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Pysanky Workshop: Practice Ukrainian Egg Writing

  • Date: 04/09/2022 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM  
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Ukraine is a country with many rich traditions using color, symbol, and geometric design to signify meaning. In April, join us in person or online to learn about the history and practice of creating pysanky, traditional Ukrainian decorated eggs. The eggs are “written” using a beeswax-resist method and multiple layers of colored dyes. In this workshop, participants will be able to create their own pysanka under the direction of artist Sofia Padkowsky, apprentice to pysanky master artist Olga Kobryn.

In-person attendance will be extremely limited, and all necessary materials will be provided. Participants will leave with a handcrafted pysanka of their own creation. To express your interest in attending in-person, please email Sally.VandeWater@co.middlesex.nj.us

To participate from home, consider purchasing a pysanky supply kit at https://www.ukrainiangiftshop.com/ (any of the kits are appropriate, Kit #2 is a good beginner kit). Online registrants will receive an electronic packet of handouts in advance of the workshop. Please register for the online program here: https://tinyurl.com/Pysanky2022

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Wash and Learn

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Select Wednesdays each month 

We are excited to share this innovative bilingual (Spanish-English) program called Wash and Learn. This creative literacy program organized by Roosevelt Elementary School in New Brunswick provides books for children of all ages, as well as adults. All donations are housed at a local laundromat to encourage students to read while parents are doing their laundry. 

To donate books to New Brunswick’s Wash and Learn program, please contact Anne-Marie Riveaux McMahon at 
anne-marie_mcmahon@nbpsnj.net and Maritza Acevedo at maritza_acevedo@nbpsnj.net. 

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Made possible by funds from Middlesex County, a partner of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.