PITTSBURGH, PA.- The Andy Warhol Museum will host the Tenth Annual Carpatho-Rusyn Event, Saturday, July 28, 2007 from 12 p.m.- 3 p.m. This celebration, held in collaboration with the Carpatho-Rusyn Society since 1998, presents the living arts of contemporary Carpatho-Rusyns (people from the Carpathian Mountain region of Eastern Europe) alongside the life and art of Andy Warhol, one of the most influential cultural figures of Carpatho-Rusyn descent. The celebration will feature talks, music, sing-alongs, hands-on art activities, and traditional Rusyn foods in The Warhol Café. This years All activities are free with Museum admission.

Activities include:

Talks - "Memories of Andy, Summer of 1968"

Andy Warhol’s nephews, Paul Warhola Jr., pastor of The Church of The Resurrection in Denver and James Warhola, illustrator and author of the children’s book “Uncle Andy’s, a Faabbbulous Visit with Andy Warhol,” will share memories of Warhol’s recovery period after being shot in 1968. Seating is limited.

Music

The New York based band Vox Ethnika (http://www.myspace.com/voxethnika) will play Carpatho-Rusyn traditional songs and their own techno-rock versions of the traditional music.

Chant Sing-along

Jerry Jumba, cantor at Andy Warhol’s funeral, will lead a chant sing-along to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of Warhol’s death.

Demonstrations

Hands-on art projects combining the traditional Rusyn arts with Warhol’s techniques in the Weekend Factory studio.

The Carpatho-Rusyns

The Carpatho-Rusyns are a small East Slavic ethnic group indigenous to the Carpathian Mountain region of East Central Europe. Today, Carpatho-Rusyn territory falls within the borders of Poland, Slovakia, Ukraine, Hungary and Romania. Approximately 700,000 Americans are of Carpatho-Rusyn descent with the largest concentration of these people (1 out of every 10 U.S. Rusyns) living in

Western Pennsylvania. The Carpatho-Rusyn Society is a national cultural organization based in Pittsburgh with chapters in New York/New Jersey,

Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Bridgeport, CT, Washington D.C., Warren-Youngstown, OH, Erie, and Tucson. For more information about the Carpatho-Rusyn Society visit www.c-rs.org.