Building a Ukrainian Museum in Los Angeles

For decades, the Ukrainian Art Center Inc. in Los Angeles has been a vibrant beacon of Ukrainian art, culture and community. Under the leadership of Daria Chaikovsky — who helped found the Centre in 1986 and has spent years nurturing its growth — this organization has tirelessly promoted Ukrainian traditions, hosted festivals, exhibitions, workshops and more. Ukrainian Art Center News

Now, more than ever, Ukraine’s cultural identity is under threat — and so preserving and sharing our heritage on the West Coast has become a mission. The Centre’s bold new vision: to establish a permanent Ukrainian Museum in Southern California. A place where priceless artifacts, artworks, folk‑traditions and contemporary voices can live and be seen — where stories of resilience, courage and beauty are told. Ukrainian Art Center Website

Imagine a spacious building in Los Angeles: walls filled with icons, paintings, pysanky (traditional painted eggs), modern installations; rooms where children learn embroidery, folk arts, and film students explore documentary work about Ukraine’s present; gatherings where the diaspora and local community meet, learn, create, connect. This is more than a building — it’s a cultural refuge, a classroom, a stage for art and identity.

But here’s the reality: we need to act now. Without a dedicated museum space, too many cultural treasures risk being lost or overlooked. With your generosity this Giving Tuesday, you can become a founding partner of this institution. Every donation brings this vision closer to steel beams and open doors.

By supporting us, you are helping to:

• Secure a space: location, purchase or lease, build‑out & design.

• Preserve artifacts and artworks that tell the Ukrainian story.

• Launch educational programs, community outreach, exhibitions.

• Sustain operational essentials so that this museum isn’t just built — it thrives.

Your gift will leave a lasting legacy. It says: We honour the past. We support the present. We invest in the future. This Giving Tuesday, stand with us. Help us build the museum that Ukraine’s art, history and heritage deserve — in the heart of Southern California.

Join us. Be part of something historic. Your support matters. Slava Ukraini.