Local artist Kasia Pawluskiewicz has an exhibition of her paintings and prints at Heritage Distilling Co in Roslyn, WA through July 2023. The exhibition presents ten contemporary figurative oil paintings and a large collection of Japanese-style Gyotaku fish prints (see below) of sea creatures caught over the last ten years of Kasia’s career as a chef aboard luxury yachts, research and cargo vessels from the Bahamas to the Arctic circle. The artist is available for
This is another opportunity to see a painting exhibition by the local artist Wendy Rader-Konofalski. The exhibition is at Cafe Ladro Issaquah Highlands in Issaquah and runs for three months, from May 12 till August 11. The opening reception is on May 21, 2023, from 2:30 pm to 4 pm. The exhibition presents several abstract landscapes and other abstract acrylic paintings. The show is available during the coffee shop business hours. More: please visit Wendy’s
The UW Polish Studies Endowment Committee present the lecture “Textile as Text: Gender and Social Issues in Polish Textile Art” by Dr. Agata Stronciwilk. When attending the lecture, please come at 6:30 pm for the opening reception of the new generations’ Polish Poster exhibit, organized by Dr. Stronciwilk at the UW Allen Library North Lobby. The lecture starts at 7:15 pm. Sewing, embroidery, and weaving have been stereotypically considered to be women’s activities, limited to
Seattle Polish Film Festival presents the 2021 movie “Brigitte Bardot Forever” / “Brigitte Bardot cudowna“, by the renowned director Lech Majewski (“The Mill and the Cross“, “The Garden of Earthly Delights“, “Angelus“). The film stars are Kacper Olszewski, Magdalena Różczka and Joanna Opozda. The movie has won several awards at the international festival circuit in 2021 & 2022. The mid-20th century in communist Poland. Adam lives with his mother, who is persecuted by the state
Wendy Rader-Konofalski is a local artist with another exhibition, this time at Victor’s Celtic Coffee in Redmond. The opening reception for her show “The Magic of the Unexpected” is on April 2, 2023, from 2 pm to 4 pm. The exhibition presents several of her large and medium abstract acrylic paintings and abstract mixed media collages on paper. The show, sharing space with a landscape photo exhibit by Les Williams, is available from March 26
Wayward Music Series presents the concert “Luke Fitzpatrick: The Light Strikes” with violinist Luke Fitzpatrick. The program with solo works fusing violin, electronics and voice includes newly commissioned works by composers Kerrith Livengood, Sam Krahn, Marcin Pączkowski and Luke Fitzpatrick. The concert will also feature a “golden” classic: a work for violin and electronics written for Luke by Jeff Bowen. Pączkowski’s composition, “Softly Shall You Sleep” is a musical piece for violin, voice, and live electronics that draws
The Polish Home Association and the Seattle Polish Foundation present an inaugural Chopin concert showcasing the new excellent Steinway B concert grand piano that has been recently purchased through a very successful fundraiser honoring memory of Barbara Strutynski. The concert is open to the general public. The program of this concert is similar to the Donors’ Gala concert in February. Wine will be available before and after the concert. Program of the evening includes piano
The Polish Cultural Center presents The Marek Probosz Theater in the monodrama “Powrót Norwida / Norwid’s Return“; the performance is in Polish with English subtitles. This spectacle, directed and produced by Marek Probosz, has won the Best New York Premiere award at the United Solo Festival in New York. The monodrama starring Marek Probosz has been written by Kazimierz Brown based on works by the great romantic poet Cyprian Norwid and features piano music arranged
The Polish Home Association and the Seattle Polish Foundation present an appreciation concert for donors who contributed to the recent grand piano fundraiser in memory of Barbara Strutynski. The fundraiser has gathered over $60,000 to purchase an excellent Steinway B concert piano for the Polish Cultural Center Dom Polski in Seattle. This is the very first concert using the new piano. It honors memory of Barbara Strutynski and is by invitation only as a token
Wendy Rader-Konofalski is a local artist who has just opened her first solo exhibition at Caffe Ladro in West Seattle where she presents several of her acrylic paintings. This exhibition is available till January 31, 2023, during the caffe business hours – from 6:30 am to 6 pm on weekdays and from 6:30 am to 5 pm on weekends. Her smaller works can be also seen at the Parklane Gallery in Kirkland as part of
The fall bazaar comes to the Polish Cultural Center at its usual first weekend of November, organized by the Polish Women’s Club. Similar to the last year, the Polish bazaar will last only one day, instead of the usual two before the pandemic. Other than that, it is expected to feature the usual: booths with amber and jewelry, arts and crafts, Polish crystals and Boleslawiec pottery as well as booths by local Polish organizations. You
The Seattle Polish Film Festival is back! The festival turns thirty this year, as it was created in 1992 by Michal Friedrich and Tom Podl with the help of Christopher Kamyszew and the Polish Film Festival in America in Chicago. This is the second oldest Polish film festival in the United States, after the Chicago festival. The festival starts with the “Vodka and the Drop of Art” event on October 13, 2022. Screening will be
The Camas Public Library in Camas, WA presents an exhibition and book signing event organized by the Camas Sister City Organization. The book “Silesian Stories” has been written by Lloyd Halverson and printed in Polish and English by the City of Krapkowice, Poland. Krapkowice is a sister city to Camas. Book themes include resilience and connections between Silesia region in Poland and America, as well as episodes from the regional history. It is richly illustrated
The Kosciuszko Foundation Online Programs and the Polish Program at the CUNY Hunter College present the webinar Transformation of Mr. Cogito: Debating Zbigniew Herbert Poetic Legacy by Jaroslaw Anders. A discussion moderated by Małgorzata Pospiech, Ph. D., will follow the lecture. Zbigniew Herbert was of the most recognizable poetic voices of the postwar East-Central Europe. He was hailed for his intellectual and moral clarity, his erudite cultural references, his stoic poise in the face of
Linda Hodges Gallery in Seattle presents an exhibition Form Follows Language by ceramist Sylwia Tur. Join Sylwia at the artist reception on September 1 between 6 and 8 pm. Below is an intro written by the artist Dear All, I would like to invite you to my third solo exhibition at Linda Hodges Gallery: “Form Follows Language”, where I continue my sculptural work of giving physical dimension to language. In my recent exhibition at the
Polish Festival Seattle returns to the Seattle Center Armory and the Mural Amphitheater this year. This year is also the 10th anniversary of the festival – it started in 2012, yeah! The festival will open with a parade from the Mural Amphitheatre to the Armory Food & Event Hall at 12 p.m. There will be the usual attractions – folk group performances, a Chopin concert, exhibitions, movies, workshops, Polish food and a beer garden as well
The Parklane Gallery in Kirkland presents Silent Voices – a painting exhibition by Irena Jablonski. Jablonski was born and raised in Poland, then worked as a structural engineer in South Africa. She moved to the United States in 1990s and started her artist education in California. Now based in the Seattle area, she has been represented by the Parklane Gallery for about a decade. Jablonski has always been intrigued by the human vulnerability in coping with
Bellevue Arts Museum presents an exhibition Object Permanence connecting science and art and featuring two artists Timea Tihanyi and Sylwia Tur. Join ceramicists Timea Tihanyi and Sylwia Tur for an in-gallery discussion of their exhibition on May 8 at 3 pm. A site-specific installation that includes porcelain sculptures, audio, and video artworks, Object Permanence serves as a space for dialogue and collaboration between Tihanyi and Tur, and an opportunity for visitors to discover convergences and
Bellevue Arts Museum presents an exhibition Object Permanence connecting science and art and featuring two artists Timea Tihanyi and Sylwia Tur. The exhibition runs till May 29, 2022. Update: the discussion about the exhibition with both artists, scheduled in April, has been moved to May 8 at 3 pm; instead, on April 9 at 2 pm, Sylwia Tur will give private tour of her exhibition. Object Permanence is a space for dialogue and collaboration between two
The UW Dept. of Digital Arts and Experimental Media (DXARTS) presents its Winter Concert: Movement Actuation, featuring Marcin Pączkowski and other artists. The program includes recent work and world premieres exploring gesture made sound, spaces made of movement, and algorithms of artistic expression. Pączkowski, a research associate at DXARTS, is a composer, conductor, digital artist and performer exploring ambisonics, computer music, electro-acoustic music and live electronics. He created an ingenious interactive electronic system converting gestures to