Ukrainian Egg Making Workshop – SOLD OUT

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Pysanky with Father Paul

Help Ukraine while honoring their beautiful Easter tradition. Arts Escape is honored to be working with Father Paul Luniw to offer a Ukrainian egg making workshop. A pysanka is a Ukrainian Easter egg that is decorated with traditional Ukrainian folk designs using wax and dyes. The word pysanka comes from the verb pysaty, "to write" or as the designs are inscribed with beeswax. Fr. Paul will give a brief lecture about the history of Ukrainian egg making and then will demonstrate the methods that will be used to make the creation. We will be collecting cash/check donations for the Ukraine on the day of the workshop that Fr. Paul is sending through his church for relief efforts.

This class is limited to 20 participants. If it fills up, a second class will be held on Wednesday, April 13 from 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Check artsescape.org for details!

COVID POLICY: All attendees must show proof of vaccination. Masks are optional.

CLASS DATE & TIME: Wednesday, April 6th from 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

COST: $35 per person plus a $15 supply fee to be paid on the day of the class.

LOCATION: Arts Escape, 493 Heritage Rd. Suite 4C, Southbury

About the Instructor

Fr. Paul learned to decorate eggs as a child by watching his Ukrainian mother. He later studied for the priesthood at the Ukrainian Seminary in Rome and was ordained a Catholic priest in 1982. Since 1994, he has lived in the USA as Parish Priest of St. Michael Ukrainian Catholic Church in Terryville. He has decorated eggs wherever he has lived and has given his eggs to Pope John Paul II and Pope Francis.