. Special thanks to
Myroslaw and Margie Prytulak for information and mailing.
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UKRAINIAN CANADIAN BUS. & PROF. ASSOC. OF WINDSOR DONATIONS
Since most of the club's money is raised through bingos, the
money is restricted for use in Ontario for Canadian
purposes. The city bingo auditor has stated that the bingo
money cannot be used for projects such as Children of
Chornobyl, for sending packages from Ontario to Ukraine, or
for donations to Ukrainian Canadian projects outside of
Ontario.
1997 (TOTAL DONATIONS = $24,565)
$ 500 Ukrainian Students' Club (for travel)
$ 8405 Windsor Regional Hospital (Portable Heart Monitor)
$ 100 Packages to Ukraine (Mrs. Maria Palaschuk)
$ 170 Ukrainian Women's Organization
$ 100 Historic Calendars for Ukraine
$10000 Hotel Dieu MRI Fund
$ 2000 Ukr. Natl. Federation (Windsor) (for renovations)
$ 500 Hrushevsky History of Ukraine (to U. of
Windsor library)
$ 500 Ukrainian Canadian Immigrant Aid Society (Toronto)
$ 290 Windsor Visit of Ukrainian Ambassador to Canada
1998 (TOTAL DONATIONS = $21,000)
$ 500 Garden of Verse Book 4 (Peter Kuzyk)
$12700 Windsor Regional Hospital (portable ventilator)
$ 1000 Women's Incentive Centre
$ 500 Ukr. Women's Organization Scholarship Tea
$ 3000 Barvinok Dance Ensemble (Windsor)
$ 100 Shipping Costs for Books to Ukraine
$ 500 V. Rev. Eugene Halitsky's 25th year of priesthood
$ 1000 Hotel Dieu MRI Golf Classic
$ 100 Sonyashnyk Dance Ensemble (Chatham)
15th anniv. program)
$ 100 Hotel Dieu Hospital Tree of Lights
$ 1000 United Way
$ 500 Windsor Public Library (children's books)
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The print version of The Windsor Viter includes a page of
art by Windsor's Ivan Jaciw. Included are
(a) the City of Windsor official logo
(b) the City of Windsor Centennial Logo (1992)
(c) the design of the 1983 Canadian $100 gold coin.
(d) the book cover for Ukrainians in Windsor and Essex County
(e) the front cover of the newspaper Rose City News
(f) the banner of the humor magazine BCECMIX
(g) a self portrait
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The following poem is taken from Peter Kuzyk's 1998 book of
poetry, Garden of Verse, Book 4.
ON HER REQUEST
Would you? She asked, and I said yes.
It was a sweet yet wistful voice,
Nor was it that she was a blonde,
That prompted me to make this choice.
There was another reason why
I said yes to her request.
Nor her blue eyes, nor slender waist,
Nor that she was so lightly dressed.
Nor had we ever met before...
It was a first here at the mall;
Yes first, and what a breathless thing
When she approached me with her call!
And I could tell that she had shopped,
For she was laden down with things;
A hat a shoe box, shopping bags ...
Gold bracelet and intriguing rings!
I made haste now at her request,
With pity for all that she bore
And brought into effect her wish
I held open the exit door.
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Myron Hlynka
Dept. of Math. & Stat.
University of Windsor
Windsor, Ontario, Canada