Folk Art Centre, Petrykivka
The home of Petrykivka painting — UNESCO intangible heritage.
Petrykivka painting grew out of the decoration of the whitewashed walls of clay-plastered houses, stoves and chimneys in the settlement of Petrykivka in the Dnipropetrovsk region; according to Ukrinform, its roots go back at least to the early 18th century. In December 2013, at a session of the UNESCO committee in Baku, the painting was inscribed on the list of the intangible cultural heritage of humanity. Until the early 1990s the settlement had the Druzhba factory of Petrykivka painting, which employed about 300 artists. The Petrykivka Folk Art Centre was established on 23 October 1991 on the basis of the collective ownership of members of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine and folk masters; its organiser was Andrii Pikush. The centre brings together about 40 masters; it has a gallery with an exhibition hall and workshops, and offers tours and master classes. According to the centre's website, about 10 thousand people visit it every year.
The centre: 65 Petra Kalnyshevskoho Avenue (settlement website, updated 22.05.2018); more than 40 craftspeople work here, and a master class is the best way to take Petrykivka home with you (Rehion, 11.04.2026). The Petrykivka community also comes under strikes (Informator, 01.07.2026) — during an alert, go to a shelter.