What is your favourite medium? My favourite medium is handweaving with the addition of related fibre techniques of embroidery, beading and felting. Why does that medium inspire you? I have always had a keen interest in textiles and am passionate about fibre, colour, design and structure of fabrics. How does the medium help tell stories […]
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Larissa Poho
What is your favourite medium as an artist? I am so fortunate to work in a variety of creative fields and with a verity of mediums. I really love working with ink, and over the last few years I have become fully enamoured with the medium and craft of tattooing. Why does that medium inspire […]
Motanka Goat
12:00pm – 3:00pm Please arrive 15 minutes early ACUA Gallery 10554 110 St NW Unit 100, Edmonton, AB Registration Fee Members: $55 Registration Fee Non-Members: $65 Registration Deadline: December 10, 2023 Motanky, also known as knot dolls, are known as an ancient amulet in Ukrainian culture. In this workshop, we will combine the traditional Christmas […]
Christmas Angel Weaving
12:00pm – 3:00pm Please arrive 15 minutes early ACUA Gallery 10554 110 St NW Unit 100, Edmonton, AB Registration Fee Members: $50 Registration Fee Non-Members: $60 Register by: November 26, 2023 In this workshop, make a woven Guardian Angel! This style of Angel comes from traditional folk culture of the Poltava region in Ukraine. This […]
Poltava Motanka Doll
12:00 pm – 3:00 pm ACUA Gallery 10554 – 110 Street NW Edmonton, AB T5H 3C5 Registration Fee Members: $55 Registration Fee Non-Members: $65 Register by: March 7, 2023 Motanky, also known as knot dolls, are known as an ancient amulet in Ukrainian culture. From olden times, this symbolic Ukrainian doll has played the part […]
Hutsulka Motanka Doll
11:00 – 2:00 ACUA Gallery 10554 – 110 Street NW Edmonton, AB T5H 3C5 Registration Fee Members: $55 Registration Fee Non-Members: $65 Register by: October 7, 2023 Motanky, also known as knot dolls, are known as an ancient amulet in Ukrainian culture. From olden times, this symbolic Ukrainian doll has played the part of a […]
Christmas Baking
9:30am – 4:30pm Please arrive 15 minutes early St. Elia Church Kitchen 11833 66 St NW Edmonton, AB T5B 1J2 Registration Fee Members: $100 Registration Fee Non-Members: $110 Register by December 9, 2023 In this workshop, Yulia Kamkina will teach participants how to make 3 types of traditional Ukrainian Christmas sweets: pampushky, poppy seed roll […]
Embroidered Christmas Ornament
4:30pm – 8:30pm Please arrive 15 minutes early Alberta Council for the Ukrainian Arts 10554 110 St NW, Unit 100 Edmonton, AB T5H 3C5 Registration Fee Members: $35 Registration Fee Non-Members: $40 Register by December 1, 2023 Learn how to embroider your own Christmas ornaments! In this workshop, Anna Soichenko will teach participants the methods […]
Didukh Building
11:00am – 1:30pm Please arrive 15 minutes early Alberta Council for the Ukrainian Arts 10554 110 St NW, Unit 100 Edmonton, AB T5H 3C5 Registration Fee Members: $35 Registration Fee Non-Members: $40 Register by November 11, 2023 Learn how to make a didukh, a sheaf of grain traditionally prepared by Ukrainian as a way of […]
Spider Mobile Ornament
11:00am – 1:00pm Alberta Council for the Ukrainian Arts 10554 110 St NW, Unit 100 Edmonton, AB T5H 3C5 Registration Fee Members: $45 Registration Fee Non-Members: $50 Register by October 28, 2023 In this workshop, participants will learn how to make a traditional Ukrainian Christmas Spider mobile! The Christmas Spider serves as a Christmas tree […]
