Five Pysanky Eggs

Fair Market Value: $500

Dimensions: A standard chicken egg

Chicken egg shell, dye

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Zach Kapeluck

Zachary Kapeluck was born in 1991 in Pittsburgh, PA where he spent his most formative years immersed in the cultural traditions of his Ukrainian ancestors. His greatest pursuit eventually became dance, which he went on to pursue professionally in later years, most recently in a 9 year stint performing with Philadelphia's own BalletX. However, he was also introduced to many other Ukrainian arts as a child, one of them being the creation of pysanky, wax-resist decorated eggs. His grandmother was instrumental in his early pysanky education, as well as his father, who works professionally as an Eastern Orthodox iconographer whose work adorns the walls of churches all over the Eastern Seaboard and Canada. In recent years Zachary has taken to creating pysanky at his home in South Philly, making eggs as gifts as well as a therapeutic past time that grounds him in his heritage.

Helen Drutt

Helen W. Drutt English (Helen Drutt) was Founder/Director of her eponymous gallery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1973-2002), which was among the first galleries in the United States to make a commitment to the modern and contemporary craft movement. In 1973, she developed the first syllabus for a college-level course in the history of the field. Drutt has published numerous essays; organized exhibitions, i.e. Poetics of Clay, Brooching It Diplomatically: A Tribute to Madelaine K. Albright, and Challenging the Chatelaine!; and curated American studio jewelry for the Museo del Gioiello, Vicenza, Italy (2016-18). She has built a permanent collection of contemporary crafts for The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia, and she is currently building a collection for the National Museum of Sweden. The Helen Williams Drutt Collection of international studio jewelry has been exhibited throughout the U.S. and internationally, and in 2002, 800 works entered the permanent collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Drutt has received numerous awards and three honorary degrees, from the University of the Arts, Moore College of Art, and Alfred University.