Maria Parczewska's artistic action ‘Placed under Protection’
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The BWA Contemporary Art Gallery has launched a year-long project, READY, STEADY, ART!, a series of art events throughout the city of Katowice aiming to creatively animate its inhabitants.
The scope of the project is two-dimensional and includes complementary actions: on the one hand, happenings, performances and events by guest artists, on the other — educational-motivational workshops.
The goal is to create situations that contrast reality, stimulating imagination and encouraging reflection our major concerns: identity, culture, ecology and more. Children, youth and the elderly will be involved in the educational-motivational part of the project. Workshop-like meetings with artists will show them various forms of artistic expression, and engage them in the design and realisation of the projects, thus developing their independent artistic direction.
READY, STEADY, ART! — actions in Katowice urban space started in August As we follow the same route every day, we slowly blend in with the landscape and stop responding to external stimuli. To prevent this, the BWA Contemporary...
The action ‘Placed under Protection’ refers to the past practice of putting ‘Keep off the grass’ signs on lawns. The aim of the action is to strengthen values, to invoke our individuality, uniqueness and sensitivity. Key words include: quiet, dignity, friendship and trust.
22nd September, 10 a.m.
Maria Parczewska
Psychologist, educator, designer, curator at the Centre for Contemporary Art in Warsaw. Following her long experience as a therapist and visual artist, in 1990 she co-founded the Laboratory of Creative Education at the Centre for Contemporary Art. The project is aimed at professional educators, therapists, rehabilitation centre workers, cultural and artistic educators. She conducts creative workshops, lectures, specialised trainings; collaborates with numerous institutions in Poland and Europe. For 15 years she has been involved in designing and running a specialisation program ‘Culture Animation’ at the Institute of Polish Culture at the University of Warsaw; she also collaborates with the Jagiellonian University and Wyższa Szkoła Pedagogiki Resocjalizacyjnej Pedagogium in Warsaw. Author of publications and articles on the subject of cultural animation and creativity. Designer of books, posters and art publications.
