ЗАМИЛЕНЕ ОКО ПРОТИ ДОСВІДЧЕНОГО ― МЕБЛЕВЕ ШАХРАЙСТВО ТА ПРОБЛЕМИ ЗБЕРІГАННЯ
23 травня 2024 року, Юрій Янчишин прочитав лекцію на тему "Замилене Око проти Досвідченого - Mеблеве Шахрайство та Проблеми Зберігання" для Міжнародної наукової конференції “Пам’ятки Рухомої Мистецької Спадщини: Проблеми Обліку, Захисту та Реставрації,” яка відбулася у Національному університеті "Львівська Політехніка." Тема доповіді обговорює одну з найвидатніших підробок в історії американського декоративного мистецтва, Крісло Брюстера, що є дуже актуальною через російську війну в Україні.


THE DECEIVING VS. THE INFORMED EYE: FURNITURE FAKERY AND CONSERVATION (presented in Ukrainian)
On May 23, 2024, Yuri Yanchyshyn gave a presentation at the International Academic Conference "Monuments of Movable Artistic Heritage: Problems of Accounting, Protection and Conservation," in Lviv, Ukraine. The theme of his talk was the fakery of the Brewster Chair, one of the most famous examples of decorative arts deception in the United States, at the Henry Ford Museum in the 1970s.

On May 10, 2024, Yuri Yanchyshyn, wooden artifacts conservator and Fulbright Specialist and Scholar, spoke at the Ukrainian Canadian Students Union (SUSK) Conference in Toronto, Canada, presenting “Preserving Ukraine’s Cultural Heritage During Wartime.” This presentation briefly introduces Ukraine’s 20c wooden artifacts and highlights a preventive conservation initiative to digitally scan eleven wooden tserkvas (churches) of eastern Ukraine during wartime. 

On April 22, 2024, Yuri Yanchyshyn, Fulbright Specialist and Scholar, gave a Ukrainian language presentation on “The Degradation of Wood - Mold and Insects” to the members and guests of the The International Council Museums - Ukraine, Conservation Section. This presentation introduced listeners to mold and insects as agents of wooden objects degradation, and current methods of identification and treatment.

On January 30, 2024, Yuri Yanchyshyn, Fulbright Specialist and Scholar, gave a Ukrainian language presentation on The Structure and Properties of Wood to the members and guests of the Conservation Section of The International Council Museums - Ukraine. This presentation introduced listeners to microscopic wood identification and the effects of moisture on wood.

As Russian missiles fall, a Michigan native is racing against time to save priceless pieces of Ukrainian culture. It's called "Red-Listing," when people assemble items in museums and churches that need to be preserved.

On July 7, 2022, the Ukrainian American Archives and Museum and the Detroit Branch of the Shevechenko Scientific Society presented a talk by Yuri Yanchyshyn on “Ukrainian Culture at Risk - Again, A Conservator’s Perspective.” This presentation addressed the recent invasion of Ukraine by Russia, and is prefaced with an overview of the destruction of 20c Ukrainian culture, highlighting the iconostasis in the 1930’s, the Jewish synagogues during WWII, and the primarily Polish Roman Catholic polychrome sculptures after WWII. Images not widely known were shown, such as from the Taranushenko archives, currently in the Vernadsky Library in Kyiv.

https://www.ukrainianmuseumdetroit.org

https://shevchenko.org

The Ukrainian Iconostasis: History, Construction, and Preservation. This Zoom session was presented on September 30, 2021, and hosted by the UK ICOMOS Committee. This presentation briefly sketches the stylistic history of this sacral architectural form, its construction features, as well as examples of Soviet-era conservation treatments. The presenter was Svitlana Olianina Dr. habil, and was organized by Yuri Yanchyshyn of Period Furniture Conservation LLC. Аrt historian and conservator Svitlana Olianina Dr. habil. is the Head of the Department of Graphic Arts of the National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute '' in Kyiv. Her focus is the historical design aspect of Ukrainian iconostasis. She obtained her Ph.D. from the Conservation Department of The National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture in Kyiv in 2005. She previously interned at the Department of Fine Arts at the University of Granada in Spain in 1996–1997. She was the Head of the Institute for Cultural Research at the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine in Kyiv in 2008–2016 and achieved Dr. habil. status in 2020 from the Lviv National Academy of Arts. Over the years, she has published more than 50 articles on various aspects of iconostasis and its history, including her 2019 book -Ukrainian Iconostasis: symbolism and iconology (in Ukrainian).

Wooden Churches in Ukraine - A conservation Assessment Workshop (in Ukrainian), June 27, 2019