Taryn Jones

Taryn Jones
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Taryn Jones graduated in 2008 from the University of Victoria (Canada) with her BA in history and anthropology. During that time, she also studied Russian and art history, and was heavily involved with the university’s Russian Studies course union. In January 2012, she will begin her studies at the University of British Columbia in a double Master’s program in library and archival science. Ideally, she would like to work in a gallery or museum’s library or archive. She has traveled throughout Russia on numerous occasions, and first studied in St Petersburg in 2007. In 2009, she traveled across the country, beginning at the Mongolian border and going westwards towards St Petersburg. In recent years, she has studied art history and museum studies in St Petersburg with SRAS. Most recently, she wrote articles for SRAS’s “Cheap Eats” feature and interned in the Youth Education Center of the State Hermitage, where she researched artists, edited English-language texts and translated Russian texts to English. Taryn’s specific artistic interests are the Wanderers, Socialist Realism and photography.

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  • Here are some events happening in the US during the month of May! Enjoy! May 9 – MA Join the Museum of Russian Icons and master basket maker Vladimir Yarish...

    May Events

    Here are some events happening in the US during the month of May! Enjoy! May 9 – MA Join the Museum of Russian Icons and master basket maker Vladimir Yarish...

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  • Here are some events happening in the USA in the month of April!  Enjoy! April is quite a slow month for events – several of the Russian art museums in...

    April Events

    Here are some events happening in the USA in the month of April!  Enjoy! April is quite a slow month for events – several of the Russian art museums in...

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  • We asked Elena Varshavskaya, who teaches art history at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) and Eastern Connecticut State University, and who directs the art programs run by SRAS,...

    Historians of Russian and Soviet Art

    We asked Elena Varshavskaya, who teaches art history at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) and Eastern Connecticut State University, and who directs the art programs run by SRAS,...

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  • Here are some events happening around the USA in the month of March! Enjoy! March 2 – DC Join Hillwood House for a symposium to accompany the Pageant of the Tsars...

    March Events

    Here are some events happening around the USA in the month of March! Enjoy! March 2 – DC Join Hillwood House for a symposium to accompany the Pageant of the Tsars...

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  • Here are some events happening in the US during the month of February! Enjoy! MA – Every Tuesday Join the Museum of Russian Icons every Tuesday in February for a...

    February Events

    Here are some events happening in the US during the month of February! Enjoy! MA – Every Tuesday Join the Museum of Russian Icons every Tuesday in February for a...

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  • The month of January is generally a holiday month for most Russians, and Russian museums in the USA also experience a quiet, post-Christmas period.  Although Brooklyn’s Dweck Center is continuing...

    January Events

    The month of January is generally a holiday month for most Russians, and Russian museums in the USA also experience a quiet, post-Christmas period.  Although Brooklyn’s Dweck Center is continuing...

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  • Here are some events happening in the USA for the month of December!  Enjoy! MA – Dec 1 Ready, Set, Russian! Join the Museum of Russian Icons for a 90-minute...

    December Events

    Here are some events happening in the USA for the month of December!  Enjoy! MA – Dec 1 Ready, Set, Russian! Join the Museum of Russian Icons for a 90-minute...

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  • Marat Gelman was born in Chisinau, Moldova on 24 December 1960, the son of Soviet dramatist Alexander Gelman[1]. As a youth, he danced in “Zhok,” a Moldovan folk ensemble, and...

    Marat Gelman

    Marat Gelman was born in Chisinau, Moldova on 24 December 1960, the son of Soviet dramatist Alexander Gelman[1]. As a youth, he danced in “Zhok,” a Moldovan folk ensemble, and...

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  •  MA- Nov 10 Join the Museum of Russia Icons for a culinary walking tour! Where can you find the best Russian borsch, pirozhki, and caviar? What is the Russian way...

    November Events

     MA- Nov 10 Join the Museum of Russia Icons for a culinary walking tour! Where can you find the best Russian borsch, pirozhki, and caviar? What is the Russian way...

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  • The Blue Noses, an artistic duo consisting of Alexander (Sasha) Shaburov and Vyacheslav (Slava) Mizin, was founded in 1999.  The group is known for their satirical and oft-times provocative works,...

    The Blue Noses

    The Blue Noses, an artistic duo consisting of Alexander (Sasha) Shaburov and Vyacheslav (Slava) Mizin, was founded in 1999.  The group is known for their satirical and oft-times provocative works,...

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