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Amboy 4-H Environmental Education Center is excited to announce a new series of public programs it will be offering in 2014, Nature Inspires. Nature Inspires will connect the natural environment with art. The first program in the Nature Inspires Series, Pysanky- Ukrainian Egg Decorating, will be held on Sunday, April 6th at 2:00pm.
Pysanky is the Ukrainian art form to writing on eggs. Local artist Anna Perun of Phoenix, New York will teach this workshop. Ukrainian Decorated Eggs) are hand decorated with hot beeswax while dipping the eggs in various dyes. After removing the wax, the eggs are emptied through a small hole in the bottom and several coats of polyurethane are added for permanent UV protection and shine. Anna Perun discovered these lovely Pysanky and the tools used to make them more than sixteen years ago in a local Ukrainian shop. Shortly after her discovery, she decided to honor her Ukrainian heritage by teaching herself the ancient art form of Ukrainian egg decorating, and learning the traditional motifs and their ancient significance. Ms. Perun began creating her own Pysanky in 1994, a few years after arriving in the United States from Ukraine.
Aside from being very popular around Easter time, Ukrainian Pysanky are often given as unique and precious gifts, can be exchanged with friends, make remarkable Christmas tree ornaments, and can be used to create an incomparable display in a home or office at any time of the year.
Nature Inspires is made possible with funds from the Decentralization Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York Legislature and administered by CNY Arts. The pysanky workshop is being held at the Amboy 4-H Environmental Education Center located on State Route 183 in eastern Oswego County. The program fee for this artistic workshop is $10.00 per person. This hands-on workshop does require registration since seating is limited and program materials are being supplied. To register for this program, please contact Cornell Cooperative Extension of Oswego County 4-H Program at 963-7286 ext. 401.
