Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
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Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art is a museum in Illinois, at a modelled elevation of 183 m. Mounded Landfill stands 259 m to the west-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Ukrainian National Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 1.4 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art (UIMA) (Ukrainian: Український Інститут Модерного Мистецтва (Ukrayinskyi Instytut Modernoho Mystetstva)) is a modern art museum serving the Chicago area with an ongoing program of cultural exhibitions, literary events, film screenings, and music recitals. UIMA was founded in 1971 by Dr. Achilles Chreptowsky, Vera Chereptowsky, Konstantin Milonadis and Mychajlo Urban in the heart of Chicago's Ukrainian Village, Chicago. It is a core member of the Chicago Cultural Alliance, a consortium of 25 ethnic museums and cultural centers in Chicago. Six to seven major exhibits are held in the main gallery which occupies 2,100 square feet (200 m2). Two side galleries house the permanent collection which includes the work of Chicago artists as well as that of sculptors and painters of Ukrainian descent. UIMA runs a program of exhibitions, concerts, lectures, and multidisciplinary events. The immediate neighborhood is home to an ethnically diverse population and offers a wide variety of cultural events. UIMA is a not-for-profit organization. The Institute maintains one of the largest collections of Ukrainian-American abstract and minimalist works dating from the 1950’s, 1960s, and 1970s. Their permanent collection also includes the works of many renowned artists, including Alexander Archipenko, Alexis Gritchenko, Mychajlo Andreenko, Jerzy Nowosielski, Emma Andiewska, Patrick Caulfield, Jacques Hnizdovsky Jules Olitski, Patrick Caulfield, Elisabeth Frink, Mary Fedden, Robyn Denny, Richard Hunt, Thomas Kapsalis, Michiko Itatani, Aka Pereyma, Slava Gerulak, Arcadia Olenska-Petryshyn, Christina Saj, William Kurelek, Yevgeniy Prokopov, Volodymyr Makarenko, Vadym Meller, Jurij Solovij and many others. In 2010 the museum hosted a career retrospective of the art of Gladys Nilsson, noted member of the "Hairy Who" art group. An interactive exhibition Protest Art Call for Participation was mounted in 2022 with the start of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine, inviting the public to share its responses to the war in Ukraine through drawings, writings and poetry. The show was accompanied by protest-themed works from the permanent collection by Ukrainian such as Anton Kandinsky and Jurij Solovij were hung in the galleries.
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Dates from 1971.
Wikidata Q3547881, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 1.4 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 26.9 mi off the Lincoln Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Des Plaines River · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Ukrainian National Museum: 0.1 mi
- Chicago Center for Green Technology: 0.9 mi
- National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture: 1.0 mi
- Polish Museum of America: 1.3 mi
- Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art: 1.6 mi
- Western Park: 0.2 mi
- Superior Park: 0.3 mi
- Smith Park: 0.3 mi
- Snowberry Park: 0.6 mi
- Commercial Club Park: 0.6 mi
- M3 Stuart Tank: 0.4 mi
- Elias Diaz y Perez: 0.5 mi
- Andy Montañez: 0.5 mi
- Lucecita Benítez: 0.5 mi
- Ismael Miranda: 0.5 mi
- Paseo Bourica Gateway Flags: 0.5 mi
- Shit Fountain: 0.6 mi
- Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos: 0.6 mi
- Paseo Bourica Gateway Flags: 0.8 mi
- Home (Miner & Child): 0.8 mi
- Thomas Street Garden: 0.6 mi
- La Casita de Don Pedro: 0.6 mi
- El Coqui: 0.7 mi
- Mozart's Community Garden: 0.7 mi
- Campbell Coop Garden: 0.8 mi
- Waller Apartments: 1.0 mi
- The Ledge: 2.8 mi
- Biograph Theatre: 2.8 mi
- SkyDeck Chicago Willis Tower: 2.8 mi
- Weather Bell: 3.0 mi
- Webster Wildlife Site: 1.9 mi
- Garfield Park Natural Area: 2.0 mi
- South Pond Natural Area: 3.1 mi
- Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool: 3.3 mi
- North Pond Nature Sanctuary: 3.3 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 5: 3.0 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 4: 3.1 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 6: 3.1 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 2: 3.1 mi
- Lincoln Park - Grove 3: 3.1 mi
- Humboldt Beach: 1.2 mi
- Oak Street Beach: 3.2 mi
- Ohio Street Beach: 3.7 mi
- 12th Street Beach: 4.6 mi
- Montrose Dog Beach: 5.5 mi
- Mount Bridgeport: 4.1 mi
- Horner Park Hill: 4.4 mi
- Players Hill: 4.5 mi
- Soldier Field Sledding Hill: 4.5 mi
- Mount Trashmore: 8.9 mi
- Rosemont Waterfall: 11.1 mi
- Sawmill Creek Waterfall: 19.5 mi
- Canyon Creek Cascade: 21.6 mi
- Canyon Creek Falls: 21.7 mi
- Swallow Cliffs: 17.5 mi
- Covington Bluff: 23.9 mi
- Rain Garden Springs: 6.3 mi
- Tedens: 20.3 mi
- Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis: 22.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounded Landfill | WSW 241° | 259 m | 23.3 mi |
| Mount Trashmore | N 353° | 204 m | 8.9 mi |
| Players Hill | WSW 252° | 187 m | 4.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:38 | 16:23 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 29 | 38 | 48 | 58 | 68 | 74 | 74 | 67 | 54 | 43 | 31 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chicago Northerly IS, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Chicago/Wicker Park · 1 mi
- Chicago/Logan-Bucktown · 2 mi
- Chicago/Near West Side · 2 mi
- Chicagoland · 2 mi
- Chicago · 3 mi
- Chicago/Far West Side · 3 mi
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