ACUA Easter Market

APR 12, 2025 to APR 12, 2025

10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. — ACUA Members Only
11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. — ACUA Guests

ACUA Gallery
10554 110 St NW
Unit 100, Edmonton, AB

ACUA’s Annual Easter Market
Food • Ukrainian Easter Supplies • Artisan & Craft Vendors • Art & Ukrainian Goods

Our Annual Easter Market event features your favourite food, crafts, art, and more to help enjoy and celebrate the holiday, featuring Artists at ACUA such as

Dobra Kubasa

every dae clay

Janice Grabler
Janice’s Ukrainian heritage weaves into all areas of her life when she cooks, bakes, sews, and of course, when she writes pysanky. She loves to share the traditions with her family and especially her seven grandchildren. Janice learned to write pysanky from her babas, her mother, and her Ukrainian community, and now she teaches and sells her pysanky and pysanka jewellry at local markets, fairs, and Ukrainian museums.

Lastivochka Ukrainian Online Bookstore by Natalia Vanovska
Natalia sells newly published books from Ukraine – for kids and adults, fiction and non-fiction, written by Ukrainian authors and also international bestsellers translated into Ukrainian. Natalia says “It is so fascinating that despite the war, Ukrainians continue to publish books. There so many talented authors and translators in Ukraine.”

Shirley Marchuk
Shirley Marchuk is a pysanka artist based in Edmonton and has been writing pysanky for the last 55 years. She learned to write pysanky from her mom and she prefers to write in the traditional style.

MarVal Creations
Visit the MarVal Creations table at the ACUA Easter Market for a selection of freshly sewn runners, rushnyky, table cloths, and more.

MataMia Art
MataMia’s artistic journey is focused on blending her Ukrainian heritage, imagination, and nature’s beauty into one. With ceramics she can bring a touch of that outdoorsy, whimsical charm into everyday life. She is all about art that lives with a purpose. Be it a mug, plate, or a simple lantern she sincerely hopes you find joy in her creations. Every piece she does is very intentional, original, and made with love.

Pleasure for You Soap Carvings by Yuliia Polyakova
After the full-scale invasion of her country Yuliia moved to Canada. When she lost her job after surgery she discovered the world of soap-making. She creates soap flowers, bouquets, soap paintings, home cosmetics, aroma wax, animals, food, patriotic themes and much more. For her, this is not just a hobby, but a way to give the world a little beauty.

Perogy Girl
Authentic, fresh-frozen Ukrainian cuisine and fresh smoked meat. Perogy Girl is proud to offer the highest quality, most unique Ukrainian products on the market today. From their family to yours, they put lots of love and careful attention into each item they create and they hope you enjoy their work as much as they enjoy bringing it to you. Whether it’s at your home or your work you get quality, hand crafted products that are produced locally and prepared with decades of baba’s recipes.

Pysanka by Paul
Paul Gagne writes pysanky in traditional and contemporary colours and styles.

St. Nicholas Youth & Family Ministry
St. Nicholas Youth & Family Ministry is dedicated to building the domestic church as a way to strengthen our Ukrainian Catholic Parish. It is noy only in faith that we grow, but in our relationships with one another and Christ. By hosting events such as game nights, movie nights, cultural workshops, and retreats, we hope to continue to offer a place for youth to discover their faith, judgement free, and for families to grow in their ability to serve as Christ served. As we continue to reduce the barriers to our programs, we engage in fundraising activities to cover the costs of running such programs. Events are for any to enjoy, not just those who belong to St. Nicholas Ukrainain Catholic Parish. All of the proceeds from this market will go toward supporting youth and family programming in our church.

Sokho
A family business from Ukraine specializing in the creation of embroidered clothing and home textiles with embroidery elements and traditional deco including their well-known speciality, wedding towels. Their art combines traditional motifs and ornaments with modern values in order to preserve Ukrainian color and authenticity.

Sol by Olha Frolova
Olha is an artist from Kyiv, Ukraine, now living and creating in Edmonton. Drawing has always been her hobby and for the past seven years, it has been her career. In her art, she presents her love, her worries, and her thoughts. Since the beginning of the Russian full-scale invasion of independent Ukraine, she represents more of her beautiful country within her drawings. Soon, she knows she will draw a story of great victory.

Rosalyn Wyntjes
Teacher and artist Rosalyn Wyntjes has been working on eggs for over 30 years through her company Eggs & Stitches. She has learned many different styles besides traditional including drapanka, stained glass, trypillion, etched, and her new favourite, raised wax. In addition to chicken eggs she also works on ostrich, rhea, emu, goose, duck, pheasant, and quail eggs. Rosalyn was recently award January’s Egg of the Month in raised wax for Egg Art International magazine, her third time appearing in the publication.