Art Without Borders: Seven Inspiring Art Stories of Female Artists

By Victoria Averbukh

Art is the great connector, as proven here in the stories these seven Eastern European female artists share about their work, their immigration experiences, and their acclimation into American culture.

Victoria Averbukh, of Russian and Jewish descent, journalist by profession, knows firsthand what these women have faced, having come to the United States and raised American children while successfully keeping their Russian heritage alive.

These seven artists all work in different mediums. Their work could not be more different; however, their shared experiences create a common thread, weaving their Eastern European roots into their American lifestyles. Their work on a whole is vibrant, colorful, and passionate. Victoria has chosen a group of women whose stories are as fascinating and powerful as the work they create. She has chosen well. Each of them makes the world a brighter, more beautiful place, and for that, we all must stand up and applaud!

Nina Seigenfeld Velazquez, visual artist and curator, New York

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Oct 16, 2014
• ISBN: 9781496946935

Victoria Averbukh

Victoria Averbukh is a professional journalist and writer. She was born in Moscow, Russia. Her father was a famous nonfiction filmmaker, and her mother was a journalist also managing her own PR agency. Victoria graduated from Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU) with a master degree in journalism and political PR. She worked for several Russian federal newspapers as an editor, as well as a correspondent for American and European magazines. Victoria is known for her investigative reports from hot spots, including Kosovo and Georgia. Back in Russia, she is also famous for her women rights social work and her own journalist classes. Once Victoria moved to the United States, she became a freelance translator and community activist in her neighborhood in New York, New York. She runs her own website about family travelling across America, both in Russian and English. Victoria Averbukh is a member of International Federation of Journalists and a recipient of numerous honors, including the main award of Union of Russian Journalists.

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Victoria Averbukh

ART WITHOUT BORDERS

Seven Inspiring Art Stories of Female Artists

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Published by AuthorHouse 10/15/2014

ISBN: 978-1-4969-4692-8 (sc)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Anna Repp, Fantasy Artist and Illustrator

Anna Yakubovskaya, Fiber Artist

Zoya Gutina, Bead Designer

Anna Shakeeva, Artist of Fine Art

Olga Borynets, Artist of Fine Art and Art Restoration Technologist

Elvira Konysheva, Doll Artist

Sofia Khunteyev, Fine Art and Graphic Artist

Victoria Averbukh

It is truly amazing how throughout history, each nation has been influenced by other nations around it. Due to this foreign influence and despite the distinct cultural differences from nation to nation, region to region, similarities still abound.

Even if you don’t know any words in another language, art is a universal language that can unite us all. Through art, you can imagine what is it that the artist wants to explain exactly; how he or she is really thinking while working on paintings or making sculptures. Artists are connectors; they reflect to us our emotions and feelings and thus help us become better. We can see the beauty of this world through their eyes – especially when we can’t see it for ourselves. Artists are the best historians – when we want to learn how early people lived, we look at the pictures on their cavern’s walls. You can imagine how people were thinking in medieval times or during the Renaissance by studying the paintings