PIANOBOY Charity Concert, Faversham

On 14 March 2026, St Mary of Charity Church — one of England's oldest — became the setting for an intimate charity concert by Ukrainian musician Dmytro Shurov (PIANOBOY). The event raised £4,200 (over 250,000 UAH) for two organisations supporting Ukrainian soldiers: СВО'і (tactical medicine) and Tytanovi Rehab (rehabilitation, surgery and implants for the wounded).

The evening brought together English and Ukrainian communities in Faversham. Guests learned the Ukrainian word for love — кохання — and sang Chervona Ruta together. Serohina contributed a framed Ukrainian vytynanka artwork as one of the raffle prizes, and was among the co-organisers of the event.

Partnerships

Serohina works in partnership with Creek Creative Studios in Faversham. She is always open to new partnerships in cultural education, refugee support, wellbeing and intergenerational arts.

Workshops as cultural exchange

Every workshop is also a small act of cultural exchange. Serohina has worked with Women's Institute groups, community arts centres, festival audiences, school groups and individual adult learners. Several sessions have been funded through the UK Government's Arts for All programme.

Working with displaced communities

Making a motanka — by hand, without tools, from cloth that may have been carried from home — is an act of continuity. It connects people to something older than the war, older than displacement.

Spirit of Ukraine

Between 2023 and 2024, Serohina was involved in a series of exhibitions across Faversham, Sittingbourne and Chatham, giving local audiences in Kent their first sustained encounter with contemporary Ukrainian artistic practice.