Cleveland,
Ohio, USA
Cleveland,
Ohio, USA
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E-mail: magyarmuzeum@hotmail.com
You can call the Gift Shoppe/Museum at the Galleria at Erieview
directly at 216 523-3900
(voice mail when not open)
Highlights of 2009 - Now past:
The Cleveland Hungarian Heritage Society sponsored a Children's Chrhjistmas
Program on
Saturday, December 12. for children from ages 5-11 (younger and older siblings
invited to "tag along")
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS:
1. Getting to Know Hungary: a brief introductory
presentation with pictures and
facts
2. Mézeskalács cookie
decorating
3. Hungarian Christmas card
making
4. Hungarian huszár
craft.
5. Map and Concentration
games
6. Members of Girl Scout Troop 34 visited the
Museum. "Kántálás" is an old custom in the villages
where children went from house to house singing Christmas songs while collecting
small donations.
On September 15, 2009, the Cleveland Hungarian Heritage Society sponsored a visit of “old-world” churches, soon to be closed, and which included coach, guided tour and catered wiener schnitzel lunch.
Hungarian Baseball night -
CLASS A AFFILIATE OF THE CLEVELAND INDIANS: • Pre-Game Parade for all Hungarians! • Magyar Himnusz & The Star-Spangled Banner to be performed by a local Hungarian singer • Hungarian Strudel, Hungarian Sausage, and Stuffed Cabbage to be served at the concession stands • Hungarian Wine Tasting and Wine offered at our Left Field Bar • Hungarian Heritage Museum Exhibit • Egg Painting Activity for children on the concourse • Post-Game Fireworks Extravaganza! • Group Benefits: Hungarian Group Name on Video Board • Exclusive Group Raffle for Hungarian Groups • 10% Discount on Non-Sale Merchandise in the Cargo Hold
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Special exhibition of oil paintings,
offering a nostalgic glimpse into a simpler and gentler bygone era,
idyllic village life, and romanticized rural scenes of the Hungarian countryside
of the past.
Click here for more information
on "Ruralia
Hungarica"
and a few additional samples:
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2 HUNGARIAN FILMS WERE SHOWN @ the March 2009 CLEVELAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL!
This year's
Cleveland International Film Festival of March 2009 included two Hungarian
films: "BAHRTALO" and
"THE INVESTIGATOR,"
at Tower City Cinema. You can look
on www.clevelandfilm.org for more
information, including a summary of the films, their plots, directors, and
awards.
CHHS members and all supporters of the Museum were welcome to participate in a group viewing Thursday, January 8 at 1:00 p.m. of the Cleveland Art Museum's fabulous exhibit on Faberge, Lalique and Tiffany. ZSUZSA RÁCZ, ONE OF OUR MEMBERS AND HUNGARIAN MUSEUM VOLUNTEERS, IS A DOCENT AT THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART AND LED OUR GROUP. MS EVA SZABO, ANOTHER MEMBERSAND HUNGARIAN MUSEUM VOLUNTEER, ORGANIZED THE TOUR.
Link to Clevland Museum of art exhibit: www.clemusart.com/exhibitions/artisticluxury.aspx
About the exhibit: Just over 100 years ago, three of history's greatest designers, Peter Carl Fabergé in Russia, Louis Comfort Tiffany in the United States, and René Lalique in France, were engaged in a spirited rivalry that drove each to attain unsurpassed heights in the creation of jewelry and luxury goods. In this opulent exhibition of more than 300 objects, see their greatest masterworks reunited for the first time since the legendary 1900 world's fair in Paris. Artistic Luxury offers a glimpse-through the stunning creations of these three great artists-into the world of the rich and famous during the years leading up to the First World War. Each designer was known for his own characteristic style and achievement, and the exhibition devotes a separate gallery to each jeweler, recreating the ambiance of the Paris world's fair.
MAGYARUL:
A Cleveland Art Museum-ban a University Circle-ön
a jelenlegi ideiglenes kiállítás: Artistic Luxury:
Fabergé, Tiffany, Lalique. A legegyszerübb megnézni
a múzeum honlapján, itt van hozzá
a link:
www.clemusart.com/exhibitions/artisticluxury.aspx
A kiállítás látogatását a HHS tagjaival január 8.-án délután 1 órakor terveztük, és magyar, valamint igény szerint angol nyelvü vezetésben volt részünk a múzeum docensei részérül. A kiállítás idöben visszavitt minket a századfordulóra, pontosan 1900.-ba, amikor Párizsban tartottak egy nagyszabású világkiállítást. Ezen a kiállításon szerepelt ez a három híres müvész egyszerre. Fabergé a messzi Oroszországból eljött és elhozta magával a cári család tagjai számára addig készített összes húsvéti tojásait, összesen negyvenet (a jelenlegi kiállításon 8 Fabergé tojás látható). A két Tiffany, apa és fia az ellenkezö irányból, Amerikából érkeztek és az új világ kincseit és müvészetét mutatták be. Lalique-nak persze nem kellett messzire mennie francia lévén. A hagyományos ékszerészet és a modern müvészet egyaránt képviseltette magát müvészetükben. A kiállítás varázslatos mint idöutazás de úgy is, mint látogatás Aladdin kincses kamrájába.
Mindenkit sok szeretettel vártunk. A kiállítás Cleveland után még San Franciscoba utazik és sehol máshol nem lesz megtekinthetö. Sokan messziröl jönnek ide megtekinteni, nekünk csak a University Circle-ig kell eljutnunk a nagy hóban!
Highlights of 2008 - Now past:
Link to:
2007-2008 MONTHLY SEMINAR SERIES: Hungarian Folklore: An Intergenerational Series
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T
h e Cl e v e l a n d H u n g a r i a n
H e r i t a g e S o c i e t y
hosted you, your children and grandchildren, all
who like to work with their hands, listen to stories, learn
new words, and play games, at a
Christmas PROGRAM
on Saturday December 13, 2008
at the Hungarian Heritage Museum,
Galleria at Erieview.
Together we discovered the world of
Hungarian Christmas and winter holiday customs:
St. Lucy’s Day, Christmas candy wrapping,
crafts and stories, and an age-old Hungarian
village custom, a Nativity Play (Betlehemes),
performed by the members of
Hungarian Boy Scout Troop 14.
Now past:
Saturday, October 18, Vintner Dinner - at the
Museum
See below for more details, or . . .
Click here
for special website on Vintner Dinner
12th Annual Vintner Dinner
TWELFTH Annual Vintner Dinner
to benefit the Cleveland Hungarian Heritage Museum,
was held Saturday, October 18, 2008
Seated formal dinner & gala evening
comparing Hungarian & other varietals at dinner,
featuring the cusine and wines of Hungary.
This year 2008's theme was:
Click here
for special website on Vintner Dinner
Now past:
~ Saturday, November 8, 2008, "Folk Songs" - First in a series of Cultural programs sponsored by the Museum; Additional programs on Saturday, March 14, 2009, "Leisure activities and seasonal customs," and Saturday, May 9, 2009, "Folk Dances." See below for details!
Now
past:
If you love operettas, love the music and the stories, we hope you did not miss our Museum's "WORLD OF HUNGARIAN OPERA, COMPOSERS AND THEIR WORKS" special exhibit!
The exhibit celebrated the legacy of operetta composers Franz Lehar, Emmerich Kalman, and Sigmund Romberg whose works were performed and enjoyed world-wide, as well as Pongrác Kacsoh, Victor Jacobi, Jenõ Huszka, Mihály Eismann, Albert Szirmai and other Hungarian composers who are lesser known today but whose creations gained Hungarian operetta recognition internationally at the beginning of the 20th century.
The exhibit showcasesdthe World of Hungarian Operetta through their music, film clips, posters, playbills, pictures, icluding costumes from stage productions on loan from the Ohio Light Opera in Wooster, Ohio.
OPENING RECEPTION was held on Saturday, July 19th and featured a presentation about the history of Hungarian operetta and Hungarian operetta composers by Dr. Michael Miller, Founder and President of Operetta Foundation, Los Angeles, California, and a member of the Advisory Board of the Ohio Light Opera in Wooster, Ohio.
Regular Museum hours are: Wed, Thurs, Sat 11-3, Fri 11-5. Admission is free - donations to cover the cost of exhibits welcomed.)
(See our Museum website
on Hungarian Operetta.)
More on
"MARINKA" ~ See
OHIO LIGHT OPERA for more
information. . .)
Additional PAST Museum Events, 2008:
~ July 27, Sunday- "Marinka" at the Ohio Light Opera, Wooster,
Ohio
More on "MARINKA" ~ See
OHIO LIGHT OPERA for more
information. . .)
~ August 23, Saturday- Szt. István program
~ August 24, Sunday- Hungarian Cultural Garden program
The Cleveland Hungarian Heritage Society was pleased to have
Dr. Lilla Szabó May 14th at 7 p.m. This
English-language lecture addressed the issue of cultural politics and how
the political climate in Hungary influenced what art was promoted and neglected.
For those of us who have been to the National Gallery in Budapest, we know
what a fine museum it is! Dr. Szabó's visit to Cleveland gave us a
unique chance to meet a professional in the world of Hungarian art.
Now past:
NOW PAST EVENT - LECTURE - in ENGLISH - Saturday, February 9. 2008
The Cleveland Hungarian Heritage Society cordially invited everyone to a presentation in English by Edward Altmann, architect, archaeologist, soldier, world traveler, entitled:
"AFGHANISTAN"
a personal view, as seen by a Hungarian born, Cleveland raised entrepreneur who has worked and lived in the Muslim world for the past few years. An audio-visual presentation of eastern architecture, culture, archaeological artifacts and personal impressions.
A Clevelandi Magyar Történelmi Társulat szeretettel meghivott mindenkit a Magyar Múzeumba, 2008, február 9.-én szombaton d.u. 3 órakor Altmann Ede, építész, régész, katona, világ utazó
,,Afganisztán"
egy, a muzlim világban több évet eltöltött magyar tapasztalatai és meglátásai." címû angol nyelvû elõadására.
Audio-vizuális bemutatás: keleti építészet, kultúra, régészeti emlékek és személyes történetek.
Highlights of 2007-2008 - Now past:
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Hungarian Folklore: An Intergenerational Series
The hunt of the White Stag, from the Chronicon Pictum,
1360
Experiencing
Hungarian Folklore!!! Through this interactive series, we leaned the meaning
and cultural value that folklore has in the Hungarian community. At each
session, we reviewed the most widely known and best loved Hungarian legends,
fables, and folk stories.
In addition,
we offered activities and entertainment for our younger participants.
Concurrently, we hosted focus group interviews with adults to learn about
when-where-how each participant had heard about these folk stories and whether
it was known to them in their youth. These interviews were audio-tape recorded
and became part of our oral history to be preserved on the CHHS website.
All are invited to attend. The lectures were held at the Hungarian Heritage Museum, The Galleria, Downtown, Cleveland. IN ENGLISH!
| 2007 |
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 Hunor and Magyar; Arany János, Rege a csodaszarvasról. László Gyula rajzaival. Móra, Budapest, 1991, page 8. |
 The myth of the magic stag Arany János, Rege a csodaszarvasról. László Gyula rajzaival. Móra, Budapest,1991, page 20. |
 Chasing ther magic stag. Arany János, Rege a csodaszarvasról. László Gyula rajzaival. Móra, Budapest, 1991, page 30. |
2008 |
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St .Elizabeth with roses, stained glass window St Elizabeth Church, Pozsony / Btratislava, Slovakia |
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 Arany János: ,,Mátyás anyja"
Szilágyi
Fiának |
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March 15, 2008 (postponed from March 8, due to severe weather)
"Saints and Sinners"
Julianus és Gellért barát szobra, I. ker. Várnegyed, Halászbástya északi végénél, a Hilton Szálló külso udvaránál Antal Károly 2 m magas bronz szobrát 1937-ben készítette. |
Árpádházi Szent Piroska (1088-1134) |
 The Lady of the Hungarians. Oratorium Magnae Dominae Hungarorum Romae. A római Szent Péter bazilika Magyarok Nagyasszonya kápolnája. Tervezte: Erdélyi János. Zrínyi Nyomda, Budapest, é.n., cover page. Photograph: Károly Szelényi and Attila Mudrák. |
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April 12, 2008
"Tall Tales"
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May 10 . 2008
"Best Loved Stories and Sayings about Mother"
Join us for a wonderful afternoon to celebrate Mother’s Day!
Special activities will be introduced to help Mothers, daughters and
granddaughters celebrate together!!!
Anya és gyermeke I. 1868-69 Olaj, vászon, 137 x 94 cm Magántulajdon, New York
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FÜSTBEMENT TERV irta Petöfi Sándor
Egész uton - hazafelé -
Mit mondok majd eloször is
S jutott eszembe számtalan
S a kis szobába toppanék... Dunavecse, 1844. április |
Highlights of 2007 - Now past:
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- The Cleveland Hungarian
Heritage Museum joined 5 other nationalities with an exhibit at Cleveland
City Hall throughout November. 2007.
Address: 601 Lakeside Ave. in downtown Cleveland.
WHEN -
The Rotunda was
open to the public. On November 19th, Monday, from 5:30 - 6:30 there was
an hour long program in the Rotunda at City Hall, celebrating Hungarian Culture.
This program too was open to the public.
Everyone
was Welcome!
November was Eastern European Cultures month in
the City of Cleveland. We were one of six nationalities participating. Each
nationality was given the opportunity to organize an hour long program. The
Hungarian program featured dancers from the Hungarian Scout Folk Ensemble,
a DVD on Hungary sent to us by the Hungarian Embassy in Washington, and a
presentation on the Hungarian immigrant commnunity in Cleveland. This program
was free and open to the public and sought to educate the audience
on various aspects of Hungarian culture, history and Hungarian life in the
greater Cleveland community.
CLICK HERE,
ADDITIONAL ILLUSTRATIONS, MORE INFORMATION
ON THIS HUNGARIAN FOLK ART EXHIBITION
CLICK HERE, ADDITIONAL ILLUSTRATIONS, DOMJAN
EXHIBITION.
CLICK HERE, ADDITIONAL ILLUSTRATIONS, DOMJAN
EXHIBITION.
Our Other Most recent Past Events:
2007 PAST PROGRAMS:
St. Stephen's Day
Szent István napi megemlékezés
NOW PAST - Saturday, August
18, 2007
w/ guest speakers (Magyarul - in Hungarian)
Program / Mûsor
Megnyitó ima: Nt. Tamásy Zoltán
Emlékezés Szent Istvánról: Lendvai-Lintner Imre,
a KMCsSz elnöke
Zenei program: Kis Magyar Kórus
Ünnepi szónok: Bozóki Antal, nemzetközi
jogász, délvidéki publicista:
"Magyarok a Vajdságban"
Verscsokor Hargitai István elõadásában
Záró ének: Kis Magyar Kórus
St. Stephen's Day with guest speakers
( in Hungarian):
Opening prayer by Rev. Zoltán Tamásy; Opening remarks about
St. Stephen by Imre Lendvai-Lintner Imre, Pres., Hungarian Scouts in Exteris;
Musical performances by the Little Hungarian Choir; Poetry recital by
István Hargitai, & guest speaker ANTAL BOZÓKI,
journalist and publicist from Vojvodina
Read more about Szent István /
St. Stephen & his role & importance in Hungarian History &
Culture.
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Highlights of 2006 - Now past:
"Spirit of Freedom 1956" - "Az 1956-os Forradalom
Ötvenedik Évfordulója"
Official poster & invitations
for exhibit
Opening Reception
(now past) photos.
DATES & TIME OPEN:
Through December 30: Wednesdays, Thursdays, & Saturdays: 11 AM.-3
PM, Fridays: 11 AM-5 PM;
LOCATION:
At the Museum located in the Galleria at Erieview at E. 9th Street &
Lakeside Ave. in downtown Cleveland, free parking in underground garage on
Saturdays; phone (216) 523-3900 or phone/fax (440) 442-3466,
or e-mail:
magyarmuzeum@hotmail.com;
Free, but donations welcome.
Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, this extensive exhibit includes:
"Chronology of the Revolution":
October 23rd to November 14 & the aftermath, historical accounting
of the daily heroic events described in detail & depicted in photographs;
"Faces of the Revolution": The stories of the courageous freedom fighters told through enlarged photographs taken during the Revolution by Erich Lessing & others;
"Documentary films": On TV monitors, various documentary films about the heroic events of 1956, including the CBS special with Walter Cronkite;
"Support around the World": World Reaction and expression of sympathy & support expressed in poetry & literature by authors around the world, & photos of demonstrations in Cleveland and cities around the world;
"Commemoration in Art ": Works of artists depicting the Revolution, particularly showcasing the works of Hungarian artist Mr. Csaba Kur, including charcoals, paintings and his life-size statue of the freedom fighters of the Revolution;
(Original newpaper from the old Cleveland
News,
1956)
Viewers - Your help
is
needed!!
It's amazing the impression left in people by the '56 Hungarian refugees and freedom fighters, and that after 50 years, people still care enough about them to pursue it. We would like to help some supporters of the Hungarian Revolution, who are also friends of the Museum, and who are seeking our help in identifying and/or learning more about people who were victims of the events of 1956. Please contact us at the Museum at magyarmuzeum@hotmail.com and we will forward the information and/or get you in touch with the individuals.
DO YOU RECOGNIZE THE MAN AND THE BABY IN THIS PHOTO BELOW?
About the above photo- Mr. Charles R. Embrey (USA)
writes us:
"IN DECEMBER 1956 I WAS A NAVY POTOGRAPHER ASSIGNED TO NAVAL AIR TRANSPORT
SIX BASED AT MCGUIRE AFB NJ. I MADE THIS PHOTO ABOARD ONE OF THE FLIGHTS
BRINGING HUNGARIAN REFUGEES FROM MUNICH TO THE U.S. IT WAS PROBABLY TAKEN
ON 20 DEC SOMEWHERE OVER THE ATLANTIC. IN THE FOLLOWING YEARS I HAVE OFTEN
WONDERED WHO THEY WERE, WHERE THEY MIGHT HAVE GONE AND WHERE THEY MIGHT BE
TODAY. PERHAPS YOU MIGHT HELP IN MY SEARCH. . . "
Can you help identify these people???
magyarmuzeum@hotmail.com
Erika - A Freedom
Fighter
Henning Schultz of Copenhagen, Denmark, was 15 when he saw the picture of Erika on the front page of the Danish weekly newsmagazine Billed Bladet on November 13, 1956. The photo of Erika haunted Henning and he tried to gather information about her. He succeeded by meeting with a Hungarian refugee who had fled to Copenhagenafter the 1956 Revolution. The man told him that the girl's name was Erika, but didn't mention her last name. She had worked with him at the Hotel Béke in Budapest as a cook trainee, when she was 14, in 1955.
When the Revolution broke out, Erika was 15 years old and along with her boyfriend joined one of the freedom fighter groups in Budapest. She had been involved in several street fighting engagements. Around November 1st or 2nd, the Danish photo-journalist Vagn Hensen took several photos of her including the one you see here. Her now famous picture appeared in newspapers all over the free world. Erika, a demure girl with auburn hair and a charming personality and carrying a submachine-gun, had become an icon of the heroic Hungarian Revolution.
By the time the Russian troops counter-attacked Budapest en masse on November 4th, Erika had been persuaded by her colleagues to lay down her arms, but she continued her struggle by helping the wounded as a Red Cross volunteer. Around November 8th, during heavy street fighting, one of her colleagues was shot. Dressed in her Red Cross uniform and unarmed, she had tried to aid the wounded boy, but she too was gunned down by Russian machine guns, and died. No more about her is known.
Erika had been born in Budapest in 1941 during the second world war. She died at age 15 as a freedom fighter. She would now be around 65 years old, had she lived.
Can you help identify more about Erika and possibly her family???
magyarmuzeum@hotmail.com
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The Museum was pleased to host a reception in conjunction with the
3-Day Conference on the 1956 Hungarian Revolution held
on the campus of Case-Western Reserve University. Details
below:
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The Museum was honored to host Kinga Göncz,
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Hungary,
on September 23, 2006. The event was co-sponsored
by the Consulate General of the Republic of Hungary.
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Another Now PAST EVENT:
The Museum presented on Saturday, August 19, 2006 a program
commemorating:
ST. STEPHEN'S DAY- with guest speaker
(in Hungarian/Magyarul)
SZENT ISTVÁN NAPI
MEGEMLÉKEZÉS
DR. SÁNDOR SZAKÁLY,
Historian and writer, chief librarian of the National Archives of Hungary,
and a musical program by the
SZIKRA - HUNGARIAN ZITHER ENSEMBLE from DETROIT
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This exhibit featured many forms of Hungarian dolls. The collection showsed not only the old and the new, but also a variety of colorful costumes. There were over 120 dolls, dressed in Hungarian regional costumes. In most cases these dolls showcased Hungarian folk costumes and decorations in the form of fanciful needlework and embroidery. These dolls are a reflexion of a bygone era, that came alive in this exhibit!
August 5 through September 16, 2006
The dolls ranged in size from three inches to three feet. Visitors to the Museum could view the dolls at their leisure, and also could pick up a handout which identified the region from which each doll's costume hailed, with a map of Hungary indicating each region..
THIS SPECIAL EXHIBITION ON "HUNGARIAN DOLLS" OPENED WITH A RECEPTION on SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 3:00 PM at the MUSEUM. It continued through Sept 16, 2006.
A Clevelandni Magyar Történelmi Társulat szeretettel meghívta Önt és kedves családját a most már múlt kiállításunkat megtekinteni, ahol bemutattuk MAGYAR DÍSZBABA güjteményünket.
Would you like more information on Dolls, and especially Hungarian Dolls? Check out these links below!
Hungarian Folk Dolls of Transylvania
http://www.hungariandolls.com
Hungarian Folklore Dolls
http://www.folklorbabak.hu/angol/index.php
Magyar folklore babák honlapja (magyarul)
http://www.folklorbabak.hu/magyar/index.php?menu=11
Mezokövesd boy doll photo & description - scroll down to see
http://home17.inet.tele.dk/ethnics/Index8.htm
Boy doll fromHungary dated 1937, photo, scroll down to see
http://www.trojanhorseantiques.com/dolls_page_2.htm
A history of the doll
http://ctdollartists.com/history.htm
United Federation of Doll Clubs
http://www.ufdc.org/
Local chapter (Indiana, Michigan & Ohio) United Federation of Doll
Clubs
http://www.ufdc.org/ufdcregion12.htm
About doll collecting
http://collectdolls.about.com/
National Costume dolls
http://collectdolls.about.com/od/souvenirdolls/p/nationalcostume.htm
Other Past Special Exhibitions:
Immediate past exhibitions, see also below:
HUNGARIAN ARTS & CRAFTS: Local
Hungarian-American artisans & craftsmen
(PHOTOGRAPHY, WATERCOLOR, CERAMICS, WOOD CARVINGS, DECORATED EASTER EGGS,
and many other items)
"FISCHER - HUNGARIAN DECORATIVE POTTERY -- Csodálatos Magyar Kerámia"
"Cleveland Artists of the Early to Middle Twentieth Century, Teachers & Innovators"
"Hungarian-Polish Friendly Relations," & "The Zsolt Gregora Estate Collection"
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HUNGARIAN ARTS & CRAFTS
This special exhibit featured local Hungarian-American artisans & craftsmen. Works covered PHOTOGRAPHY, WATERCOLOR, CERAMICS, WOOD CARVINGS, DECORATED EASTER EGGS, and many other items.
Artisans featured were:
IMRE BOGARDY
GEORGE BUZA
TINY HALACSY
MARIANNE LEGEZA
LÁSZLÓ LIESZKOVSZKY
ANDREW & MAGDA TEMESVÁRY
& in memoriam
MARGARET DÓSA
&
ZSOLT GREGORA
(Opening reception was held Saturday, April 1, 2006)
Highlights of 2005 - Now past:
We celebrated our 20th anniversary in 2005!
1985-2005
NOW PAST EVENT
FISCHER - HUNGARIAN DECORATIVE
POTTERY - CSODÁLATOS MAGYAR KERÁMIA
DATE of opening reception: Saturday, November 19, 2005 [NOW PAST]
Ignac Fischer learned his craft at Herend and in 1867 founded his own pottery manufacture in Pest. Imagination has no bounds and Fischer produced a wealth of decorative art pottery that was extensively exported. Many of the pieces found their way to the United State. These wares were fanciful creations based on Hungarian decorative motifs but incorporated middle eastern and oriental designs as well. The pieces in these exhibition provide a wide range of examples of this wonderful decorative art form.
For more information, call 216
523-3900
or click here.
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"An Exhibition of Donated Items - Hungarian
Memorabilia, Folk Art, Ceramics & Porcelain"
(from August till mid November,
2005)
The Museum celebrated its 20th Anniversary in 2005 & the generosity of
its supporters by showcaseding recent donations that, because of space
limitations, had not been exhibited before.
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- Exhibition (ended August 20, 2005): "Cleveland Artists of the Early to Middle Twentieth Century, Teachers and Innovators" (The highly respected painters and printmakers JOHN CSÕSZ, KÁLMÁN KUBINYI, PAUL RIBA, and SÁNDOR VÁGÓ, played a large role in the art community of Cleveland as artists, teachers and contributors to special art programs and public art works through the WPA. Their works are still sought after by collectors.
- Exhibition was opened with a Gala Celebration & Champagne Reception & Hungarian Concert marking 20th Anniversary of the Cleveland Hungarian Heritage Society, & the 2nd Anniversary of the New Home of the Hungarian Hertitage Museum, in the Galleria at Erieview, in downtown Cleveland
- Gala Concert was given by Harmonia Orchestra (an exciting, all Hungarian program featuring the soulful and fiery music that inspired composers Bartok, Brahms & Liszt). Performing with the ensemble are: renowned cimbalom player Alexander Fedoriouk, violinists Steven Greenman & Józef Janis, accordionist Walt Mahovlich, & bassist Ken Javor. The musicians come from Central & Eastern European backgrounds & have found a common musical language in Harmonia. They bring to the concert stage the vitality and excitement that inspired the music of the composers they play.
The people from "A View of America" came to the Museum and took many photographs. (They travel all over America and photograph the local attractions.) If you would like to see these pictures, go to their web site: www.aviewofamerica.com, click on Ohio, then on attractions, and you will see the photos.
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St. Stephen's Day celebrations, with guest speaker Ms. Valéria Komlós, renown journalist from Budapest (in Hungarian), & opening reception for "An Exhibition of Donated Items - Hungarian Memorabilia, Folk Art, Ceramics & Porcelain" (in English & Hungarian)Ms. Komlós is a well known journalist, head of the paper Magyar Nemzet, writer, historical & social researcher; For an on-line version of this newspaper, visit: http://www.mno.hu/
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,,AJÁNDÉKKOSÁR" címû est, amelyen HAVAS JUDIT kiválló elõadómûvész Budapestrõl közkivánatra ismét fellépet és magyar költõk verseibõl adott elõ a Magyar Múzeum 20.-ik évfordulója tiszteletére.
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Saturday, April 16, 2005: "An Evening of Hungarian Splendor"
with special Guest of Honor His Excellency Dr. Otto von Habsburg, Humanitarian
& Statesman, to benefit Cleveland Council on World Affairs, also featured
culinary delights by Kálmán Kalla, chef to royalty, from the
legendary Gundel Restaurant in Budapest; LOCATION: The Union
Club (Cleveland)
NOW PAST EVENT
Sunday, April 17, 2005: Reception for His Excellency Dr. Otto
von Habsburg by Cleveland Hungarian Heritage Society; LOCATION: Cleveland
Hungarian Heritage Museum, Galleria at Erieview
The
Cleveland Hungarian Heritage Museum was proud to present a representative
sampling of works by the Fischers, late 19th century Hungarian porcelain
and pottery artists, with representative works from their pottery and porcelain
manufacturing operation.
WHO WERE IGNÁC and EMIL FISCHER?
Ignác Fischer acquired his knowledge of arts and crafts in Hungary at his father's manufacture of ceramics in Tata-Tóváros. He then further refined and developed his knowledge of ceramics at the Herend factory, also in Hungary. [But note that Ignác is not among the immediate descendants of the 2nd owner of the original Herend factory, Móric Farkasházi Fischer.]
Ignác founded his own workshop at Pest in 1864. At
first, he dealt only with painting the china products of other factories.
However, he produced his own ceramics beginning in 1867. Similar to
Zsolnay, Fischer also specialized
in the production of ornamentally decorated ceramics. He was successful mainly
with his Majolica ware,
sold in Austria-Hungary and also sold for export. Fischer also produced pieces
decorated with Chinese motifs sold at the Hungarian Exposition of 1885. He
was successful in winning many major awards. Eventually his son Emil took
over the operation. But by 1885, under the direction of Emil Fischer, the
factory slowly began to lose its standing and eventually became the property
of the Zsolnay Factory in Pécs in south west Hungary. Some have asserted
that Zsolnay bought out the Fischers to put them out of business in favor
of his own.
Source, partially adapted from:
http://www.drawrm.com/pottery.htm
(Magyarul) Fischer Ignác:
http://vmek.oszk.hu/00000/00060/html/036/pc003689.html
(Magyarul) Fischer Emil:
http://www.magyarkeramia.hu/keramia/f_emil/page.html
There was no place else, not even in Hungary, where this many objects made by the Fischer Hungarian Porcelain Factory could have been seen in one place. These were all objects made at the end of the 19th century and so every one of the items was over 100 years old, as the factory went out of business about the turn of the century. Unlike the other well-known Hungarian porcelain factories of Herend and Zsolnay that are still in production today, there are no more made by Fischer - and, probably as a result, the Fischer pieces are just now becoming very collectible. They're surfacing in auctions of estates and on the internet and some pieces, particularly the art nouveau style, are beginning to fetch hefty sums into the many thousands. There were very fine examples of the art nouveau style in the Museum's exhibition - a piece that is a wonderfully elaborate and artistic nautilus shell bowl or centerpiece that is amazing - but, in addition to the art nouveau style, there were many other styles represented, in fact there were 43 exquisitely decorated objects and they ranged in size from a 5" kulacs decorated in the then popular Chinese style, to a vase that was 3 feet tall, etched and enameled and outlined in gold with traditional Hungarian floral motifs.
NOW PAST EVENT
Special Exhibition, Gala Celebration & Concert, March 19 [now past]:
- New exhibition: "Cleveland Artists of the Early to Middle Twentieth Century, Teachers & Innovators" (The highly respected painters and printmakers JOHN CSÕSZ, KÁLMÁN KUBINYI, PAUL RIBA, and SÁNDOR VÁGÓ, played a large role in the art community of Cleveland as artists, teachers and contributors to special art programs and public art works through the WPA. Their works are still sought after by collectors.
- Exhibition was opened with a Gala Celebration & Champagne Reception & Hungarian Concert marking 20th Anniversary of the Cleveland Hungarian Heritage Society, & the 2nd Anniversary of the New Home of the Hungarian Hertitage Museum, in the Galleria at Erieview, in downtown Cleveland
- Gala Concert was given by Harmonia Orchestra (an exciting, all Hungarian program featuring the soulful and fiery music that inspired composers Bartok, Brahms & Liszt). Performing with the ensemble are: renowned cimbalom player Alexander Fedoriouk, violinists Steven Greenman & Józef Janis, accordionist Walt Mahovlich, & bassist Ken Javor. The musicians come from Central & Eastern European backgrounds & have found a common musical language in Harmonia. They bring to the concert stage the vitality and excitement that inspired the music of the composers they play.
LINKS
John Csosz, biography, samples of his paintings
John Csosz, Goodyear Zepplin Air Dock, Cleveland Museum of Art
John Csosz, more from Cleveland Museum of Art
John Csosz, Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court, "Tomorrow" [scroll down]
John Csosz, drawing of Lithuanian Cultural Garden, ClevelandKálmán Kubinyi, samples of works, from Case Western Reserve University
Kálmán Kubinyi, Dunham Tavern Illustration,1932 [scroll down]
Kálmán Kubinyi, from Univ. of Michigan collection
Kálmán Kubinyi, from Sioux City Art CenterPaul Riba, biography
Paul Riba, sample art works
Paul Riba, samples from Cleveland Museum of Art
Paul Riba, samples from Illinois State MuseumSándor Vágó, biography
Sándor Vágéó, "In Bedroom" or "In The Eyes of the Beholder" [scroll down]
Sándor Vágó "Chrysanthemums" [scroll down]
Sándor Vágó, biography, samples of his works
NOW PAST EVENT
Immediate past special exhibition:
Hungarian-Polish Friendly Relations
This exhibit covers almost 1,000 years of friendly historical interaction between Hungary & Poland. It highlights many important historical figures the two countries have shared or given each other: kings, saints, generals, and political leaders such as Louis the Great, St. Kinga, Ulászló I, Louis II, Stephen Báthory, József Bem and many others. The two countries have also shared historical events that affected both, including the fight against Turkish expansion into Europe in the 16th & 17th s centuries, allowing the escape of Polish troops across Hungary's border in the 1939, and mutual support for the Polish Freedom Demonstrations & the Hungarian Freedom Fight against Soviet Communist rule in 1956.
Links: |
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| Polish Americans
& Their Communities in Cleveland Polish-Hungarian On-line Dictionary Library of Congress Links to Poland, Polish Culture A Time-line of Poland and Lithuania A Brief History of Poland Prominent Polish Names Embassy of Poland in Slovenia [In English! Great further links!] Embassy of Poland in Washington, DC Józef Zachariasz Bem St. Kinga |
Ulászló
I [King of Hungary &
Poland] Reign of Ulaszlo II and Louis II Polish & Hungarian (also other) Costumes, 17th Century Introduction to Medieval Poland [With remarks on Louis the Great, Stephen Bathory, links, bibliographies, etc.] Polish castle (with Hungarian roots) in Niedzica Polish horses [Includes remarks on Hungarian & Turkish horses] Fall of Communism in Poland Links to Polish Culture & Fine Arts Polish recipes Polish recipes II Hungarian-Polish Student Exchange |
Magyar-Lengyel
Népesség |
NOW PAST EVENT - Previous Special Exhibition:
Click here for much interesting information about
Hungarian Folk Art
More on Folk
Art
Folk Art
Photos
Folklore Art and
Tourism
Check our Museum "Links" website for
more!
Highlights of 2004 - Now past:
Our Museum was pleased to present a special exhibition of the work of the internationally acclaimed Hungarian American artist,
George Kozmon received his BFA from The Cleveland Institute of Art and has been shown internationally in France and Germany and in numerous galleries in the U.S. including the Robert Kidd Gallery in Michigan, and the Mary Bell Galleries in Arizona, and Chicago, Illinois.
" Even before his graduation from the Cleveland Institute of Art in 1982, George Kozmon's work was widely recognized and awarded. His architectural explorations of European structures evolved during an extended stay abroad, thanks in part to the Helen Green Perry Traveling Scholarship. Since those early days Mr. Kozmon has developed a vision and a path for his art. He has exhibited his work in over twenty solo shows, in both commercial and institutional fine art venues. In addition the work has been shown exclusively throughout the United States as well as Toronto, Ontario, Paris, France and Cologne, Germany."
"Mr. Kozmon is the recipient of four Ohio Arts Council grants, as well as a National Endowment for the Arts, Individual Artist Fellowship. His work is in many public and private collections including the Cleveland Museum of Art, Butler Institute of American Art and the Erie Art Museum. Currently Mr. Kozmon's work has moved from static man-made structures to dynamic figural compositions exploring a new vision."
Mr. George Kozmon is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Cleveland Hungarian Heritage Museum. He was also one of the "Guests of Honor" at the 5th Annual Benefit Vintner Dinner in 2002, hosted by the Museum.
Partially adapted from:
http://www.ohioartists.com/kozmon.htm
& also see above for selected photos
of works by, the artist
The artist's personal
website:
http://www.kozmon.com/
Photo of Painting by George
Kozmon:
http://www.equanimityoga.com/
Highlights of 2003 - Now past:
Saturday, 15 March,
2003
Mr. Elmer Meszaros, Program Emcee, introduces the Honorable Jane
Campbell, Mayor of Cleveland, who prepares
to read a Proclamation in honor of the Museum, and who will cut the
red-white-green ribbon, officially opening the
Cleveland Hungarian Heritage Museum in the Galleria at Eriview in downtonw
Cleveland. The Mayor stands
underneath the "Székely Kapu" or Transylvanian Gate, hand carved by
the Hungarian Boy Scouts of Troop 22,
Cleveland, which forms the entrance to the Museum.
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For Service "above and beyond the call of
duty" |
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Maria Friedrich Otto Friedrich Kathy Gulden Hajnal Kézdi George Kozmon Andrew Lázár |
Elmer Mészaros Magdalene Mészáros Zoltán Mestrits Klára Papp Martha Pereszlényi-Pintér Valerie Ratoni-Nagy Thomas Ratoni-Nagy |
Kori Smith Éva Szabó Steve Szappanos Susan Szappanos Andrew Temesváry Mary Temesváry Steve Tokar |
NOW PAST EVENT
Tuesday, 25 March, 2003
His Excellency András Simonyi, Ambassador from
the Embassy of the Republic of Hungary,Washington, DC,
visits the Museum.
(March 25, 2003): Mr. August B. Pust, Ph.D., Commission Member, United States Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad, Washington. DC, presents the Ambassador with a preliminary draft of the monograph researched and written by a Museum Committee on the life of General Michael de Fábriczy Kováts, Hungarian-American hero of the American Revolutionary War of 1776, who fought alongside and with General George Washington for American independence. Also pictured (L-R) Dr. Ferenc Szebényi, Political Counselor, Embassy of the Republic of Hungary, Washington DC; Mrs. Maria Friedrich, Vice President, CHHS & Museum; Mr. Pust; Mr. Simonyi; and Mr. László Böjtös, Honorary Consul of the Republic of Hungary, Cleveland; Behind the group are posters and other realia depicting the life of General Michael de Fábriczy Kováts; [Prof. Margaret Kotnik (not pictured) heads the Fábriczy de Kováts Committee (which includes Mr. Pust, Mr. Ted Horváth, Dr. Magdalene Mészáros, Mr. Lél Somogyi, Mr. Steve Szappanos, and Prof. Clara Thurner.)]
(Some of our past exhibition
web pages are
still available - please click below to see
highlights:)
See also our "About the Hungarian Heritage
Society" webpage,
which includes earlier history and exhibitions.)
(The following exhibits were on display at the locations noted:)
1. April, 1986 - Opening of the Museum and Exhibit, St. Elizabeth Church
2. Sept. 26, 1987 - 2nd exhibit at St. Elizabeth
3. November 25 & 26, 1988 - exhibit regarding museum at St. Elizabeth for the Hungarian Association's World Congress, Bond Court Hotel
4. March 2 - April 30, 1992 - Hungarian Folk Art - A Celebration of Hungary, Natural History Museum
5. April 24 - May 23, 1993 - Magyar Art in the Era of the Dual Monarchy, Beck Center (Lakewood)
6. November. 24, 1995 - Family Days/Family Traditions, Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum
7. October 23 - November 9, 1996 - 40th Anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution
8. November 1996 - Hungarian Stamps and Coins exhibit
(The following exhibits were on display at the the
Richmond Square Mall location of the Cleveland Hungarian Heritage
Museum:)
9. February - March, 1997 - Hungarian Embroidery and Fancy
Needlework
SEE: 1) Highlights
of Embroidery; 2) Artists of the Western Reserve;
3) Photography Exhibit
10. April - May, 1997 - Hungarian Pottery and Porcelain
SEE:Highlights
of Pottery & Porcelain
11. May 30th - July, 1997 - Contemporary Hungarian-Americans
- An Exhibit of Fine Arts -
SEE: 1) Highlights
of Embroidery; 2) Artists of the Western Reserve;
3) Photography Exhibit
12. August 1997 - Photography of Robin Hlobeczy
SEE: 1) Highlights
of Embroidery; 2) Artists of the Western Reserve;
3) Photography Exhibit
13. September - October 1997 - Hungarian Dog Breeds
SEE:
Highlights of Hungarian Dog Breeds
14. November 1997 - February 1998 - A Sampling of Hungarian Art and Culture
(The following exhibits were on display at the the
Richmond Square Mall location of the Cleveland Hungarian Heritage
Museum:)
15. March - April, 1998 - 150th Anniversary of the 1848 War of
Independence
SEE:
Highlights of the 1848
War of Independence & Louis Kossuth
16. May 2 - May 23, 1998 - Herend - The Art of Hungarian Porcelain
17. June 1998 - Hungarian Arts and Theater, at the Cleveland Playhouse
18. June 19, 1998 - June 23, 1999 - Hungarian Images, at the Lake County
Historical Society
SEE:
Highlights of two off-site exhibitions
19. Oct. 3, 1998 - January 1999 - Hungarian Embroidery, at Notre Dame College
20. March 13 - April 18, 1999 - Moments in Hungarian History, at John
Carroll University's Grasselli Library
SEE:
Highlights of two off-site exhibitions
21. October 1999 - February, 2000 - Hungarian-American Contributions to Cleveland
20. March - July, 2000 - Hungarian Artists of the Emigration
SEE:
Hungarian Artists of the Immigration
22. Aug., 2000 - January, 2001 - St. Stephen and the Holy Crown
SEE: Herend Exhibit,
Millennium Exhibit,
Holy Crown of St. Stephen Replica
23. January 20 - June 10, 2001 - Hungarian Textiles - Weaving, Lace
and Embroidery
SEE Hungarian
Textiles, Weaving, & Fancy Needlework
24. June 2001 - October 2001
SEEHungarian
Military History in Art, Artifacts, and Memorabilia
25. November 2001 - February, 2002
26. February 2002 - April 2002 - "Artistic Impressions"
Opening reception was: Saturday, February 16, 2002, 3-5 PM
Watercolors: Mr. Imre Bogárdy; Photographers:
Mr. George Búza, Mr. Zsolt Gregora, Mr. Stephen Spinder,
Mr. Béla Temesváry; as an added attraction, Mr. Spinder,
visitor from Hungary, presented a slide show of his work on Saturday,
March 9, 2002, at 4 PM, after the Hungarian History Lecture.
27. April 20, 2002 - Mid July 2002
SEE Web page
for following (click this line)
"NASA-Hungary Space Research Activities"
"50 Years of Hungarian Scouting in Cleveland"
"150th Anniversary of Louis Kossuth's Visit to America"
28. July-December, 2002
SEE Web page
for following (click this line)
1) Hungarian Prints, Portraits, & Landscapes, focusing on
Hungarian-American Artist Stephen Csoka
2) Scouting in Cleveland
3) 150th Anniverssairy of Louis Kossuth's Visit to America
4) Halas Lace Exhibit, Ursuline College Student Center, also at Museum
SEE:
The Hungarian Immigrant Experience (Spring, 2004)
. . . AND A FEW MORE LINKS FROM OUR ARCHIVES:
Highlights of the FIRST Vintner Dinner
Highlights of the (2002) Vintner Dinner
Christmas in Hungary
- not an exhibition - but much interesting information
Hungarian
EASTER Traditions
[=decorated eggs, links to easter sprinkling, & also religious
themed Hungarian Easter traditions]
Seminar
Series on Hungarian History
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