XII. Speak on:

a) the reasons why you enrolled for the course;

b) the most essential achievements of the chair;

1. the innovations you would like to introduce at the chair.

The Chair of Interior Design

I. Practise the pronunciation of the following words:

chair, interior, furniture, educational, associate, architect, initiator, follower, thorough, knowledge, graduate, achievement, throne, iconostasis, environmental.

II. Study the words and phrases for active use:

chair	кафедра
institution	заклад
educational	навчальний
furniture	меблі
art woodware	художня обробка дерева
decoration	оформлення
graduate	випускник
branch	галузь
associate professor	доцент
skilful	умілий
develop	розвивати
lecturer	викладач
senior lecturer	старший викладач
related departments	споріднені відділення

III. Translate the following sentences into Ukrainian:

1. The Chair of Interior Design is one of the oldest chairs of the Lviv National Academy of Arts.

2. In 1989, the Chair of Furniture Design became the Chair of Art Woodware and changed its program.

3. During the period of the chair existence, the heads of the chair were the following.

4. There are students’ interchanges, joint exhibitions and seminars.

5. Nowadays the Chair of Interior Design is very successful in training specialists in environmental design.

IV. Read and retell the text:

The Chair of Interior Design is one of the oldest chairs of the Lviv National Academy of Arts. Since the opening of this educational institution (1946), the chair has changed its name several times: “The Chair of Furniture and Interior”, “The Chair of Art Woodware”, “The Chair of Furniture and Interior Decoration”. In 1982, the chair was divided into “The Chair of Interior Design” and “The Chair of Furniture Design”. In 1989, the Chair of Furniture Design became the Chair of Art Woodware and changed its program.

The first head of the chair was E. Nahirnyi, a graduate of the Lviv Polytechnic Institute, a prominent architect who made all his efforts to form the chair. He was an outstanding practitioner in the branch of construction of different objects, especially sacral buildings.

During the period of the chair existence, the heads of the chair were the following:

A. Krychevskyi (1951-1952); F. Pavliuchenko, an engineer, wood-technologist, rector of the Lviv State Institute of Decorative and Applied Art (1952-1954); M. Smirnov, a graduate of the chair (1954—1972); M. Vendzylovych, associate professor, architect (1972-1978); S. Myhal, associate professor, Candidate of Architecture (1978—1982); I. Serediuk, professor, Candidate of Architecture, rector of the Lviv State Institute of Decorative and Applied Art (1982-1988); R. Vasylyk, an artist in interior design (1988—1990); Y. Ulhurskyi, associate professor, artist in interior design (1990-2002); R. Studnytskyi, associate professor (2002—2006); M. Ziatyk, acting head of the chair (2006 – till now).

It is worth mentioning the special role of such pedagogues as M. Vendzylovych, a prominent artist and pedagogue, M. Kurylych, initiator of the theory of composition, M. Yatsiv, his follower, M. Viller, A. Konsulov, A. Kosandiak, M. Yarema. They made their efforts to develop the chair and education of skilful young specialists with thorough professional knowledge.

The following well-known artists are graduates of the Chair of Interior Design: M. Kurylych, associate professor; J. Sadovskyi, Honoured Art Worker of Ukraine, professor; M. Moskaliuk, Honoured Art Worker of Ukraine; B. Kurlishchuk, professor; R. Vasylyk, professor, artist in interior design; associate professors M. Lozynskyi, T. Saliy, M. Yatsiv, Y. Ulhurskyi, V. Hurmak; senior lecturer O. Dufanets; lecturers S. Melnychuk, H. Basiuk, L. Vasyliuk, I. Baluh, I. Ivaniv; members of the Artists’ Union M. Ambitskyi, Y. Ambitskyi, I. Stefiuk, V. Karpaniuk.

The Chair of Interior Design is proud of its teachers’ and students’ scientific and creative achievements and realization of state programs.

Main projects are: M. Leontovych Museum of village Markivka, Vinnytsia region, I. Franko Lviv Museum, Lviv Historical Museum, Lviv Museum of History and Religion, interior design of the palace of culture of the Lviv Union of Radiotelegraph Equipment, 1983; project decision and design of the throne-chair for the Pope Paul II arrival, 2002, Y. Ulhurskyi; interior design of the conference hall and rector’s office of the Fire Technical Institute, Lviv 1999-2000; project decision of the exhibition halls of I. Franko Literary and Memorial Museum, Lviv, 2006, M. Ziatyk; project of interior and iconostasis of Polotsk Greek Catholic church (Byelorussia), 1998; project and realization of iconostasis for the “Uchnivska Lavra”, 1990, A. Melnyk; design and painting of Volodymyr and Olha’s church sanctuary, Lviv, 2002; project of complex design of T. Shevchenko Lyceum (Sihat, Rumania, 2002), R. Studnytskyi; graphic design of patriarch Y. Slipyi testament (1991), H. Hera.

International exhibitions:

- silver medal for the project design of loader 4022, Plovdiv fair, 1978, S. Luzhetskyi;

- All-Ukrainian diploma works exhibition of art institutions students “Art of youth”, students A. Odynak, Y. Ulhurska, O. Uhrak.

The chair maintains close relationship with related departments of higher art educational institutions of Poland, particularly with Academies of Arts in Lodz and Wroclaw. There are students’ interchanges, joint exhibitions and seminars. The teaching staff of the chair goes on internship in higher educational institutions of the USA: (professor O. Bodnar, associate professor R. Studnytskyi). Senior lecturers I. Vynnytska and T. Sprysa took part in Beszady ecological and tourist association “Baszta”, Lisko, Subcarpathian province, Poland, June 2006.

Nowadays the Chair of Interior Design is very successful in training specialists in environmental design. Its graduates work for different designer companies and enterprises not only in Lviv, but also in Ukraine and abroad.