The exhibition presents about one and a half hundred drawings by Ukrainian and Polish children from the city of Łódź, collected by the Polish foundation “Koper Pomaga”. The authors are preschoolers of kindergartens № 86, №2 and № 90 from Łódź, students of the primary school of the Union of Polish Teachers in Łódź, Ukrainian children who are under the care of the society “Let’s Support Ukraine Together!” The artworks were created in May 2022.
The idea to create an exhibition of children’s artworks from Poland at the War Museum in Kyiv came after getting acquainted with a story shown on the Polish TV channel TVN 24 in May 2022. The story told about the volunteer activities of the “Koper Pomaga Foundation” and the action they launched – the creation by Polish children of drawings and postcards addressed to the soldiers – heroic defenders of Ukraine. In this way, the young citizens of the great and friendly country expressed their emotional support and solidarity with Ukraine’s struggle. It was a sincere and imaginative children’s view on the tragic events of the adult world unfolding before their eyes.
The exhibition also includes artworks by Ukrainian refugee children. These are artistic emotional stories about the war they are going through right now. The drawings immerse in the children’s vision of the realities of the difficult military present and images of a peaceful future. The exhibition is opened in a new display space – the restored Lower Moscow Gate of the Pechersk Fortress of the 18th century. After the exhibition, part of the works will be sent to the Ukrainian defenders on the front line.
The author of the idea and curator of the exhibition is Yurii Savchuk, Director General of the War Museum. Partners from the Polish side are representatives of the “Koper Pomaga Foundation” Nina Malinovska and Karolina Novytska-Tkaczyk.
Curator – Yurii Savchuk
Art design – Anton Lohov, Vitalii Bielikov.
