The significant cultural events in our town at the turn of March and April 1993 were: Tatiana Wołoszko’s “Tapestries” exhibition (opening on 26 March), an exhibition of photographs by Jan Bortkiewicz (opening at the Museum of Ceramics on 27 March), and the “Poszukiwania 93” Theatre Meetings at the Youth Cultural Centre.
Tatiana Wołoszko is Ukrainian and lives in Poltava. She studied artistic textiles in Lviv, where she later worked as a lecturer at an art school. Ceramic art is not foreign to her either. At the BOK Gallery, she presented 30 works, among which IKARY in noble shades of grey, SKRZYPEK in the style of M. Chagall, horses on textiles measuring 2 x 2 m, and triptychs certainly made a strong impression on visitors. A characteristic feature of the exhibited works was that they were mounted on stretcher frames or in frames, which is rarely encountered at textile exhibitions. It is worth noting that the tapestries by T. Wołoszko exhibited in Bolesławiec were the first exhibition by a Ukrainian artist in Poland.
On 27 March, the Museum of Ceramics hosted the opening of an exhibition of photographs by Jan Bortkiewicz, a photography lecturer at PWSSP in Wrocław and a photojournalist for the monthly magazines “Polska” and “Odra”. In Bolesławiec, Jan Bortkiewicz is exhibiting (until mid-May) 345 photographs taken during his stay at the EXPO 92 World Exhibition in Seville. The exhibition also features more than 20 larger artistic photographs. The photographs perfectly reflect the atmosphere of the world exhibition, at which Wrocław was also presented during three days in September 1992.
The “Theatre Meetings” organised at the Youth Cultural Centre on the occasion of International Theatre Day (27 March) deserved a larger audience, and it is regrettable that some events of this kind are organised almost exclusively for their participants – performers and jurors. The performance “ramy”, presented by Teatr BOMBAZ from Jelenia Góra and directed and conceived by Karol Nowakowski, could satisfy both young and older viewers with a cultivated theatrical taste. It was watched with concentration and suspense by a dozen or so people.
Teams and performers from the Cultural Centres in Jelenia Góra and Bogatynia, the Youth Cultural Centre in Bolesławiec, the secondary schools in Bogatynia and Bolesławiec, and the Primary School in Kruszyn took part in the “Presentations”. All the performers presented an ambitious repertoire and acting of a high standard. The event lasted all day.