Saturday and Sunday, March 26 and 27, 2022
9:00 am –12:00 pm, and 1:00–4:00 pm
Weekend One:
Session 1: Saturday March 26 | 9:00am–12:00pm (beginner) | SOLD OUT
Session 2: Saturday March 26 | 1:00–4:00pm (beginner) | SOLD OUT
Session 3: Sunday March 27 | 1:00–4:00pm (advanced; chicken egg)
Registration required by Wednesday, March 23.
$45 per person. Ages 16 and up.
Basic, Gold, and Patron Membership Levels receive a 10% discount.
For beginner classes, no experience necessary.
Previous pysanky experience and own tools required for advanced classes.
Pysanky are the beautiful and elaborate Easter eggs found in Polish, Ukrainian, and Russian traditions. Learning this centuries-old technique for decorating Easter eggs is easier than you might think! Using a stylus called a kistka, we will write with melted beeswax onto the shell of a raw egg, and then dip it into vibrant dyes. Two different eggs will be completed in the workshop. Join us to make your own little heirloom—it’s a lot of fun, and the results will impress your family and friends!
Advanced Chicken Egg Class Description:
If you’ve been writing pysanky but would like to make more elaborate designs than what is offered in the beginner workshop, this class is for you. Emptied and cleaned chicken eggs and an assortment of dyes will be provided. Please bring your own kistka and beeswax. This workshop is for those who are familiar with the pysanky process and is not suitable for those who have never dyed eggs in this way. Extra tools will be available to borrow.
Advanced Goose Egg Class Description:
This workshop is for those who are familiar with the pysanky process and is not suitable for those who have never dyed eggs in this fashion. Take your pysanky skills to the next level by writing on a goose egg. A class design will be provided, or bring your own. The materials fee includes one goose egg that has been emptied and cleaned, plus a large assortment of dye colors. Please bring your own kistky and beeswax. If you have a flexible tape measure (type used for sewing), please bring it. Extra tools will be available to borrow.
About the instructor:
Wendy Hallstrom is an instructor at Hunterdon Art Museum, the Center for Contemporary Art, and the Hunterdon County Senior Center in western New Jersey, where she teaches both adults and children in various media. In addition to painting, Wendy has mastered the craft of pysanky, and teaches the technique. Wendy's primary media is watercolor, but in recent years she has begun exploring religious iconography, writing icons in egg tempera in the Russian tradition, and modern icons in acrylic. Her work has been displayed in juried shows in New Jersey and South Carolina and is in several private collections.