October; 2010
Issue
75
In This
Issue:
*Consul General's message
*Poster Biennale
*Photo Contest
*Traces of Judaism
*Wroclaw Global Forum
*Postscaenium exhibit
*Promotion of Academic Entrepeneurship
*Conference on War Correspondent
*American West
*Concerts in Opole and Krakow
No matter your interest, the Consulate has something sure to interest you in October. We have filled the month with exceptional speakers and excellent cultural offerings. Of course, we couldn’t do it without help and we are pleased and honored to have such wonderful partner organizations throughout southern Poland. As I look over the list, it reminds me once again of the broad values and principles the United States and Poland share.
I also invite you to visit our website for more information and photos of events and to stay informed of updates during the month. We have just updated the Polish version of our site and think it will provide an even more enjoyable experience.
Sincerely,
Allen Greenberg
Consul
General
Allen Greenberg
3rd International Socio-Political Poster Biennale in Oswiecim
The 3rd International Socio-Political Poster Biennale-Creative For Human Rights will take place in Oswiecim at the International Meeting House. The opening of the exhibition and award ceremony will be followed by a concert. Entrance free. The ceremony will be translated simultaneously into Polish and English.
More information available at www.mdsm.pl
Photo Contest "USA in Your Camera Lens"
The American Embassy Warsaw, the American Consulate General Krakow and
the American Corners in Poland are pleased to announce a
Photography Contest “USA w Twoim Obiektywie” (USA in Your Camera Lens.) Please read the Contest rules on our websites:
http://poland.usembassy.gov/
http://polish.krakow.usconsulate.gov/
http://www.amcorners.pl/wroclaw/index.html
Prizes include: a video camera, a telescope, a camera tripod, and various photographic accessories. Photos must be sent before or on December 22, 2010.
The Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Science is organizing a conference „Traces of Judaism in Contemporary Thought“ at the Jewish Community Center, Krakow, Miodowa St. 24 on 4-6 October. The conference is to establish a new platform of intellectual exchange, bringing together eminent scholars in Jewish Studies and philosophers drawing in their work on Jewish tradition. It is also to make possible the encounter between growing Polish academic community dealing with the field and the leading international scholars. Professor Oliver Leaman from the University of Kentucky will participate in the conference.
More information on the program of the conference: http://jcckrakow.org/
From October 6 to 8, the Wrocław Global Forum will focus on Strengthening the Transatlantic Dialog to Tackle Global Challenges. The Forum will explore the prospects for a renewed relevance of the transatlantic relationship in three crucial areas: building the common transatlantic market, forging a more strategic U.S.-EU partnership, and assuming joint leadership in an interdependent world.
The opening of an exhibit „POSTSCAENIUM II” by Edwin Grat will take place on October 11 at 18:00 in the BB gallery Kraków, ul. Garbarska 24. The exhibit will be on display October 11-22, 2010. Grat says of his work: "For over 40 years I have pursued a concept, conceived in my early years in academia. My paintings are environments where elements of polarity are organized to convey a personal compelling message to the viewer. At one end of the pole, I choreograph, flexible, colorful figures that gesticulate an inner flowing energy as they develop and assume their own personality and power. At the opposite extreme, the hard inflexible, unsympathetic, monochromatic backgrounds will always be at odds with the figures."
More information at: http://edwindavidgrat.artspan.com/home
On October 14 Consul General Allen Greenberg will open a three day long program at the Catholic University in Lvov. The program is organized by the Jan Nowak Jezioranski College of Eastern Europe in cooperation with the U.S. Consulate General in Krakow, and two Ukrainian organizations: Lvov Center for Academic, Technical and Economic Information and The Pantheon of Science, Lvov Association of Young Academics. Polish experts and specialists with long experience with technology parks will share best practices of Academic Incubators and Technology parks with twenty participants from Innovation Centers operating at various Ukrainian universities.
The Institute of Journalism and Social Communication and the Institute of Culture of the Jagiellonian University together with several other institutions including U.S. Consulate General in Krakow are organizing an academic conference entitled: “The Profession of War Correspondent – Yesterday and Today” on 19-20 October in Krakow. The participants will discuss legal-ethical issues, challenges for the job, history and contemporary situation of war correspondence. The program of the conference includes a videoconference on “The War Correspondent (Tasks, Possibilities, Legal Aspects, Independence) – The American Viewpoint” with George Esper Visiting Professor in Journalism in the PI Reed School of Journalism, West Virginia University, a former combat correspondent for The Associated Press, who covered both the Vietnam and Gulf Wars. The videoconference will take place at 15:15 on October 19 at the U.S. Consulate General, Stolarska 9. If you would like to participate in the videoconference please confirm by October 17 at tel: +12 424 51 43 or krakowairc@state.gov.
An exhibition of fifty photographs by Polish-American photographer Wieslaw Pikul showing landscapes of American national parks will be opened at the Institute of Geography of Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce, ul. Świętokrzyska 15 on October 21. The opening of the exhibit will be accompanied by a film and a presentation on U.S. National Parks. The images of the American national parks were taken by Polish-American artist Wieslaw Pikul who traveled thousands of miles in the most beautiful parts of the U.S. and took photos of the most stunning American landscapes.
The exhibit will be opened to the public until the end of November.
The Opole School of Music has invited an American pianist Neal Larrabee to play at the concert celebrating the Chopin Year and the school’s participation in the Chopin National Contest. The concert including all Chopin mazurkas, sonatas and polonaises will be held at the school on October 27.
Neal Larrabee who is a music professor at the University of Connecticut has been connected with Poland for many years. His highly regarded interpretations of Chopin have led to recordings, national broadcasts on television and radio, and engagements in virtually every major concert hall in Poland.
Professor Larrabee studied at the Eastman School of Music and at the Juilliard School. He was awarded a Fulbright grant for study at the Moscow Conservatory and has won honors in the Fifth International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow and the Ninth International Chopin Competition in Warsaw and was the first pianist to have been awarded the Artur Rubenstein Medal as winner of the Young Musician's Foundation Competition in Los Angeles.
For more information about the concert, please contact Fryderyk Chopin Music School in Opole
In the 2010-2011 season, the Krakow Philharmonic will present four concerts featuring American composers: Philip Glass, George Gershwin, Leonard Bernstein and Aaron Copland and present prominent American artists to the Polish audience. The first concert in the series will be held on Friday October 29 and will include 3rd Symphony by Philip Glass, an American composer who is considered one of the most influential composers of the late 20th century. Philip Glass studied in Julliard School of Music and worked with Nadia Boulanger as a Fulbright Scholar in Paris. Glass is a prolific composer. He has written works for his own musical group which he founded as well as operas, musical theater works, eight symphonies, ten concertos, string quartets and film scores. The best known films with his music in Poland are: The Illusionist, Truman Show and The Hours. Three of his film scores have been nominated for Academy Awards.
For the concert details please see the program at Krakow Philharmonic website: www.filharmonia.krakow.
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