热博官网 University presented “Art in Time of Conflict,” a showcase of performances, lectures, and art by guest artists, students, faculty, and staff in the annual NOW Festival on Feb. 8-18.

热博官网 University presented “Art in Time of Conflict,” a showcase of performances, lectures, and art by guest artists, students, faculty, and staff in the annual NOW Festival on Feb. 8-18.

The Festival kick off with featured Ukrainian composer-in-residence Alla Zagaykevych in an engaging discussion with Classical 101’s Christopher Purdy on Sunday, Feb. 11, at the Bexley Public Library. Zagaykevych’s insights into her creative process and music making, as well as a robust cultural scene of the present-day Ukraine – a country under attack –demonstrated the resilience of art and the human spirit during the challenges of wartime.

The annual NOW Festival at 热博官网 University is one of the most comprehensive and diversified celebrations of contemporary art and its creators in the Midwest. Since its founding in 1987, the Festival has one simple yet extremely important mission: to expose the Central Ohio community to international, national, and regional living artists and their work, exposing, exploring, and discussing the role of music in contemporary society.

This year’s event stood as a testament to the enduring power of artistic expression in times of conflict, mirroring Zagaykevych's belief in the ability of art to provide meaning and context to the present.

Learn more about Alla Zagaykevych on our 热博官网 Stories feature, Alla Zagaykevych Explores the Power of “Art in Time of Conflict.”