She customizes designs to the group she’s working with but always includes a Polish component because, she says, it is a part of her history. Wycinanki developed in the mid-1800s as a folk art ...

Now 36 and based in Elton, Wróbel uses only scissors and paper to hand-cut traditional folk designs blended with the nature and culture of Cajun country to produce original wycinanki art.

The Polish Cultural Club of Greater Hartford Inc. is sponsoring "An Exclusive Sunday at the Museum," a visit to The Polish Center of Discovery and Learning in Chicopee on Sunday, April 30, at 1 p.m.