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THE UKRAINIAN MUSEUM, A CULTURAL EXPERIENCE! Easter season at the Ukrainian Museum is one of joyous, hectic activity. The lethargy of winter days quickly disappears as the institution becomes a bustling focal point of one of its most popular programs — the painting of pysanky, Ukrainian Easter eggs. The program is divided into two parts — workshops and demonstrations. The workshops give participants a hand-on opporunity to learn this wondrous, ancient, traditional Ukrainian craft. The demonstrations allow viewers to see artisans create a tapestry of color and design, enveloped in folklore and symbolism, all on a little white egg. The Museum also presents a delightful film about pysanky, rightfully called “Pysanka, the Ukrainian Easter Egg”, produced by filmmaker Slavko Novytsky. The program is coordinated by Lubow Woly- netz, the Education Director at the Museum. It is needless to say how receptive the general pub lic is to this program. The Museum office phones buzz continually as people call to sign up for the workshops or inquire about the demonstrations. All kinds of peo ple, of various national backgrounds who participate in the program are totally charmed by the Ukrainian pysanka. The fifth floor of the Ukrainian Museum proudly displays a pysanky exhibition featuring hundreds of exquisitely decorated eggs from various regions of Ukraine. Visitors are awed by the beauty, the detailed designs and the uniqueness of these works of art. The pysanka workshops are very popular with children. Several city schools have made this workshop a part of the Spring extra curricular activity for several of their classes. Many teachers return year after year with new groups of children to introduce them to this magical craft. Children who are too young to participate in the workshops are treated to the film, a talk from Mrs. Wolynetz about pysanky and tour the Museum. After each workshop the teachers are asked to fill out an eva luation report. Following are some of their comments: Mrs. О. ТЕ RE LI A iar face of Raissa Rudenko. In the group was also Olena Terelia. The room acknowledged her presence with a lot of whispers. We all knew who had walked in. But where was her husband were the questions going up and down the long white tables. Minutes later he walked in and the whispering audience broke into hearty applause. None of this was lost on Mrs. Terelia, who let her audience know very soon, and in no uncertain terms, but with a down-to-earth sense of humor, that although she was the one in whose honor the evening was held, her husband was greeted with applause. Pie in the face, ladies! ’’НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, КВІТЕНЬ 1988 “Mrs. L ub a e x p la in e d b e a u tifu lly the o rig in o f the E as ter egg. The c h ild re n w ere very e x c ite d w hen th e y w ere ab le to see the M u s e u m o f th e re a l eggs.... It is a w o n d e rfu l m u s e u m a n d s h o u ld c o n tin u e to re c e iv e funds for fu ture y e a r s .” PS. 19, S e c o n d grad e; 16 children. “This is a lw ay s a success. W o n d e rfu l p re p a ra tio n with th e m ovie. T h a n k y o u so m u ch , Luba. S ee y o u n e x t year. ” St. L u k e ’s S chool, S e c o n d grad e; 23 ch ild re n. “This is our 3rd year back to the Ukrainian Museum. We keep coming back because what the Museum has to offer is a wonderful educational experience.” West New York Junior High School, 6th grade; 30 children. “S u p e r visit. The lo v ely g u id e s p o ke at the c h ild re n ’s lev el a n d th ey le a rn e d a g re a t d e a l from her. ” P.S. 130, K in d e rg a rte n ; 18 children. “This was a w o n d e rfu l e x p e rie n c e fo r the stu d en ts a n d tea ch ers. It was e d u c a tio n a l as w e ll as e x c itin g . The lad ie s w ere p a tie n t a n d h a d e x c e lle n t k n o w le d g e o f the h is to ry a n d a rt o f egg d e c o ra tin g . We s in c e re ly th an k y o u for the e x p e rie n c e ." J u n io r H ig h S c h o o l 189, 7th G rad e ; 2 0 students. Following the film “Pysanka” Lubow Wolynetz talks to the children about what they have seen. During one such session she was talking about the elements most necessary to life such as water, air and fire, which are symbolically represented on the pysanka. Her attentive audience at that time was a group of kindergarten youngsters from a neighboring school. “W hat is a very im p o r ta n t e le m e n t to life ? ” asked Luba. “It is so m e th in g w e d r in k ,” she continued, giving the little people a big hint. After a moment of silence the class wise guy or perhaps the wisest fellow in the class pipped out “O ra n g e juice. ” In continuing the talk, Luba went on to the element of air. Trying to get the children to see a clear picture of what she meant, she said, “W hat do y o u g e t a n d do w hen y o u clim b s ta irs ? ” she asked, meaning that you breathe air. “ You h u ff a n d p u ff a n d y o u g e t tire d ,” was the response. 21
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