Lithuanian Easter Egg Etching Workshop at the Balzekas Museum

6500 South Pulaski Road,Chicago IL 60629

02 April, 2022

Description

Join us at Lithuanian Easter Egg Workshop with folk-artist Don Astras who will instruct you in the etching/scratch technique! (Egg photo credit: LadyofWheat.com) Join us on Saturday, April 2 at 2 pm at the Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture for our popular Easter Egg Decorating workshop using the traditional Lithuanian surface etching technique. Each participant is asked to bring 6 hardboiled and dyed eggs to the workshop. Preregistered participants will receive information on how to dye eggs using natural onion skin with their registration confirmation email. Etching tools will be provided. Additional patterns and designs by the late Ursula Astras, the folk-artist who taught the workshops at the Museum for many years and whose son, Don, and wife, Kathy, now carry on the folk-art traditions. Information about Mrs. Astras's life and work can be found on LadyofWheat.com. Participants will be invited to tour the Museum's collection of Easter eggs by Mrs. Astras as well as by the late Ramute Plioplys, a folk artist who pioneered innovative egg engraving methods for hollow eggs. Refreshments will be provided. For more information about the workshop, please call 773-582-6500 or visit our website: https://balzekasmuseum.org This program is partially supported by the members and private donors of the Balzekas Museum and grants from the following grantors: Illinois Arts Council Agency and the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events through CityArts. This Museum presentation was supported in part by a grant of U.S. Department of Treasury funds through the City of Chicago. The opinions, findings, conclusions and recommendations expressed in this program are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of Treasury or the City of Chicago or the Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture and its Members.