BEFORE REGISTERING PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING:
WORKSHOP 1: 10-11 AM AGES 6-12 (GUARDIAN REQUIRED)
WORKSHOP 2: 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM, AGES 6-12 (GUARDIAN REQUIRED)
WORKSHOP 3: 1:30-2:30 PM, ADULTS (13+)
WORKSHOP 4: 3-4 PM, ADULTS (13+)
WORKSHOP 5: 4:30-5:30 PM, ADULTS (13+)
Participants will learn how to decorate pysanky eggs using hot wax in the traditional Ukrainian style and learn about the history of this art. Participants will take home a finished egg in a small box.
For children's workshop sessions, please plan for an adult guardian to attend with your child. If you would like to decorate one egg together, make just one registration for both guardian and child. If you would each like to decorate your own egg, please register both guardian and child.
Pysanky are Ukrainian Easter Eggs, decorated using beeswax and dyes that are applied in layers. Ukrainian Easter Egg Decorating has been handed down through generations of the Ukrainian people. They are famous the world over for their colorful Easter Eggs (Pysanky). Over 2000 years ago, before the time of Christ, people decorated eggs believing that great powers were embodied in the egg. Eggs symbolized the release of the earth from the shackles of winter and the coming of spring with its promise of new hope, new life and prosperity. With the advent of Christianity, Easter eggs symbolize the Resurrection and a promise of eternal life. Legend has it that as long as pysanky are decorated, goodness will prevail over evil throughout the world.
This folk & traditional arts workshop is supported with funding from Northwest Heritage Resources, a Washington state cultural non-profit organization.
