{"id":52705,"date":"2025-03-07T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/?p=52705"},"modified":"2025-03-19T08:54:10","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T13:54:10","slug":"pysanky-egg-workshop-to-be-hosted-at-w-k-gordon-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/pysanky-egg-workshop-to-be-hosted-at-w-k-gordon-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Pysanky Egg Workshop To Be Hosted at W.K. Gordon Center"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>STEPHENVILLE, Texas \u2014 A pysanky egg workshop featuring the history of the eggs, their relevance today and the opportunity to make them is set for 2 p.m. Sunday, March 30 at Tarleton State University\u2019s W.K. Gordon Museum and Research Center in Mingus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"464\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/02\/Pysanka-Egg-Program-V1--464x600.jpg\" alt=\"Poster for Gordon Center's pysanky egg making event\" class=\"wp-image-52706\" style=\"width:225px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/02\/Pysanka-Egg-Program-V1--464x600.jpg 464w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/02\/Pysanka-Egg-Program-V1--232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/02\/Pysanka-Egg-Program-V1--309x400.jpg 309w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/02\/Pysanka-Egg-Program-V1--768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/02\/Pysanka-Egg-Program-V1--1187x1536.jpg 1187w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/02\/Pysanka-Egg-Program-V1-.jpg 1545w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Pysanky are Ukrainian Easter eggs that have been decorated with traditional designs.&nbsp;The tradition of pysanky dates back to pre-Christian times. They were originally used to symbolize the rebirth of the earth.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cost for the event is $15 per person and reservations are required to participate. To sign up, email&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:gordoncenter@tarleton.edu\">gordoncenter@tarleton.edu<\/a>&nbsp;or call 254-968-1886. All children must be accompanied by an adult.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The W.K. Gordon Museum and Research Center, a facility of Tarleton State University, is located at 65258 Interstate 20, Exit 367, in Mingus and is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays and from 1 to 4 p.m. on Sundays. The combined museum and special collections library is located at the site of the Thurber ghost town. To learn more about the museum, visit&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/gordoncenter\">www.tarleton.edu\/gordoncenter<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>STEPHENVILLE, Texas \u2014 A pysanky egg workshop featuring the history of the eggs, their relevance today and the opportunity to make them is set for 2 p.m. Sunday, March 30 &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":52703,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","wds_primary_category":424,"footnotes":""},"categories":[424,425],"tags":[442,460],"class_list":["post-52705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-events","category-campus-community","tag-community-events","tag-w-k-gordon-center-for-industrial-history-of-texas"],"acf":{"image":false},"author_meta":{"display_name":"priddle","author_link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/author\/priddle-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/02\/W.K.-GC-Background-300x200.png","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/category\/arts-events\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Arts &amp; Events<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/category\/campus-community\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Campus &amp; Community<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Arts &amp; Events<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Campus &amp; Community<\/span>"]},"tags":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/category\/campus-community\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Community Events<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/category\/campus-community\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">W.K. 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