Anthracite Heritage Museum offers pysanka workshops

SCRANTON, Pa. - Two workshops on pysanky, the ancient Ukrainian art of egg decorating, are offered participants for age 12 and older on Saturday, March 20, at the Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museum.

An introductory class at 10 a.m., will focus on basic method and simple design. At 2 p.m., Pat Lawless will guide participants through the traditional process at a more advanced level.

Both classes will complete an egg in class. Fee covers classroom instruction, materials and a take-home tool kit.

Fee per session: $15; $10 for members of the Anthracite Heritage Museum and Iron Furnaces Associates. Reservations are required by March 15.

The Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museum is located in McDade Park, off Keyser Avenue, in Scranton (Exits 182 or 191-B off I-81, and Exit 122, Keyser Avenue, from I-476). The museum is open year-round Monday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, noon to 5 p.m.

Admission is charged for the main exhibit, "Anthracite People: Immigration and Ethnicity in Pennsylvania's Hard Coal Region." Admission to a temporary exhibit, "The Great Anthracite Coal Strike of 1902," is included. For information call the museum educator, Ruth Cummings, (570) 963-4804, or see www.anthracitemuseum.org.

The Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museum is one of 26 historic sites and museums on the Pennsylvania Trail of History, administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. For more information, or to request a free, 24-page visitor's guide, visit www.phmc.state.pa.us or call toll free 1-866-PATRAIL.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, March 7, 2004, No. 10, Vol. LXXII

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