Art in the Branches - Петро Кияниця at Bloor

If you frequent our Bloor Street Branch at Armadale, you may have noticed that the lobby doubles as an art gallery of sorts. Every few months or so, we feature works by a different local artist on the walls. Right now, the featured artist is Petro Kiyanitsa. His oils on canvas feature mostly pastoral scenes as well as various well-known Ukrainian churches.

The price of the pieces on display at our branch ranges in cost from $100 for the smallest canvases to $1,200 for the piece shown above. If you are interested in seeing or buying the art, please drop in to our branch at 2397 Bloor St. West.

Petro Kiyanitsa, formerly from Ukraine, has been a member of UCU since 2003. He lives in Toronto where he provides private art lessons for aspiring artists of all ages. He also maintains a studio in the Czech Republic, where he lived before moving to Canada.

Other artisits who have displayed their work at our Bloor Branch in recent years include Roman Zuzuk and Vera Yurchuk. If you want to one day display your own art, please contact Vera Homonko at the branch, 416-762-6961 x221. But please keep in mind that there is a lot of interest in this so you may have to add your name to a waiting list for a spot.

To read about other UCU support for and involvement in the arts, click here: UCU and the Arts