Pysanky for Ukraine
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Svitlana, Nadia and Slava Stadnyk are renowned pysanky artists from Ukraine. Pysanky are Ukrainian Easter Eggs decorated with colourful designs and motifs using batik methods and wax to layer the dyes. For five generations the Stadnyk family has continued the tradition of writing pysanky (yes, they’re 'written' as the word pysanka comes from the verb писати, pysaty, which means to write). However, the war in Ukraine has made it impossible for them to sell their artwork both in and outside of Ukraine.
Slava, the youngest, works as a designer in Kyiv, and Nadia as an architect in Vinnytsia. Both Slava and Nadia had to leave their homes after the war began and returned to Kolomyia to be with their family in the relative safety of Western Ukraine. Like so many in Ukraine, their lives have been completely disrupted. They were forced to cancel an April invitation to an international exhibition in France to feature their pysanky. Without an opportunity to return home and to their jobs they have no income.
I first met the Stadnyks in 2005 when I moved to Kolomyia, a small town on the edge of the Carpathian Mountains in Western Ukraine. Svitlana was the director of the school where I taught, and Nadia and Slava were in my English class. Now, together, we have an opportunity to promote and share their story in order to raise money to support their family and others in need.
Celebrating New Year's Eve with the Stadnyks in 2005
Svitlana Stadnyk, Director at School no. 6, Kolomyia
Slava Stadnyk and Pysanky
This GoFundMe page is only to receive donations in support of the Stadnyk family as well as other families in Ukraine that urgently need help.
Thank you for your support.
Слава Україні!
Svitlana, Nadia and Slava Stadnyk are renowned pysanky artists from Ukraine. Pysanky are Ukrainian Easter Eggs decorated with colourful designs and motifs using batik methods and wax to layer the dyes. For five generations the Stadnyk family has continued the tradition of writing pysanky (yes, they’re 'written' as the word pysanka comes from the verb писати, pysaty, which means to write). However, the war in Ukraine has made it impossible for them to sell their artwork both in and outside of Ukraine.
Slava, the youngest, works as a designer in Kyiv, and Nadia as an architect in Vinnytsia. Both Slava and Nadia had to leave their homes after the war began and returned to Kolomyia to be with their family in the relative safety of Western Ukraine. Like so many in Ukraine, their lives have been completely disrupted. They were forced to cancel an April invitation to an international exhibition in France to feature their pysanky. Without an opportunity to return home and to their jobs they have no income.
I first met the Stadnyks in 2005 when I moved to Kolomyia, a small town on the edge of the Carpathian Mountains in Western Ukraine. Svitlana was the director of the school where I taught, and Nadia and Slava were in my English class. Now, together, we have an opportunity to promote and share their story in order to raise money to support their family and others in need.
Celebrating New Year's Eve with the Stadnyks in 2005Svitlana Stadnyk, Director at School no. 6, Kolomyia
Slava Stadnyk and Pysanky
This GoFundMe page is only to receive donations in support of the Stadnyk family as well as other families in Ukraine that urgently need help.
Thank you for your support.
Слава Україні!
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Nathan Gilbert
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