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Alberta Council for the Ukrainian Arts presentsHearts + Minds
An ACUA Signature Artist Series Event
A joint showing of the works of June Mielnichuk & Crystal Mills depicting evolving ideas and an exploration into new content and materials.
September 11 to November 1, 2025
Alberta Council for the Ukrainian Arts Gallery
Opening Night Reception Thursday September 11
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
HEARTS depicts their intuitive nature, diverse emotions, their joy and love of art making.
MINDS allows creation to be logical, illogical with divergent paths, twists and turns anytime during the year. It brings stories from their hearts: depicting the complexity of personal decisions, the dark and light of living, the contradictions in their being and influences of the past.
Abstract Photography reunites with Realism and makes its way onto fabric and glass. Mixed Media and Paintings highlight colorful creations sending the viewer messages. Discover your connection to the new images and where they might lead you.
“Abstract Photography continues to be a chosen style that explores extracting compositions from found forms and allowing the imagination to connect in ways unexpected”, says June. “In the hunt for new images photographs of a garden of beautiful Purple –Reddish Poppies stand out. Having started this photography journey with floral images it appears their intrigue holds. Graceful petals unfold into wonderful shapes, colors, and textures. This showing includes revisiting the power of natural forms and their abstracted nature. The bridge between abstraction and realism is a fine line that is easily crossed.”
June Mielnichuk
June Scraba Mielnichuk is a retired teacher, and principal of Virginia Park Fine Arts Core School, who has also worked in staff development and senior administration for Edmonton Public Schools. She is currently exploring the field of photography and has received a Professional Photography Certificate from Grant MacEwan College. She has completed a M.Ed. and courses in Visual Communications and Printmaking from the University of Alberta. Her focus is on capturing unique forms, vivid colors, and images that intrigue the eye including floral, abstract, travel and architectural forms. She has had showings at ACUA Gallery, PAVA Gallery, CAVA Gallery, the Sugarbowl, and other community venues.
Crystal Mills
Crystal Mills is a retired educator who was principal at Keheewin School and Garneau School, worked in staff development and human resources and taught in numerous Edmonton Public schools. She has a BEd (Reading/Music) and MEd (Mentoring Beginning Teachers) from the University of Alberta. Her training in art and design has developed through classes taken in Alberta and California. These classes have included metal art, polymer clay, watercolour painting, alcohol ink, assemblage, mixed media, collage and book making.
She has participated in art shows such as Strathearn Art Walk, ACUA Gallery, Edmonton Public Schools “Art of Retirement”, Griesbach Art Walk, Pigeon Lake Art Show/Sale, Central Seniors Lions Association and Alchemy of Women Festival. She is also a member of the Art Society of Strathcona.
Crystal enjoys making pieces that use allegory to reveal that objects can hold not one, but many meanings and often symbolize something deeper morally, spiritually, or philosophically such as life, death, love, dreams, virtue, etc. She incorporates polymer clay, alcohol inks, hand-made paper, vintage jewelry, and found objects that more than likely find her.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
10554 110 St NW Unit 100, Edmonton, AB, Canada, Alberta T5H 3C5
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