Ventfort Hall Mansion and Gilded Age Museum will offer two Slavic Easter egg decorating demonstrations and instructional workshops on Saturday, April 1.
MIKE MCCLEARY
Bismarck Tribune
For University of Mary associate professor Marek Dojs, egg decorating known as Ukrainian pysanka is not only a fine art but also an opportunity for personal peace. In recent springs, he s been passing the skill and the solitude on to his students.
âThey find it a very relaxing process, which is one of the reasons I do this, as well, he said. It allows me to center myself, quiet myself and to focus on something for a period of time.â
Dojs, who chairs the Bismarck university s Communication Department, is instructing his students about the ancient art of egg decoration that began with Slavic cultures in Eastern Europe. He has taught the popular course Slavic Egg Decorating during the spring semester the past two years.