Artists in War

Today Ukrainian artists and art professionals remain among the most vulnerable professional groups in society as almost all art institutions and other agents of the creative sector have ceased to operate; some have closed or migrated, others lie in ruins. All of the country’s financial needs have been redirected to support Ukraine’s armed forces in resisting Russian aggression. This effort is crucial for our survival. 

Nevertheless, it is in these times of deepest crisis for the country that art and culture are most needed to reflect on human conditions in a reality dominated by violence and pain. We need the hands and the voices of artists to express in a profound and lasting way what happens in our minds and souls today.

The Jam Factory Art Center was envisioned as a cultural space where the various disciplines of art meet in a time of peace. Today we launch the Artists in War Program to support and encourage artists to come back to artistic work and become voices of the society that is living through the most devastating times.

We offer one-time financial support to artists and curators in various fields of art (theater, music, cinema, visual arts) who are active in their sector and have the opportunity to reflect on wartime in their works. 

The amount of one-time financial support is UAH 20,000*.

*presently circa 550-600 EUR, 600-670 USD, 450-600 GBP

Colleagues, Partner Institutions, and Everyone who is ready to support our initiative!

The program is possible thanks to the donations of organizations that understand the difficult circumstances faced by Ukrainian artists and the importance of financial support so Ukrainian culture can survive throughout this war.

Anyone can join the Artists in War program, both personally and institutionally. Any contribution is important to the program.

We thank all donors for their contributions.

We accept donations via:

1. Card payment

2. Bank transactions in EUR

Intermediary banks:

• KBC BANK NV, Brussels, Belgium
  SWIFT: KREDBEBB
• COMMERZBANK AG, Frankfurt, Germany
  SWIFT: COBADEFF
• UNICREDIT S.P.A., Milano, Italy
  SWIFT: UNCRITMM
• RAIFFEISEN BANK INTERNATIONAL AG, Vienna, Austria
  SWIFT: RZBAATWW

Beneficiary’s bank

JSC KREDOBANK Lviv, Ukraine
SWIFT:WUCBUA2X

Beneficiary

Name NGO “JAM FACTORY”
IBAN UA913253650000026000011075896

Please note the Purpose of payment as:
Financial support for statutory activities of Jam Factory Art Center, NGO.

3. Bank transactions in UAH

JSC KREDOBANK Lviv, Ukraine

Name: NGO “JAM FACTORY”
Identification code: 41706902
Beneficiary’s Bank Code: 325365
Beneficiary’s account: UA803253650000000260020015834

Please note the Purpose of payment as:
Financial support for statutory activities of Jam Factory Art Center, NGO.

Terms and Priorities of the Application

• Individual, one-time application.
• Residence in Ukraine at the time of application.
• Engaged in artistic activities for the last two years.
• Artists from all fields – visual artists, theatre creators, musicians, curators are welcome.
• Ready to provide artwork of any form (sketch, illustration, video-recording, photo, text, etc) during the six months from receiving the grant. 
• The resulting works in the future may become part of an art project that will react to the war.
• (Priority) Internally displaced artists who have lost their income because of the war.

Procedure

• There will be a few waves of providing financial help. We accept applications regularly until the program is finished; all applications received are involved in each selection wave, except for applications rejected due to non-compliance with the acceptance criteria.
• Applications are considered regularly (according to availability of funds).
• The amount of support is UAH 20,000.

In case of any questions, please get in touch with [email protected]

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2. Oleksii Shatalov – music producer, composer, sound designer.
3. Lera Polianskova – actress, media artist, musician.
4. Anton Tkachenko – artist, co-founder, and curator of the artist-run space Garage “127” in Kharkiv.
5. Daniil Galkin – curator and artist who works with public space.
6. Roma Mykhailov – a contemporary artist who works with installations, large forms, graphics, and paintings.
7. Viktor Ruban – dancer, performer, director, choreographer, researcher, and coach.
8. Olha Kuzyura – an artist who works with paintings, graphics, and installations.
9. Ihor Aronov – actor, performer, director, teacher.
10. Larysa Boruta – contemporary ceramic artist.
11. Nikon Romanchenko – an artist in the field of film production. Producer, editing director, stage director, screenwriter. In 2021, he received an award for the best directorial work in the national competition program of the Odesa International Film Festival
12. Yuriy Musatov – ceramic artist, and teacher who rethinks traditional forms of work with ceramics.
13. Leo Trotsenko – curator and artist who works with performance, video, and sound.
14. Veronika Cherednychenko – Contemporary visual artist, who works with abstract and non-figurative art.
15. Andriy Roik – an artist who works with painting, graphics, collage, ceramics and public painting.
16. Nazar Furyk – an artist and independent photographer. Combining artificial objects and the natural environment, emphasizes and rethinks their fragility.
17. Eduard Balula – a graphic artist, a specialist in visual practices. Has numerous exhibitions and awards, participated in international competitions.
18. Oleksandra Makarska – an artist from Donetsk. Engaged in painting. Her works were exhibited at international exhibitions in Greece, Germany and the USA.
19. Maria Bogomolova – an artist from Kharkiv, works with visual art.
20. Maryna Dovganych – an architect and artist. In her artistic practice, she combines visual and audiovisual art, and her main visual language – hand-drawn animation, she directs original cartoons.
21. Polina Shcherbyna – a contemporary artist. Works mainly in painting, sometimes combining it with objects, audio and video.
22. Valeriia Sochyvets – a director and producer from Kyiv. Program director of the GOGOLFEST cinema (2014-2017). Founder of “Suk” organization. Board Member of the Ukrainian Film Academy.
23. Olga Yeriemieieva – a multidisciplinary artist who works with photography, video, graphics and 3D forms.
24. Iryna Vorona – a mixed media artist, works with visual art. Explores time, light and disappearing realities.
25. Oleg Kotsarev – poet, novelist, translator, journalist. Laureate of numerous literary prizes, co-editor of the anthology Ukrainian avant-garde poetry (1910-1930s), member of the Ukrainian PEN.
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33. Nataliia Lisova is an artist, art critic, practitioner, and researcher of Ukrainian landscape art, a graduate student at NAOMA, living in Kyiv.

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