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Educational Background

  • Foam Lake Composite High School, Saskatchewan - Graduated 1973
  • Seneca College of Applied Arts & Technology, Toronto - 1973 - 1975
  • Kwantlen College, Richmond - Part Time Studies 1981
  • Vancouver Community College - Part-Times Studies 1981
  • University of British Columbia - Real Estate Pre-Licensing Course - 1982
  • H&R Block Canada, Inc. 1995

Accomplishments

  • Author, About the Pysanka--It Is Written! A Bibliography 2007
  • Author, Pysanky on Paper: An Activity Book for Children 1997
  • Author, Pysanka Power 1996 to present
  • Presenter, 2008 Pysanka Symposium, Washington, DC 2008
  • Visual Artist, Art Starts in Schools, Vancouver
  • Director, Ukrainian Community Society of Ivan Franko, Richmond
  • Editor, EGGS-aminer, a newsletter dedicated to the art of Pysanky
  • Committees:
    • British Columbia Ukrainian Arts Council, Vancouver
    • British Columbia Ukrainian Cultural Festival, Langley
    • Ukrainian Centennial Days, Plaza of Nations, Vancouver 1991 and 2000
    • Canada Day at Canada Place, Vancouver 1992
    • Ukrainian Showcase, Pacific National Exhibition, Vancouver 1992
    • Ukrainian Canadian Congress, BC Branch 2011
    • 120th Anniversary of Ukrainian Settlement in Canada Celebration 2011
  • Museums:
    • Richmond Museum
    • Moncton Museum - Eggfest '97 (July 28 to August 10, 1997)

Goals

  • to create greater public awareness of the fascinating art of decorated eggs known as "pysanky" in Ukrainian folk-art
  • to write books of interest to teachers, community leaders, and anyone interested in pysanky

Media Attention

Television
  • Delta Cable Communications: "Plugged IN! Pysanka with Joan Brander", Delta 2008
  • Voice of America, March 19, 2008
  • CityTV, Breakfast TV, Vancouver, March 22, 2005
  • CTV, Vancouver, March 26, 2005
  • Vancouver Cable 10 Echoes of Ukraine Easter Program: "Pysanka Workshop", Produced by Julia Stashuk, Vancouver, 1999
  • BCTV, Vancouver, April 4, 1998
  • Vancouver Cable 10 Echoes of Ukraine Easter Program: "Pysanka Workshop", Produced by Julia Stashuk, Vancouver, 1997
  • Vancouver Cable 10 Echoes of Ukraine Easter Program: "Pysanka Workshop", Produced by Julia Stashuk, Vancouver, 1994
  • Delta Cable 10 Community Events Program: "Bubblebash", Delta 1993
Radio
  • Nash Holos, Vancouver, April 27, 2008
  • CBC, North by Northwest, Vancouver, March 19, 2004
Newspapers
  • The Richmond News - March 14, 2012 [link to The Richmond News website and advance to page A17, or .pdf version]
  • Ukrainian Vancouver Internet Newspaper - January 2, 2012 [link to Ukrainian Vancouver website and select your language of choice]
  • Diverse, Canadian Multicultural Awareness Magazine focusing on Art + Culture + Heritage, Volume 3, Issue 1
  • The Ukrainian Weekly, April 27, 2008
  • Burnaby New Westminster NewsLeader, March 20, 2008
  • Burnaby New Westminster NewsLeader, April 7, 2007
  • Vancouver Shinpo, March 29, 2007
  • Vancouver Sun, March, 5, 2007
  • Burnaby New Westminster NewsLeader, April 15, 2006
  • Peninsula Lifestyles, April 8, 2004
  • Richmond Review, April 8, 2004
  • Delta Optimist, March 27, 2004
  • Richmond News, April 12, 2003
  • Florida Today, April 4, 2003
  • Richmond News, April 15, 2001
  • Delta Optimist, March 20, 1999
  • Richmond News, March 16, 1997
  • Richmond Review, April 3, 1996
  • Ming Pao, March 16, 1996
  • Richmond News, April 19, 1995
  • Richmond Review, April 19, 1995
  • Vancouver Sun, April 2, 1994
  • Richmond News, March 30, 1994
Newsletters and Magazines
  • Diverse, Canadian Multicultural Awareness Magazine focusing on Art + Culture + Heritage, Volume 3, Issue 1
  • Solovei, Volume 4, Number 2, Spring 2008
  • Solovei, Volume 1, Number 2, Spring 2005
  • International Egg Art Guild, No. 78, April 1998
  • Contact, published by Ukrainian Canadian Congress, British Columbia Provincial Council, Vancouver
  • EGGS-aminer, published by Bluenose Press, Richmond
  • Ukrainian Community Society of Ivan Franko, Richmond
Pysanka Power Video Clips on YouTube
  • Oct 2011 - photo montage of 2008 Pysanka Symposium and Book Launch in Washington, DC

Book Launch for About the Pysanka : It Is Written! A Bibliography

  • March 8, 2008, Washington, DC
  • March 15, 2009, Richmond, B.C.

Egg Decorating Demonstrations, Displays and Exhibits (excluding Workshops)

  • 2008 Pysanka Symposium (Washington, DC) - March 8, 2008
  • Arbutus Village, Vancouver - 1999 to 2011
  • B.C. Art Teachers' Association
    • Beyond Symbols (Burnaby South Secondary School), Burnaby - 1996
    • Imagineering (Templeton Senior Secondary School) Vancouver - 1997
    • Crossing Boundaries (Robson Media Centre) Vancouver - 1998
    • Celebrating Our Creative Spirit - Renaissance '99 - (Victoria) - 1999
    • Transitions 2000 (UBC) Vancouver - 2000
    • Diversity by Design: Mud to Microchips (Fleetwood Park Secondary School), Surrey - 2002
    • Navigation (McMath Secondary School), Richmond - 2004
  • B.C. Ukrainian Cultural Festival, Langley - 1998, 1999
  • B.C. Ukrainian Cultural Festival, Burnaby - 2001, 2002
  • B.C. Ukrainian Cultural Festival, Mission - 2004
  • Christian Reform Church, Burnaby - 1998
  • Courtyard Gardens, Richmond - 2006, 2011
  • Delta Town & Country Inn, Delta - 1993, 1995
  • Dragon Boat Festival, Vancouver - 1996
  • Eatons, Lansdowne Shopping Centre, Richmond - 1992
  • Fraserview Manor, Richmond - 1994
  • Fusion Festival, Surrey - 2011
  • Icelandic Care Centre, Vancouver - 1998
  • Inglewood Care Centre, West Vancouver - 2000
  • International Tall Ships Festival, Richmond (Steveston) - 2002
  • Kaleidoscope: A World in Our City, Richmond - 2004
  • Kinsmen Senior Recreation Centre, Tsawwassen - 1997
  • Laurel Place, Surrey - 2009
  • Lions Manor, Richmond - 1996 to 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2010
  • London Farm, Steveston - 1992, 1996, 1997 (Family Farm Fair) and 2011
  • Lougheed Town Centre, Burnaby - 2003 to 2011
  • Mountain Secondary School, Langley - 1997 (Multicultural Night)
  • M.O.P.S., Richmond - 1995
  • Multicultural Celebration '98, Richmond - 1998
  • Multifest, Richmond - 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997
  • Pacifica Resort, Surrey - 2009
  • Palmer School (Community Interaction Days), Richmond - 1996
  • Panorama Heights Elementary School, Coquitlam - 1995
  • Plaza of Nations (Ukrainian Days), Vancouver - 1991
  • Pysanka Festival, Vegreville, Alberta - 1998, 1999, 2004
  • Quilchena Elementary School, Vancouver - 1997, 2006
  • Reah Fellowship, South Langley MB Church, Langley - 1994
  • Richmond Art Gallery - early 1980's
  • Richmond Art Gallery/Richmond School Board "Arts for Life" - 2001
  • Richmond Centre Mall, Richmond - 1995 to 2004
  • Richmond General Hospital, Richmond - 1995 to 1997
  • Richmond Nature Park, Richmond - 1991
  • Richmond School Board - 2002
  • Rotary Club, Vancouver - 1993
  • St. Joseph the Worker Church, Richmond - 1995
  • St. Michael's Senior Centre, Vancouver - 2000, 2001
  • Steveston Landing, Steveston - 1994, 1995, 1996
  • Svitanok Performing Arts Society of B.C. - 2002
  • Trafalgar Elementary School, Vancouver - 1996
  • Ukrainian Community Society, Richmond - 1995 to 1999, 2004 to 2011
  • Vancouver European Festival - 2007 - 2008, 2010 to 2011
  • Vancouver Multicultural Society of B.C., Cultureshare - 1997
  • Vancouver Museum, Vancouver - 1994, 1998
  • Willowbrook Town Centre, Langley - 2005 to 2010
  • Writers' on the Street, Vancouver - 1998
  • Yevshan Spring Festival, Abbotsford - 1998