Myroslava Kot

Myroslava Kot
Myroslava Kot in 2007
Born
Myroslava Buha

(1933-10-05)October 5, 1933
Warsaw, Poland
DiedDecember 29, 2014(2014-12-29) (aged 81)
NationalityUkrainian
Known forEmbroidery
AwardsMerited Master of Folk Arts of Ukraine (1995)
Websitemyroslava-kot.org/en/

Myroslava Petrivna Kot (née Buha, 5 October 1933, Warsaw, Poland – 29 December 2014, Drohobych, Ukraine) was a Ukrainian embroiderer.[1][2] From 1991, she was the head of the Department of Methodology and History of Ukrainian Decorative and Applied Arts at the Teachers’ Training College in Drohobych.[3] She was awarded Master of Folk Crafts of Ukraine in 1995, and an Honorary Citizen of Drohobych in 2012.[4]

Myroslava Kot studied Ukrainian embroidery paying particular attention to Drohobych patterns.[5] Her works have been exhibited in Ukraine, Canada and the United States. 19 of her students became Ukraine People’s Masters of Decorative and Applied Arts.[3]

  1. ^ "Myroslava Petrivna Kot". museum of Myroslava Kot. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  2. ^ "На Львівщині прощаються з відомою вишивальницею Мирославою Кот". ZIK.ua (in Ukrainian). 2 January 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Biographies of remarkable Ukrainian embroiderers", Welcome to Ukraine Magazine, retrieved 26 February 2013.
  4. ^ Лишик, Вікторія (2 December 2012). Життєве полотно Мирослави Кот. ДрогобичІнфо (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 9 February 2013.
  5. ^ Zakharchuk-Chuhai, Raisa (1997), "Folk Art" Magazine (Narodne Mystetstvo), The National Union Of Folk Art Masters Of Ukraine, p. 48.