Meet Ukrainian Folk Artist: Olga Kobryn

Description

Folklife Director Lesley Schierenbeck interviews Olga Kobryn of the National Ukrainian Women's League Branch 98 of Monmouth County, New Jersey. Olga is a part of the arts and culture committee that produces exhibits and conducts workshops among many other projects.

She discusses her passion for the preservation of Ukrainian Folk Art, as well as the details of embroidery and pysanky eggs. She discusses the importance of tradition bearing, how Ukrainian immigrants were able to keep the history alive of their folk traditions, as well as their deep ancient roots. She also highlights how she learned embroidery through an apprenticeship.

Photos show: Olga with pysanky eggs, various stages of egg dying and the stylus, finish products on a traditional Ukrainian embroidered ritural cloth or rushnyk.

Olga has been instrumental in setting up a Ukrainian Folk Art exhibit at the Tuckerton Seaport, as well as providing artists to conduct workshops on traditional Ukrainian Folk Art.

Participants

• Olga Kobryn
  
• Tuckerton Seaport
  

Interview By

• Tuckerton Seaport