WILCOX — The Easter bunny may be jealous of Grace Adam. This spring, as she has done for years, Adam has turned raw eggs into pysanky, or colorful Ukrainian Easter eggs with intricate designs.

On a cold and snowy April morning at the Underwear Factory in Poughkeepsie, Ukrainian artist Vitalia Deriabina instructed a workshop of seven women in the art of writing “pysanky.” Pysanky is ...

Easter-egg decorating is an ancient tradition with deep roots extending at least into the medieval period of European history. But archaeological evidence of them is scarce due to the delicate nature ...

because decorated Easter eggs, or pysanky, are created differently in the separate regions of Ukraine. We will learn how ancestors painted eggs, what unique patterns have been preserved ...

According to Kull, against the backdrop of war, the patterns inscribed on "pysanky" eggs are symbolically believed to help safeguard Ukrainian soldiers as they fight to defend their country from ...

Surprisingly, the damage to the egg was minor; only about 0.31 square inches (2 square centimeters) of the total area was lost. Ukrainian pysanky are typically created using a wax-resist technique.

In connection with the exhibition “Contemporary Ukrainian Folk Art: The Matrix of Resilience,” currently on view at the ...

Workshop introduced locals to Ukrainian tradition of egg decorating — just as Orthodox and Western Easter lined up for first time in years ...