At II LO, the school corridors are an unusual exhibition space. These large, bright areas serve local artists. The latest exhibition at II LO features sculptures from the International Ceramic and Sculpture Open-Air Workshop. The school principal established cooperation with Ewa Lijewska-Małachowska and suggested displaying at the school works that had previously been kept in the BOK-MCC storerooms.
“I am pleased with this cooperation between the cultural centre, the municipal and county institution, and my school,” says Mirosław Sakowski. “We can communicate efficiently to create something special. The principal readily agreed to this exhibition and to lending the sculptures. Katarzyna Zarówny, a specialist in exhibitions at BOK-MCC, helped arrange the works, and now the sculptures by the open-air workshop artists are viewed by 400 students at our school during the day.
The works surprise visitors and inspire various associations, living their own lives in the corridors, which are noisy during breaks. Students have already got used to paintings by artists hanging on their school walls, good photographs, and excellent sculptures standing on pedestals—all instead of educational charts and other display cases. They say it is cool, interesting, and that it catches their attention.
“When arranging this unusual exhibition, I was guided first by the safety of the sculptures, and then by colour,” says Katarzyna Zarówny. “It is a fantastic initiative: instead of keeping the sculptures in storerooms, they can ‘go out’ to people—in this case, to secondary-school students.
The corridors of II LO feature works by artists from several years of the open-air workshop.
- Totem, by Maria Eugenia Belden Rangel from Mexico (fireclay, white slip, coloured glaze). The sculpture was created during the 49th International Ceramic and Sculpture Open-Air Workshop in Bolesławiec in 2013
- Meeting at the Border, by Sophie Maslowska from France (fireclay). The sculpture was created during the 49th International Ceramic and Sculpture Open-Air Workshop in Bolesławiec in 2013
- Untitled, by Kinga Ogórek from Poland (hand-shaped fireclay). The sculpture was created during the 49th International Ceramic and Sculpture Open-Air Workshop in Bolesławiec in 2013
- Islands, by Joan Poch from Spain (fireclay). The sculpture was created during the 50th International Ceramic and Sculpture Open-Air Workshop in Bolesławiec in 2014
- The One in Love, by Joto Giotto Dimitrowa from Macedonia (fireclay). The sculpture was created during the 47th International Ceramic and Sculpture Open-Air Workshop in Bolesławiec in 2011
- The Mass of the Wanderer, by Katarzyna Hałas from Poland (fireclay, fusing glass). The sculpture was created during the 46th International Ceramic and Sculpture Open-Air Workshop in Bolesławiec in 2010
- Particles of Bolesławiec, by Brett Thomas from the USA, Florida (fireclay, slip). The sculpture was created during the 44th International Ceramic and Sculpture Open-Air Workshop in Bolesławiec in 2008
- Untitled, by Teresa Klaman from Poland (fireclay). The sculpture was created during the 44th International Ceramic and Sculpture Open-Air Workshop in Bolesławiec in 2008
- Untitled, by Atrioma Goresławca from Kazakhstan (fireclay). The sculpture was created during the 41st International Ceramic and Sculpture Open-Air Workshop in Bolesławiec in 2005
