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ONSITE | Friday, March 17, 4 - 5:30 p.m.

Instructor: Andrea Kulish Wilhelm

FREE ($10 Suggested Donation)

Registration Required

Course Capacity: 30

Have you ever wondered how Ukrainian pysanky eggs are created, or what they mean? Join us for this free Artist Talk with Andrea Kulish Wilhelm, a first-generation Ukrainian American who learned to make pysanky from her mother when she was five years old. Based in Asheville, Andrea is an artist, graphic designer, and pysanky teacher with a studio in the River Arts District. Her life’s mission is to spread Ukrainian culture through pysanky eggs. She will also talk about her involvement in humanitarian aid fundraising efforts to help Ukraine. She will be teaching a day-long Pysanky workshop Saturday, March 18, at the Arboretum, a beautiful way to call in spring through symbol and story. 

Andrea Kulish Wilhelm, a first-generation Ukrainian-American, learned the intricate art of pysanky eggs as a young girl sitting in on her mother’s weekly classes. Now she not only creates these beautiful objects with unique folk-inspired designs, but teaches classes in the art herself. Andrea may be found working in her studio in the River Arts District of Asheville, a creative space also featuring woodblock and silkscreen designs, jewelry, art cards, and mixed media works.  Her life’s mission is to spread Ukrainian culture through pysanky eggs. Andrea is also fundraising to help Ukraine with Humanitarian Aid.

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