Displaced by war in Ukraine, a family plants roots in Richmond with an art cafe

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. — It’s a busy Saturday at Art Corner, an unassuming cafe with baked Ukrainian sweets and Arabic shawarma near the intersection of Gaskins Road and Patterson Avenue.

With an art easel hair clip holding up her flaxen hair, Tania Rudenskykh sings happy birthday as she walks a cake to a teenage customer. Meanwhile, in an adjacent studio space, about half a dozen people participate in an art therapy class…

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