AUGUSTA GALLERY
 of WEST VIRGINIA FOLKLIFE 

ETHNIC FOLK WAYS

 

 

 

 

Pysanky - Ukranian decorated eggs, by Mary Waskevich, Wierton, West Virginia

Mary Waskevich working at pysanka (decorated eggs) at her home in Wierton. This is an eastern European tradition, especially in Czechoslovakia and the Ukraine.              ( FA193B)
Mary Waskevich, a master artist in Psyanka, has taught apprentices from her orthodox congregation in Wierton,                                                         (Pysanka)

A sizable percentage of West Virginia’s early settlers were German. This is still evident in the landscape.    (ETH1098KL)

 

Olga Percovic is a leader in the Croation Community in Wheeling, West Virginia. She directs the tamburitza band there and is a master artist in the West Virginia Folk Art Apprenticeship Program.   (ETH899B)

 
An example of Ukranian vushuvennya (embroidery) on a traditional costume, by Ann  Witenko of Wheeling  
                                              ( FA193R)

 
Croatians dance the kolo in traditional garb at their community center in South Wheeling.         (feet)
Vernon Burky, of Swiss descent, plays traditional folk music as learned from his grandfather at the Swiss village of Helvetia.                                                      (Burky)