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Radoslav Kratina was a Czech sculptor, graphic designer, industrial designer, photographer and painter, a representative of Czech neo-constructivism. He studied arts and crafts in Brno and worked as a textile designer. In the 1950s, he graduated from the Academy of Applied Arts in Prague and then worked as an industrial textile designer and toy designer. From 1962 he focused on his own fine art and his works were exhibited in the 1960s as part of group exhibitions. In 1967 he co-founded the “Concretists’ Club”, which originally brought together mainly Czech and Slovak (neo) constructivist artists. After the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1968 many members of the Concretists’ Club emigrated and the club ceased its activities in 1971. Radoslav Kratina, who stayed in Czechoslovakia, could not exhibit his work until 1989. His work was characteristically inspired by movement and colour – he created free-standing constructions and hanging relief structures made from simple colourful moving geometric bodies.

Aniza Kraus has been the curator of the Ukrainian Museum-Archives since 2007. She was the UMA’s first professional curator, working previously as a digitization and preservation specialist at Case Western Reserve University. She has been instrumental in organizing existing materials and managing new acquisitions, which come regularly from the surrounding Ukrainian community. She has attracted funds for various projects, like the grant received from the Ohio Humanities Council to publish a volume about the Hnatiuk textile collection.

Bronius Krivickas (1919–1952) graduated Biržai gymnasium in 1938, and began his studies at Vytautas Magnus University, later - Vilnius University. He was a member of literary organisations and networks, such as ‘Šatrijos meno kuopa’, led by the famous Lithuanian writer Vincas Mykolaitis-Putinas. Krivickas was the editor of the journal Ateitis (Future) in 1938–1939, and later the editor of the newspaper Studentų dienos (Student Days). From 1944, he worked in the editorial offices of the journal Kūryba (Creative Work), and as a teacher at Biržai gymnasium. In 1945, he joined the anti-Soviet partisan movement. He became the editor of partisan newspapers such as Aukštaičių kova (The Struggle of the Aukštaičiai) and Partizanų kova (The Partisan Struggle). Krivickas was killed in 1952, during an operation by the Soviet state security service.