Appleton Ukrainians

Happy Vyshyvanka Day!

A few of us gathered to take a Vyshyvanka Day picture at Chaska golf course as the course held it's 2nd annual Ukraine Day fundraiser for Chalice of Mercy, Wisconsin's longest serving 501c3 nonprofit to provide aid to the people of Ukraine.

It was a beautiful day to enjoy the Ukrainian art of embroidery.

Oh. What. Fun. Our fourth of four Ukrainian Easter egg (pysanka) workshops at the Trout Museum of Art (TMA) in Appleton was our largest group yet. We had families, co-workers who registered in December as part of a team-building event, birthdays being celebrated at this workshop and more! Everyone has a story and everyone created a pysanka that tells a story.

This group really challenged me with color theory. Lol. As a group, we experimented with combinations of dye colors to come up with some interesting results. So much fun!

Thank you to all who participated. You made the past four days so enjoyable. I like to share this art and it's history / ties to Christianity during this time leading up to Easter.

Thank you to the TMA for inviting me again this year to facilitate this workshop/ fundraiser and for donating the proceeds to the Catholic Monastery in western Ukraine serving people suffering from war trauma.

Hope to see you all at next years workshop.