Polish Exhibition
Polish Artists : Elżbieta Tęgowska, Magdalena Nowak and Urszula Dulewicz invite you to the exhibition in Gallery 49 in Falmouth , Cornwall Details below:
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Halloween
Have you ever wondered how Halloween began and who started the eccentric practices which evolved into our celebrations today? Let's explore local and global customs and traditions that make Halloween what it is today -and why it's so much fun. What is Halloween? Halloween is an ancient festival, which has its roots in the Celtic festival of Samhain (Sah-ween), when the Celts (ancient inhabitants of Great Britain) celebrated their New Year. They believed that on that day souls of those who had died progressed to the underworld. It was said to be the night when ghosts, demons and witches roamed the earth and people tried to placate them with offerings of nuts and berries. Nowadays these offerings are more likely to be the Mars Bars and Snickers given out to children trick or treating. Today Halloween is celebrated on All Hallows Eve, the night of October 31, the last night of October which was originally the eve of Samhain. What are the colours of Halloween? As you probably gues...
Polish and British artists at Women's Day Festival
On the occasion of International Women's Day I went to see an art exhibition as well as music festival organised by Fish Factory in Falmouth and W.A.N.K. (Women's Art Network Kernow). I have just found out that Kernow means Cornwall in Cornish language :) Obviously, all artists, whose pictures and other pieces of art we could admire and whose songs we were pleased to hear, were women. Mostly from Cornwall and Poland but also from other parts of the United Kingdom. Our Polish representatives were artists from Pomerania: Elżbieta Tęgowska, Magdalena Nowak, Urszula Dulewicz and Anna Sokolska. Photos from the event below. Enjoy! Elżbieta Tęgowska F or more information about this artist from Gdansk click here: Elżbieta Tęgowska . Africa VI; Africa I; Untitled . Elżbieta Tęgowska; technique: ink and quill Africa I , Elżbieta Tęgowska Untitled , Elżbieta Tęgowska Magdalena Nowak Man I, Magdalena Nowak; technique: mixed media Man II, M...
World Book Day in British schools
This week all British schools are celebrating the World Book Day Week. Depending on a school students are doing various activities connected with their favourite books: preparing costumes to wear on the 5th of March, decorating classrooms or classrooms' doors or they read together. In secondary school I'm working in, teachers are reading students a book. All week before each lesson students are listening to two chapters of Ian Serraillier's book titled 'The Silver Sword'. Ian Seraillier was a British novelist and poet. He is best known for writing children's books, 'The Silver Sword' is his most famous novel, published in 1956. The book tells the story of a Polish family during World War II. I must admitt the book is very good and I'm glad that British teenagers may get to know at least a little bit about the war atrocities that Poles experienced. This wartime adventure story was adapted for television by the BBC in 1957 and again in 1971. Below ...