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Exhibition curated by Salzburg Global Fellow Olena Prokopenko is on display in Schloss Leopoldskron's Max Reinhardt Library
A photo exhibition highlighting the lives and experiences of children in Ukraine affected by war is now on display at Salzburg Global Seminar.
In cooperation with the Ukrainian Institute of Public Diplomacy, the "Children in War" exhibition was launched on December 14 in Schloss Leopoldskron's Max Reinhardt Library.
The exhibition, which has also been on display in Belgium, the US, Israel, and the Vatican, was curated by Salzburg Global Fellow Olena Prokopenko.
On Wednesday, Olena was present at Schloss Leopoldskron to launch the exhibition alongside fellow Salzburg Global Fellow Yuliia Kravchenko. Olena said, "The heroes of this exhibition sleep under rocket fire and live in the midst of destroyed schools and houses. All of them have their own tragic history."
Earlier this year, Olena and Yuliia both attended the Salzburg Global program, "Connecting and Supporting Ukrainian Civil Society in Time of War." An output of this program was the Salzburg Statement of Ukrainian Civil Society, a document that outlines the crucial role of civil society and rethinking Ukrainian reconstruction.
The program followed an initiative by Salzburg Global, which saw around 100 refugees accommodated in the Meierhof following Russia's invasion of Ukraine at the beginning of 2022.
Martin Weiss, president and CEO of Salzburg Global Seminar said, "Our future will be decided in Ukraine, you can't look the other way here... Looking at these young faces [at the "Children in War" exhibition] shows the immediacy of what is happening. It's about much more than a war on a battlefield. The future is being taken away from a whole generation here.”
The exhibition is open to the public on December 22 and January 3 and 4, between 14:00 and 16:00. If you are interested in attending, please register first by emailing events@schlossleopoldskron.com.