Idea and creation of The Main Story Gallery come from active members of Pilgrim Slavic Baptist Church in Spokane, Washington. This project exhibits the passion we have for God and our community and our desire to serve in a unique way. Our team consists of Pilgrim church volunteers, who have talents and qualities that helped to create the gallery. Among them: Art advisors, researchers, designers, artists, musicians, and more. The idea of creating the gallery came from a ministry, that Vladimir Kronin, author of the gallery idea and facilitator, saw back in Ukraine in 2016 during one of the missionary trips. Where the local church in Kharkiv city does such ministry with reproduction art as well. 

It took us about two years to create a gallery from “scratch”. We had to choose our own art pieces, research about them, we strive to create a gallery that would look close to the originals as much as possible in sizing, if possible (often times the originals are very big sizes), then we had to proportionally downsize. Frame style and color of it, and more. There are so many little details that needed to be addressed, from making a custom trailer to transport the gallery, custom art casing for protection, brass plates with information, art labeling plates, printed materials, website creation, custom framing, team formation, team training, fundraising, and much more. It took over 30 people helping in various tasks and occupations to make this gallery come alive.