On Friday evening, a large audience admired the works of Jolanta Dusza, a teacher and painter who specializes in coffee painting.
The president proposed a new name for the gallery at BOK-MCC. “Welcome to the gallery, no longer Długa, but not short either—let’s call it ‘Just Right,’” Piotr Roman joked. “One of the candidates for president was outraged that we had closed the gallery, so we could also call it a ghost gallery. The most important thing, however, is that the gallery exists and serves talented residents, because Bolesławiec is a city rich in creative people.”
Many attractions were prepared for the opening. The most important was a coffee-painting demonstration by the author of the works, who modestly referred to her creations as ‘little pictures’ and approached being called an artist with a sense of distance.
The slightly nervous painter showed how to make dye from instant coffee and painted a pencil sketch prepared beforehand. Guests watched the coffee-painting technique with enthusiasm, admiring Jolanta Dusza’s artistic craftsmanship.
During the opening, women from the Association of Re-emigrants from Bosnia, Their Descendants and Friends, dressed in folk costumes, prepared excellent Bosnian coffee, which they served to the guests attending the opening.
“It is a great pleasure to welcome a Bolesławiec artist to the newly arranged gallery,” said Ewa Lijewska-Małachowska. “Previously, we exhibited ceramic sculptures, oil paintings and Japanese prints in the gallery, but we have never had paintings made with coffee here before. I especially encourage you to visit the exhibition, drink coffee and attend a film presentation about this exceptional beverage, prepared in the intimate cinema hall,” the director encouraged the guests.
Jolanta Dusza thanked everyone for coming in such large numbers. She thanked the president for his support, Ewa Lijewska-Małachowska for organizing the opening and her husband for the many years of assistance he had given her.
