Folk Art Collections: Ukranian Riches August 10, 2007

The Down Jersey Folkife Center at Wheaton Arts presents, 'Folk Art Collections: Ukrainian Riches,' a new exhibit that focuses on Ukrainian folk arts and the collection and creations of Vera Nakonechny, a member of the Center's advisory board. The exhibit will feature a variety of traditional costumes, woodcarvings, pottery, gerdane (jewelry), embroidery and weavings whose designs and techniques have been brought from different regions in Ukraine - Hutsul, Poltava, Horodenko, Pokutya, Bukovina, Chernihiv, Boyko, Lemko, Snyaten, Ternopil and others. Visitors will listen to Ukrainian traditional music performed on bandura and see the instrument on display. The display of brightly colored Easter eggs called pysanky, Ukraine's specialty, features a variety of patterns and symbols from many different Ukrainian regions.