FOLK-ART WORKSHOPS
On certain Saturday in December, members and friends of the Association come to the Bayway Polish Home in Elizabeth to learn how to make Traditional Polish Christmas Ornaments. Photos One and Two show them busy learning and doing.

The Workshops are given by Secretary of the Association who has taught Polish Folk-Art courses at the Kosciuszko Foundation in New York City. Participants are shown how to create fan-drops, white porcupines and egg-pitchers which are then hung on the Bayway tree by their creators. Photo Three.
The children who attended one workshop created some extras which they donated to the Home Office Tree as seen here.
 
Another workshop teaches the art of Wycinanki - Polish paper cutting. A centuries-old tradition of decorating peasant huts, today the techniques can be adapted to the contemporary home. Traditional methods and techniques are used and adapted to create designs that can be used in every home.
Adults and children, alike, created Wycinanki in the Kurpie and Lowicz style as shown in these photos.
 
 
 
 
 

The third type of Workshop is "Pisanki" - the art of decorating eggs for Easter using traditional Polish folk designs.

On FRIDAY, MARCH 11th AT 7:00 - 9:00 evening, and SATURDAY, MARCH 12TH 2005 at 10:00 - 12:00 noon FREE workshops in the Polish traditions of egg decorating will be offered at the Home Office of the Association of the Sons of Poland, 333 Hackensack Street, Carlstadt, New Jersey, phone 201-935-2807.

Instructor, Dorothy Kostecka-Wieczerzak of the Association of the Sons of Poland will lead participants through the intricate steps of creating their own masterpieces. Participants are asked to bring their own eggs (raw - uncooked) but all other materials will be supplied by the Association of the Sons of Poland.
Everyone is welcome - but you must register by calling the Association Home Office at (201) 935-2807 or sending an e-mail no later than Wednesday, March 9, 2005.
 


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