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22 Feb 2013 The Paris Review: DFW: the Trading Card, and Other News. The Paris Review features Margarita's portrait of David Foster Wallace, designed for Vol. 1 Brooklyn online literary magazine when she was Art Director in 2011.  

17 Feb 2013 Heritage Radio Network: Margarita Guest Hosts on the Mike & Judy Show. "All chaos breaks loose this week on The Mike & Judy Show, as Mike Edison is joined in studio by Margarita Korol, Founder & Artist President at Urban Pop Art Projects, and Brandon Hoy AKA MC Todd. Tune in for live performances from both guests, and conversations about pot, booty and internet art. Find more of Margarita's work at Urban Pop Artist and listen to MC Todd's debut album "Damn Near 40 Years in the Making" here. This program was sponsored by Roberta's Pizza."

12 Feb 2013 Electric Literature: February Wanderers at the Franklin Park Reading Series. "To boot, Karolina Waclawiak brought Anya from How To Get Into The Twin Palms, Tim Horvath introduced us to Doll and Nachbor, and multimedia artist Margarita Korol paid tribute to her mother with a poem and accompanying slideshow. All five delivered; all five were awesome."

12 Feb 2013 Jay Fingers: Recap: Franklin Park Reading Series Hosted by Penina Roth (2/11/13) "Artist and writer Margarita Korol read Spoils of War: Ode to a Refusenik Mother, a poem dedicated to her Russian emigrate mother, accompanied by a multimedia performance that included a film clip and Lauryn Hill soundtrack."

11 Feb 2013 Time Out New York Critic's Pick: Franklin Park Reading Series: Notable authors spin yarns at this Crown Heights series, which is curated by Penina Roth. All the selections in this month's installment, from Lars Iyer, Karolina Waclawiak, Tim Horvath, Dylan Nice and Margarita Korol, have something to do with wandering or wanderers.

11 Feb 2013 Hobart Literary Magazine: Dylan Nice events "LARS IYER (Spurious, Dogma and Exodus), KAROLINA WACLAWIAK (How to Get Into the Twin Palms), TIM HORVATH (Understories), DYLAN NICE (Other Kinds), and MARGARITA KOROL (Spoils of War: Ode to a Refusenik Mother)."

11 Feb 2013 Flavorpill: Franklin Park Reading Series "Karolina Waclawiak, Tim Horvath, and Dylan Nice, at our favorite Brooklyn reading series."

26 Dec 2012 NY Daily News: Book Party Announcement for Margarita Korol's Spoils of War: Ode to a Refusenik Mother

7 Oct 2012: Andrew Sullivan's The Dish: I See The Divine In The Love Of Others: "Margarita Korol, who lost her 14-year old brother Eli in a car accident, movinglyreflects on how she learned to endure suffering. She also explains the role Harold Kushner's When Bad Things Happen to Good People played in her grasping how vulnerability can be an occasion for grace"

 5 Oct 2012 Tablet Magazine: Margarita Korol on Harold Kushner "Yesterday on Tablet, we ran a story by our former office muse and art guru Margarita Korol. Unfortunately, the site went down for a little bit in the afternoon and so we didn’t get a good chance to really draw proper focus on what is a really stunning piece of writing. In her essay, Korol writes about how meeting author Harold Kushner in the wake of the unexpected death of her brother"

1 Oct 2012 The New York Post: A Whole Latte Love: Freelance workers turn pick-me-ups into pickups at their local coffee shops "Margarita Korol is all too familiar with this scenario. A Washington Heights-based pop artist, she does much of her design work from coffee shops all over Manhattan — and is often approached by suitors whose opening remarks are usually comments about the art on her computer screen. Not that these intrusions bother her: “I rarely mind the nosiness,” says the 26-year-old. “As a freelancer, I like to get out, to be in public yet alone,” she adds."

 5 Sep 2012 The Jewish Daily Forward: Arts Festival Reinvents Brighton Beach "“Y-Love may not seem like a natural go-to as a headliner for a post-Soviet Jewish festival, but he approaches Judaism with a curiosity that is similar to our generation’s,” said organizer Margarita Korol, an “urban pop artist.”"

23 Jul 2013 31DaysOfAwesome: The Spoils of War and Horseradish Vodka "On day 4, I continued my AWESOME escapades by following my childhood friend (and her mama!) to a friend’s art exhibition showing at The National Arts Club near Gramercy Park. The name of the exhibit is Spoils of War: Ode to a Refusenik Mother; created by Margarita Korol.  The work was a thank you (as shown above) to Margarita’s mother who risked it all and moved from the Soviet Union in 1989 as a Refusenik (definition: term for Soviet Jews who were denied permission to emigrate abroad by the authorities of the former Soviet Union)  in order to give Margarita the life of opportunity and free speech."

15 Jun 2012 Tablet Magazine: Margarita Comes Of Age "Why should David Arquette have all the fun? Over at The Roll, Margarita Korol explains why she’s taking the plunge — and what you should get her to celebrate."

8 Jun 2012 Jewcy Magazine: Ode to a Refusenik Mother, From a Devoted Daughter: Jewcy’s Margarita Korol pays tribute to her mother and sheds light on the immigrant experience in new art exhibit "Jewcy’s own Margarita Korol unveiled her newest exhibit, Spoils of War: Ode to a Refusenik Mother, at New York’s National Arts Club. The exhibit, which sheds light on the immigrant experience, features Margarita’s moving poem (which you can read in full over at Tablet), transposed on her characteristic pop art prints, and runs through June 20. A mega mazel tov to our girl Margarita, the multi-talented and multi-tasking pop artist responsible for Jewcy’s graphics."

 6 Jun 2012 Tablet Magazine: Korol Pays Tribute to Her Refusenik Mamele: Tablet contributing artist opens show in Manhattan "We’re kvelling over contributing artist Margarita Korol, who was invited to exhibit her show, Spoils of War: Ode to a Refusenik Mother at the National Arts Club on Gramercy Square in Manhattan."

28 May 2012 Lincoln Square Ravenswood Chamber of Commerce: A Piece of Berlin in Lincoln Square "The DANK-Haus in Lincoln Square is currently hosting the Berlin Wall installation “Die, Mauer” an Urban Pop Art Project by Margarita Korol. “Die Mauer” is the German expression for “the Wall”. By setting a comma in between “Die”and “Mauer”, Margarita Kool introduces the English word “die” into the art project giving the audience an input to think! We love it!"

17 May 2012 Jewish Book Council: It Takes Two "Obviously, Margarita was the natural choice to create the cover for my essay collection. When asked what went into creating the vibrant image that introduced the text, she responded, “Heresy on the High Beamchanneled some of my favorite things: a strong female lead, ethnic struggle, and a Lisa Frank palette.”"

1 Sep 2011 Tablet Magazine: Touch The Sky "Margarita Korol, an artist and writer and Nextbook Press’ social media director, was brought from Ukraine to Chicago by a single mother and found herself chafing at the specific path to success laid out before her. Today in Tablet Magazine, she relates how she found another single-mom-raised Chitowner, one Kanye West, to be an inspiration for unapologetically forging your own path."

1 Sep 2011 Immigration Prof Blog: Kanye West Helps One Immigrant Find a Voice "Here is an out of the ordinary immigrant story from Tablet Magazine.  Read "Graduation: A Jewish Ukrainian immigrant needed a voice to help reconcile her foreign past and her American future. She found it—in Kanye West."

12 Jul 2011 Chicago Pipeline: Ninth Annual Sound System Block Party Kicks Off with a Fundraiser Featuring 100 Local Artists "The group show, curated by Stuart Hall of the nearby RGB Lounge and Taylor Worthy, an art student who began organizing participating artists back in mid-May, features 100 donated works by 100 local artists, each of whom was given creative license to express what ‘a better world’ means to them on a 12×12 space, using a canvas or, in some cases, metal, wood, glass and fabric." See Margarita's donation here (bottom right multimedia piece).