More About Joan Brander

More about Joan BranderGoals

  • to create greater public awareness of the fascinating art of decorated eggs known as "pysanky" in Ukrainian folk-art
  • to write books of interest to teachers, community leaders, and anyone interested in pysanky

More about Joan BranderAccomplishments

Author

  • Select this link to see her books, eBooks, teaching aids, newsletters and video clips

Artist

  • Presenter, 2008 Pysanka Symposium, Washington, DC 2008
  • Visual Artist, Art Starts in Schools, Vancouver
  • Hidden Passions - British Columbia Institute of Technology (2013, 2018)
  • Richmond Museum
  • Moncton Museum - Eggfest '97 (July 28 to August 10, 1997)
  • Richmond Art Centre – 2013
  • Richmond Art Gallery – 1980
  • Richmond Art Gallery/Richmond School Board "Arts for Life" – 2001
  • Shadbolt Centre Seasonal Celebration – 2010
  • Surrey Museum "Ukrainian Spirit" – 2013
  • Surrey Musuem "Making a New Home: 125 Years of Ukrainians in Canada" – 2016

Editor

  • EGGS-aminer, a newsletter dedicated to the art of Pysanky

Awards and Mark of Distinction

  • Arts Education Award, Richmond – Finalist 2014
  • First of-a-kind place in Library of Congress headings in bibliography classification for About the Pysanka—It Is Written!

Committees

  • British Columbia Ukrainian Arts Council, Vancouver
  • British Columbia Ukrainian Cultural Festival, Langley
  • Ukrainian Centennial Days, Plaza of Nations, Vancouver 1991 and 2000
  • Canada Day at Canada Place, Vancouver 1992
  • Ukrainian Showcase, Pacific National Exhibition, Vancouver 1992
  • Ukrainian Canadian Congress, BC Branch 2011
  • 120th Anniversary of Ukrainian Settlement in Canada Celebration 2011

Director

  • Ukrainian Community Society of Ivan Franko, Richmond

More about Joan BranderCharities

More about Joan BranderMedia Attention

Digital Media Television
  • CBC The Early Edition with Stephen Quinn April 18, 2019
  • CBC Vancouver: our Vancouver, Easter eggs, the eastern European way, March 27, 2016
  • Shaw TV Vancouver: go! March 23, 2016
  • Delta Cable Communications: "Plugged IN! Pysanka with Joan Brander", Delta 2008
  • Voice of America, March 19, 2008
  • CityTV, Breakfast TV, Vancouver, March 22, 2005
  • CTV, Vancouver, March 26, 2005
  • Vancouver Cable 10 Echoes of Ukraine Easter Program: "Pysanka Workshop", Produced by Julia Stashuk, Vancouver, 1999
  • BCTV, Vancouver, April 4, 1998
  • Vancouver Cable 10 Echoes of Ukraine Easter Program: "Pysanka Workshop", Produced by Julia Stashuk, Vancouver, 1997
  • Vancouver Cable 10 Echoes of Ukraine Easter Program: "Pysanka Workshop", Produced by Julia Stashuk, Vancouver, 1994
  • Delta Cable 10 Community Events Program: "Bubblebash", Delta 1993
Radio
  • CBC The Early Edition with Stephen Quinn April 18, 2019
  • CBC BC Today with Michelle Eliot April 18, 2019
  • Nash Holos Interview, August 26, 2018
  • Nash Holos Interview, Vancouver, April 27, 2008
  • CBC, North by Northwest, Vancouver, March 19, 2004
  • See also Pysanka Power Podcast below which debuted on Nash Holos Radio
Newspapers
  • The Globe and Mail : "Fire and Colour" – April 11, 2020
  • Richmond Review – July 2, 2014
  • Richmond Review – August 21, 2013 [link to The Richmond Review website and advance to page 6, or .pdf version]
  • The Richmond News - March 14, 2012 [link to The Richmond News website and advance to page A17, or .pdf version]
  • Diverse, Canadian Multicultural Awareness Magazine focusing on Art + Culture + Heritage, Volume 3, Issue 1
  • The Ukrainian Weekly, April 27, 2008
  • Burnaby New Westminster NewsLeader, March 20, 2008
  • Burnaby New Westminster NewsLeader, April 7, 2007
  • Vancouver Shinpo, March 29, 2007
  • Vancouver Sun, March, 5, 2007
  • Burnaby New Westminster NewsLeader, April 15, 2006
  • Peninsula Lifestyles, April 8, 2004
  • Richmond Review, April 8, 2004
  • Delta Optimist, March 27, 2004
  • Richmond News, April 12, 2003
  • Florida Today, April 4, 2003
  • Richmond News, April 15, 2001
  • Delta Optimist, March 20, 1999
  • Richmond News, March 16, 1997
  • Richmond Review, April 3, 1996
  • Ming Pao, March 16, 1996
  • Richmond News, April 19, 1995
  • Richmond Review, April 19, 1995
  • Vancouver Sun, April 2, 1994
  • Richmond News, March 30, 1994
Newsletters and Magazines
  • Nasha Doroha, Spring 2014
  • Diverse, Canadian Multicultural Awareness Magazine focusing on Art + Culture + Heritage, Volume 3, Issue 1, Summer 2011
  • Ukrainian Community Society of Ivan Franko, Richmond, Volume 20, Number 3, Spring 2009
  • Solovei, Volume 4, Number 2, Spring 2008
  • Ukrainian Community Society of Ivan Franko, Richmond, Volume 10, Number 10, Spring 2008
  • Solovei, Volume 1, Number 2, Spring 2005
  • EGGS-aminer, published by Bluenose Press, Richmond, Volume 7, No. 2, July 2001
  • International Egg Art Guild, No. 78, April 1998
  • Ukrainian Community Society of Ivan Franko, Richmond, Spring 1994
  • Contact, published by Ukrainian Canadian Congress, British Columbia Provincial Council, Vancouver
Pysanka Power Video Clips on YouTube

Pysanka Power Podcast
  • Select this link for our links to listen to her Pysanka Power Podcast or use your favourite app
 

More about Joan BranderPromoting Pysanky

  • 2008 Pysanka Symposium (Washington, DC) – March 8, 2008
  • Malls
  • Teachers, Schools, Artist in Residence
    • B.C. Art Teachers' Association (1996 to 2004)
    • School Districts of British Columbia
  • Festivals, Multi-Cultural, and Community Events
    • Arts Alive, Langley – 2011
    • BC Ukrainian Cultural Festival 1998 to 2004
    • Chateau Whistler Resort – 2014 to 2018
    • Culture Days – 2014, 2015
    • Dragon Boat Festival, Vancouver – 1996
    • Eurofest, Swangard Stadium, Vancouver
    • Fusion Festival, Surrey – 2011 to 2012
    • International Tall Ships Festival, Richmond (Steveston) – 2002
    • Kaleidoscope: A World in Our City, Richmond – 2004
    • London Farm, Steveston - 1992, 1996, 1997 (Family Farm Fair) and 2011
    • Mountain Secondary School, Langley – 1997 (Multicultural Night)
    • Multicultural Celebration '98, Richmond - 1998
    • Multifest, Richmond - 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997
    • Palmer School (Community Interaction Days), Richmond – 1996
    • Panorama Heights Elementary School, Coquitlam – 1995
    • Plaza of Nations (Ukrainian Days), Vancouver – 1991
    • Pysanka Festival, Vegreville, Alberta – 1998, 1999, 2004
    • Richmond Doors Open – 2014
    • Richmond Nature Park, Richmond – 1991
    • Richmond World Festival – 2017, 2018
    • Rotary Club, Vancouver – 1993
    • Steveston Landing, Steveston - 1994, 1995, 1996
    • Steveston Salmon Festival on Canada Day - 2012 to 2016
    • Svitanok Performing Arts Society of BC – 2002
    • Ukrainian Community Society, Richmond – 1995 to 1999, 2004 to 2018
    • Vancouver European Festival – 2007 to 2015
    • Vancouver Multicultural Society of BC, Cultureshare – 1997
    • Vancouver Museum, Vancouver – 1994, 1998
    • Vegreville Pysanka Festival, Vegreville – 2004
    • Writers' on the Street, Vancouver – 1998
    • Yevshan Spring Festival, Abbotsford – 1998
  • Pysanka Power Podcast
  • Seniors
    • Courtyard Gardens, Richmond - 2006, 2011
    • Fraserview Manor, Richmond - 1994
    • Icelandic Care Centre, Vancouver - 1998
    • Inglewood Care Centre, West Vancouver - 2000
    • Kinsmen Senior Recreation Centre, Tsawwassen - 1997
    • Laurel Place, Surrey - 2009
    • Lions Manor, Richmond - 1996 to 2014
    • Pacifica Resort, Surrey - 2009
    • St. Michael's Senior Centre, Vancouver - 2000, 2001
  • Corporate Events
    • Chateau Whistler Fairmont Resort – 2014 to 2016
    • Delta Town & Country Inn, Delta –1993, 1995
    • Eatons, Lansdowne Shopping Centre, Richmond – 1992
    • Hycroft Manor, Vancouver – 2016
    • MacCallum McIntyre Law Corporation – 1992
    • Pixar Canada – 2013
    • Pryke, Lambert, Leathley, Russell Law Corporation – 2009
    • Richmond General Hospital– 1995 to 1997
  • Churches
    • Fraserview, Richmond
    • Holy Eucharist Ukrainian Catholic Church, Toronto – 2009
    • M.O.P.S., Richmond – 1995
    • Reah Fellowship, South Langley MB Church, Langley – 1994
    • St. Joseph the Worker Church, Richmond – 1995

More about Joan BranderEducational Background

  • Foam Lake Composite High School, Saskatchewan
  • Seneca College of Applied Arts & Technology, Toronto
  • Kwantlen College, Richmond – Part Time Studies
  • Vancouver Community College – Part-Times Studies
  • University of British Columbia – Real Estate Pre-Licensing Course
  • H&R Block Canada, Inc.
  • British Columbia Institute of Technology
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