The ceremony for awarding the “Meritorious for Polish Culture Gloria Artis” medal to Janina Bany-Kozłowska is being hosted by Bolesławiec Mayor Piotr Roman and the organizers: the Museum of Ceramics in Bolesławiec, the Bolesławiec Enthusiasts’ Society, Zakłady Ceramiczne “Bolesławiec” Sp. z o.o., the Bolesławiec Urban Municipality and the Bolesławiec Cultural Centre–International Ceramics Centre.
The medal ceremony will take place on Friday, 30 January, at 4:00 p.m. at the “Orzeł” Cultural Integration Centre. The “Meritorious for Polish Culture Gloria Artis” medal will be presented by Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Economy Ilona Antoniszyn-Klik.
Immediately after the ceremony, the opening of the monographic exhibition of Janina Bany-Kozłowska’s works, “Harmony of Form”, will be held at the Museum of Ceramics at 14 Kutuzowa Street. The exhibition has been prepared from the Museum’s collections and the private collection of Janina and Mieczysław Kozłowski. It will feature both functional ceramics, from the oldest now-iconic designs to the latest proposals, and artistic sculptural forms.
Ceremony programme
- Address by Anna Bober-Tubaj, director of the Museum of Ceramics in Bolesławiec
- Address by Zygmunt Brusiło, president of the Bolesławiec Enthusiasts’ Society
- Address by Dr Barbara Banaś, curator of the Department of Contemporary Ceramics and Glass at the National Museum in Wrocław
- Address by Karol Stasik, president of the Management Board of Zakłady Ceramiczne “Bolesławiec” in Bolesławiec Sp. z o.o.
- Presentation of the silver “Meritorious for Polish Culture Gloria Artis” medal by Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Economy Ilona Antoniszyn-Klik
- Address by Janina Bany-Kozłowska
- Opening of the monographic exhibition of Janina Bany-Kozłowska’s works. The exhibition will be open from 30 January to 28 February 2015.
