Shevchenko State Art School

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Taras Shevchenko State Art School fine arts gymnasium school
Established	12 August 1937; 86 years ago (1937-08-12)
Grades	5-12
Website	dergartschool.kiev.ua

Taras Shevchenko State Art School (

The school is part of the complex that also includes schools of ballet and music. It is located adjoining a historic park overlooking the southern end of Babi Yar. The school accepts students from 5th grade through to and including 12th grade.

History

The school was established on August 12, 1937, and was originally located at 2 Volodymyrska Street, Kyiv. The designer and builder of the new school building was the architect Joseph Karakis. At the time, this was the only art school building and institute of its type in the Soviet Union.^[1]

The first pupils graduated on 29 June 1940. Due to the

The school was vacant until 1944 when the building was taken over by the National Museum of the History of Ukraine, and the school moved to new premises. Today, the school is located in 4 Zhambyl Zhabayuly Street, Kyiv.

Notable alumni

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There are many notable artists among its graduates, including:

• Andriy Chebykin
• Christina Katrakis
• Peter Kravchenko
• Oleg Kulik
• Kost Lavro
• Yuri Makoveychuk
• Alina Panova
• Les Podervyansky
• Vlada Ralko
• Arsen Savadov
• Mikhail Turovsky
• Roman Turovsky
• Glib Vysheslavsky
• Nicholas Zalevsky
• Galyna Zubchenko

References

External links

• The school's website (in Ukrainian)