Bukovel has signed a partnership memorandum with the Kosiv State Institute of Decorative Arts – one of the key centres preserving and developing regional crafts.
The agreement outlines joint educational, cultural and creative initiatives:
- engaging students in real-world practice in design, spatial concepts and brand identity;
- hosting exhibitions and installations across the resort;
- promoting Kosiv ceramics and other traditional crafts;
- developing products inspired by authentic Carpathian heritage.
"This partnership is another step towards integrating local culture into the Bukovel ecosystem and supporting region's talented youth. We believe that combining education, tradition and a modern approach will create new value both for the resort and for the local community", says Bohdan Krasavtsev, Head of the Sustainable Development Office at Bukovel.
"The Kosiv State Institute of Decorative Arts is a leading regional institution that has been preserving the unique folk traditions of Hutsulshchyna for 145 years – pottery, painting, carving, weaving and pysanka art. Thanks to our graduates and their dedication to creativity, the tradition of Kosiv ceramics was inscribed in 2019 on UNESCO’s Cultural Heritage List, followed by pysanka in 2024. Our mission is to preserve these crafts while giving them a contemporary voice – developing tradition through a synthesis of culture and everyday life. Today, students specialise in artistic painting, wood, metal, textiles, ceramics, fashion design, graphic design and leather goods. Our graduates become key contributors to disappearing folk art centres in the region, and carriers of Ukrainian cultural heritage. This agreement opens new opportunities to promote Hutsul crafts, involve talented students in real projects and create a modern creative hub for resort guests", says Halyna Yurchyshyn, Director of the Kosiv State Institute of Decorative Arts.
As a reminder, the Bukovel Sustainable Development Office team made its first working visit to the Kosiv Institute in autumn 2025, where they explored student works, visited the institute’s museum and connected with teachers and students about Ukrainian art and culture.