Lisa Molendini led a Dutch hex sign painting workshop on Tuesday at Alternative Alchemist, Hazle Twp. The Pennsylvania Dutch tradition of creating colorful round hex signs to adorn their barns and ...

In certain parts of the USA, you might see bright, colorful stars adorning the homes of locals. What are they, though - and ...

Kathy Dennett was searching for an inspired birthday gift when she decided to draw on an idea from her birthplace in Pennsylvania: She painted a variation on a hex sign, those forms of American art ...

KUTZTOWN, Pa. - For one local artist, creating art is not just a job but an adventure he shares with people every year at the Kutztown Folk Festival. "I paint Hex signs and I paint barn stars," said ...

A live hex sign painting was a new addition to this year’s Kutztown Folk Festival. Standing on a ladder 12 feet in the air, hex sign painter Patrick Donmoyer, Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage ...

READING — Eric Claypoole has been around hex signs since he was 5 years old, but there's one question he still can't answer: Why do the Pennsylvania Dutch paint hex signs on their barns? Claypoole, 47 ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Among the highlights of this year’s 64th Annual PA Dutch Folk festival was an academic study done ...

Perhaps nothing symbolizes Pennsylvania Dutch culture more than the hex sign. Some believe hex signs were first added to barns as a kind of painted prayer, usually for blessings and as protection from ...

Renowned folk artist Johnny Claypoole, a master painter of Pennsylvania German hex signs, died Wednesday of a heart attack in Lehigh Valley Hospital, Salisbury Township, a family spokesman confirmed.

Many barns in Pennsylvania are decorated with barn stars or hex signs, but not many people know their true origin and meaning.Photos: The hidden meaning of hex signs Why were these signs painted on ...