# 🇺🇦 SLAVA UKRAINI! 🇺🇦

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# It’s Art Friday! Show us what you got!

*YMMV. Since our audience is global, “Friday” refers to more than the 24 hours designated “Friday” in any one time zone.*

We’re inaugurating *this* Art Friday with a celebration of *last* Art Friday!

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# Art Friday Awards!

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[Art Friday Awards for the week of February 22, 2024](https://preview.redd.it/ja0tpuwp50kc1.png?width=2025&format=png&auto=webp&s=6fb409f2efad4e7d2333d21c116f531a8f84bede)

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# For your listening pleasure while you peruse

[Я БУДУ ПОРУЧ – TED LASSO Theme Song in Ukrainian with English \[CC\] – If you’re coming up for air breathing in, you know I’ll be there when you first begin. And when everybody’s telling us we have no time we’ll prove ’em wrong again](https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/1ase7yf/%D1%8F_%D0%B1%D1%83%D0%B4%D1%83_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%83%D1%87_ted_lasso_theme_song_in_ukrainian/), performed and submitted by u/vdeineko

[Svitlana Nianio – Kytytsi \[album\] (1999) ⸂abstract, neofolk, avantgarde, minimal](https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/1arsz0x/svitlana_nianio_kytytsi_album_1999_abstract/) submitted by u/_pessimist_

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# The We’re All in the Mood for a Melody Award

Let’s give this talented young man some fans, k?

**Yaroslav is a Ukrainian refugee kid. He could use some more views on his piano videos**, submitted by u/brakes_for_cakes

\[[LINK](https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/1as8ahe/yaroslav_is_a_ukrainian_refugee_kid_he_could_use/)\]

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# The These Guys. They Get It Award

**Metal Music Video for Ukraine**, submitted by u/Faralesh. The song, called Give Me Ammo, is performed by Oppress the Oppressor.

\[[LINK](https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/1as9p8z/metal_music_video_for_ukraine/)\]

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# The I Call Shenanigans! Award

**For your consideration this Art Friday: Fyodor the Fancy Fulcrum. (Last year I started making a machinima “show” about a bunch of wacky fighter jets getting into contrived shenanigans, and very early on I decided there had to be a fearless Ukrainian in it.)**, created and submitted by u/dwfuji.

\[[LINK](https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/1asbavj/for_your_consideration_this_art_friday_fyodor_the/)\]

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# The Cats, But Also, Look How Adorable and Perfect! Award

**A little of a cat meeting in honor of Art Friday for your feed 🎨 Perhaps the cats gathered to discuss how another Russian warship “drove anchor” at the bottom of the Black Sea ⚓**, submitted by u/21_vetal_01.

\[[LINK](https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/1arocli/a_little_of_a_cat_meeting_in_honor_of_art_friday/)\]

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# The People’s Choice Award

**Serhiy Kapran, was born in the town of Izyum, Ukraine. Located on the banks of the Siverskyi Donets River, his inspiration comes from the plains with lush grasses that border with ravines, forests and bushes, lakes and meadows**, submitted by u/TotalSpaceNut.

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https://preview.redd.it/qnomhmdvtkic1.png?width=640&format=png&auto=webp&s=a60646132b8458fe8d5e36610b75eb78e36cc69e

\[[LINK](https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/1arwj80/serhiy_kapran_was_born_in_the_town_of_izyum/)\]

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Now that your appetite is whetted, perhaps you’d be interested in some

# Art You Can Own!

[Pressed flower frame by u\/Bohemialife1](https://preview.redd.it/ivjngpekj61c1.png?width=541&format=png&auto=webp&s=2e136a1b8ca3154537432c2d23a352dc03911bb7)

u/Bohemialife1 [weaves camo nets for the soldiers by day](https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/17xkkhm/we_weave_camouflage_nets_for_our_soldiers_and/) and makes surpassingly beautiful pressed flower frames by night. She sells the frames in [her Etsy shop](https://bohemiahome.etsy.com/), and uses the proceeds to support volunteers and soldiers. [She graced us with some new frames this week!](https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/1amqwx6/life_in_ukraine_now_is_a_difficult_test_to/)

[ L-R: Limited edition engraved knife and painted bullet shells by Maxim Kilderov ](https://preview.redd.it/1u3j18rmclvb1.png?width=3954&format=png&auto=webp&s=1820c705f863b0fbfad2aba2d1de5d2b0747a785)

Artist and [actual legend](https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/14aidn4/comment/jodebop/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) [u/kilderov](https://www.reddit.com/u/kilderov/), whom you can read about [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/1387v5y/527_eest_the_sun_is_rising_over_kyiv_on_the_436th/), was forced to leave occupied Nova Kakhovka for his own safety. Yes, Nova Kakhovka, home to the dam that russia destroyed with catastrophic results on June 6, 2023. He now sells his work to support the civilians in his city and the warriors from it, who are mostly fighting in and around Bakhmut. Check out his ongoing [painted shells initiative](https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/12fxtlr/painted_bullet_shells_to_help_nova_kakhovka/), his limited edition series of [engraved knives](https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/12etqmj/white_on_black_camo_series_limited_edition_of_18/) signed by the artist (I have one and I love it), and [his latest post](https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/1ahbsjp/kilderov_this_week_in_my_studio_0_energy_as_usual/). DM him if anything catches your eye!

So far, [r/Ukraine](https://www.reddit.com/r/Ukraine/), you’ve helped him raise well over USD 40,000 for [Humanity](https://quicknote.io/d2edacb0-fd2d-11ec-b0ea-1752dc463003), which provides humanitarian aid and evacuation in Nova Kakhovka and Kherson, and for Nova Kakhovka’s warriors at the front. [Here’s](https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/11b30aq/this_week_i_was_created_more_art_pieces_and/) a great example of what he’s doing with the funds you help him raise.

[Some of u\/21\_Vetal\_01’s handiwork](https://preview.redd.it/pntumh7cb61c1.png?width=696&format=png&auto=webp&s=024abb60099c4e089a3a215ccee1408ec337e098)

u/21_vetal_01, whom you can read about [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/13f7np2/515_eest_the_sun_is_rising_over_kyiv_on_the_443rd/), turns scraps of destroyed russian equipment into trophies and souvenirs, and his wife makes beautiful little treasures and beautiful little treasure boxes. Proceeds support every facet of the war effort, from military aid to humanitarian aid to cash assistance for families of the fallen. Here are [some examples of what they make](https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/15ong07/in_honor_of_art_friday_i_will_show_you_new/), here is [some of their latest work](https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/1am8iyi/in_honor_of_artfriday_a_little_of_our_family/), and here’s a very, very small example of the astonishing variety of things they do [with the funds they raise](https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/15ohhtl/hi_all_not_a_big_photo_report_from_the_front_from/). Check them out on Instagram at [Two Souls Creations](https://www.instagram.com/twosoulscreations/).

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[u/brammo1991](https://www.reddit.com/u/brammo1991/) skillfully and with style creates Ukraine-inspired Space Marine dioramas, then auctions them off and donates the proceeds to U24 and Come Back Alive. [He’s raised over €1400 so far!](https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/1ahk0x6/ukraine_space_marine_project_update/) He takes commissions; [here’s a recent one he finished](https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/17xruok/finished_another_ua_spacemarine_commission_all/). DM him if you want one of your own!

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The 729th day of a nine-year invasion that has been going on **for centuries**.

One day closer to victory.

# 🇺🇦 HEROYAM SLAVA! 🇺🇦

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