According to Gallup polling, 49 percent of Americans reported that religion was a very important part of their lives in 2021 compared to 70 percent in 1965. The percentage of Americans who identify with religion has significantly decreased over the past century. “ Creative Encounters: Living Religions in the U.S.” will focus on the experiences of Buddhists, Christians, Hindus, Jews, Muslims, Native Americans and Pacific Islanders, Sikhs, practitioners of African-descended religions, Humanists and others through performances, artwork and food presentations. This year, in addition to exploring the Ozarks, the festival (from June 29 to July 4 and July 6 through July 9) will examine American culture through religions.
has spotlighted everything from the Peace Corps to NASA to circus arts, along with regions and countries the world over.
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Over the years, the free festival with pop-up tents on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Since 1967, the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, produced by the Smithsonian’s Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, has been a stage for people like the Makarenkos to showcase their cultures. “Everybody approaches their faith uniquely,” says Ruslana, who helps run the Makarenko iconography business, Ecclesiastical Art & Design, based in Philadelphia. Now, decades later, the father-daughter duo paints massive imagery of biblical events on the ceilings of churches and cathedrals across North America. Her father, Sviat Makarenko, says that her delicate fingers were the perfect tools in his art studio. Ruslana Makarenko has been gilding Ukrainian Orthodox icons of Jesus Christ, the Virgin Mary and saints since she was 8 years old.
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