EGGS-aminer Newsletter

dedicated to promoting greater public awareness of Ukrainian Egg Decorating (Pysanky)

Richmond, BC
Bluenose Press
ISSN 1206-08895

Artist Profile: featuring Joan Brander; Comics: featuring Baby Blues and dyeing eggs; Once Upon An Egg - Books 'n' Things for Learning: featuring Folk Art Magazine and beautiful Trypillian Pysanky in color; Photos and Graphics: watercolor of Pysanky by Marcia Moroz, color photos of Pysanky and more; A Few Legends on the Origins of Pysanky; Pysanka Power: a Schedule of monthly drop-in workshops; Pysanky Tips: invaluable information on eggs and dyes; What People Are Saying: 3 letters from subscribers; Information: British Columbia Ukrainian Cultural Festival

Artist Profile: featuring Shelley Hucul; Comics: featuring The Duplex and Easter eggs; Exhibition Review: Ukrainian Showcase 2000 in Vancouver, British Columbia; Once Upon An Egg - Books 'n' Things for Learning: featuring The Birds' Gift by E.Kimmel; Photos and Graphics: Ukrainian Showcase 2000, Shelley Hucul's Pysanky; "Spirit of Spring" watercolor featuring Pysanky; Poems About Pysanky: "Magic of Pysanky"; Pysanka Power: a Schedule of monthly drop-in workshops;Pysanky Tips: discusses various ways to empty your Pysanky with photographs; What People Are Saying: 3 letters from subscribers

Artist Profile: featuring Helen Kindrachuk; Comics: Mutts with colorful eggs; Once Upon An Egg - Books 'n' Things for Learning: featuring Now That's An Egg! by H.Glebe with color photograph; Photos and Graphics: Helen Kindrachuk's colorful Pysanky; Poems About Pysanky: "On Easter Day"; Pysanka Power: a Schedule of monthly drop-in workshops; Pysanky Tips: how to get beautiful results the very first time! What People Are Saying: 3 letters from subscribers; Information: Ukrainian Showcase 2000: A Festival of Cultural Exhibits, History, Food, Song & Dance

Artist Profile: featuring Janet Tilbe; Comics: featuring the Easter eggs antics in Gasoline Alley; Exhibition Review: The Pysanka Festival Story: Vegreville, Alberta; Once Upon An Egg - Books 'n' Things for Learning: featuring Decorative Eggs by C.Manroe with color photograph; Photos and Graphics: Janet Tilbe's Pysanky; Poems About Pysanky: "Ukrainian Easter Baskets"; Pysanka Power: a Schedule of monthly drop-in workshops; What People Are Saying: 6 letters from subscribers; Information: Canadian National Ukrainian Festival, Dauphin, Manitoba

Artist Profile: featuring Ginny Barkman; Calendar of Egg-vents: a listing of local, national and international Egg Decorating shows, displays, demonstrations and workshops in 1999; Comics: April's Easter questions in For Better or for Worse; Exhibition Review: British Columbia Ukrainian Cultural Festival in Langley; Once Upon An Egg - Books 'n' Things for Learning: featuring Ukrainian Egg Decoration: A Holiday Tradition by A.Stalcup with color photograph; Photos and Graphics: Ginny Barkman's Pysanky; Poems About Pysanky: "Pysanka: Icon of the Universe"; Pysanka Power: a Schedule of monthly drop-in workshops; What People Are Saying: 5 letters from subscribers

Exhibition Reviews: "Beauty of the Eggshell" Pacific Northwest Decorated Egg Show, Tacoma, Washington, with color photographs; Once Upon An Egg - Books 'n' Things for Learning: reviews of three fiction books for children, all featuring Pysanky; Photos and Graphics: Pysanky at Buckingham Palace and photos of Egg Show; Pysanka Palette: eggs-ploring the various techniques of removing beeswax; Poems About Pysanky: "This Was The Day! A Ukrainian Easter Story"; Pysanka Power: a Schedule of monthly drop-in workshops; What People Are Saying: 2 letters from subscribers; Of Pysanka and Prairie: Pysanka Festival '98 in Vegreville, Alberta and other happenings

Calendar of Egg-vents: a listing of local, national and international Egg Decorating shows, displays, demonstrations and workshops in 1998; Once Upon An Egg - Books 'n' Things for Learning: reviews of Decorating Eggs: Exquisite Designs With Wax & Dye by J.Pollak and Ostrich Pysanky: Decorating Ostrich Eggs the Ukrainian Way by N.Perchyshyn; Photos and Graphics: colorful bleached Pysanky; Pysanka Palette: eggs-ploring the technique of bleaching; Poems About Pysanky: "Pysanky"; Pysanka Power: a Schedule of monthly drop-in workshops; What People Are Saying: 3 letters from subscribers; Of Monasteries and Mysteries: Mark Humphries talks about his Pysanky Experiences in Romania

Calendar of Egg-vents: a listing of local, national and international Egg Decorating shows, displays, demonstrations and workshops in 1998; Comics; featuring Heathcliff and dyeing eggs; Exhibition Reviews: Pamela Williams' review of Pacific Northwest Decorated Egg Show, Portland, Oregon (June 20, 1997); Once Upon An Egg - Books 'n' Things for Learning: Mark Humphreys reviews Sixty Score of Easter Eggs by Z.Elyjiw; Passport to Egg-venture: places to discover and explore rich and unique collections of Pysanky around the world; Color Photo; Pysanka Palette: exploring colors and their meanings; Poems About Pysanky: "Kistka"; Pysanka Power: a Schedule of monthly drop-in workshops; What People Are Saying: 2 letters from subscribers; Information: Canada's National Ukrainian Festival, Pysanka Contest 1997; classifieds and business cards

Ask the Eggs-perts: information on electric kistka and very young children making Pysanky; Calendar of Egg-vents: a listing of local, national and international Egg Decorating shows, displays, demonstrations and workshops in 1997; Comics; featuring Baby Blues and Easter eggs; Exhibition Reviews: International Egg Decorating Competition; Pysanka '96, Vegreville Alberta; Once Upon An Egg - Books 'n' Things for Learning: where to find resource material on Pysanky; Passport to Egg-venture: places to discover and explore rich and unique collections of Pysanky around the world; Color Photo; Pysanka Palette: exploring symbols and their meanings; Pysanka Power: a Schedule of monthly drop-in workshops; What People Are Saying: 4 letters from subscribers

Ask the Eggs-PERTs: information on varnish and how to achieve straight lines; Calendar of Egg-vents: a listing of local, national and international Egg Decorating shows, displays, demonstrations and workshops in 1996; Comics: featuring The Family Circus dyeing eggs; Egg-ventures in Learning - Beyond the Blackboard: workshops for teachers; Exhibition Reviews: Pysanka 96, Vegreville Alberta; Once Upon An Egg - Books 'n' Things for Learning: includes information on the internet; Photos and Graphics: black and white line drawing and photo; Pysanka Power: a Schedule of monthly drop-in workshops; Information: Pysanka Roll at the White House

Ask the Eggs-PERTs: information on bleaching, Trypillian eggs, "orange wash", pastel colors and blue/green accents; Calendar of Egg-vents: a listing of local, national and international Egg Decorating shows, displays, demonstrations and workshops in 1996; Comics: featuring Herman and his ostrich egg, and Wizard of Id and his Easter egg dilemma; Eggs-pressions - A Glossary of egg decorating terms: defining "kistka", "bleaching", "Trypillian" and "orange wash"; Egg-ventures in Learning - Beyond the Blackboard: what Pysanky Workshops will do for teachers and students; Once Upon An Egg - Books 'n' Things for Learning; Photos and Graphics: black and white line drawing; Pysanka Power: a Schedule of monthly drop-in workshops; "Just in Time for Easter", traditional workshops

Calendar of Egg-vents: a listing of Ukrainian Egg Decorating Workshops, Demonstrations and Displays in 1995; Egg-ventures in Learning - Beyond the Blackboard: a classroom activity for teachers; Once Upon An Egg - Books 'n' Things for Learning; Photos and Graphics: black and white line drawing; Pysanka Power: a Schedule of monthly drop-in workshops; "Capture the Spirit of Christmas", First Annual Holiday Design Pysanka Workshop

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