About workshops
Every year is one big, beautiful, sometimes messy adventure with art. We go along the trail of Polish folk crafts.
Village Tales: The Creative Journey into the Past
We travel through the Polish villages and borrow ourselves from our grandmothers' handicraft. Every stop begins with a story, so the imagination can better lead the hands. We work with many different materials: we pinch and press in clay, we cast in plaster, we look for textures, we embroider with needle and hoop, we dye fabric with plants, we cut, paste and build with paper. That is why we come to the class in clothes we do not mind ruining. The year ends with a real vernissage — with exhibition, diplomas and flowers.
Gallery of One Artist
In January we meet in threes, for 15–20 minutes: a parent, a child, and me. The child is the main speaker — they show their works and tell about them. I guide them through the meeting with questions, so that they have something to be proud of and leave here winged. At the end they receive a diploma ARTu. This meeting is only appreciative. By the child we do not go over difficulties or criticisms — because they must leave with the feeling that their work has value. If you, dear parents, want fuller feedback, there are two paths: a short description of how the child works on the class (free, once a semester), or a pedagogical consultation — a talk without the child.
Classes for Those Who Want to Try
For children aged 7–10 who like to create — or who just want to find out whether they like it. You do not need "artistic abilities". The rule we start the first class with is this: mostly we have a good time and we try new things. If we make something for the first time, it probably will not come out perfectly — and that is the point. What counts is curiosity, not the result. Social-emotional development is not the goal or the programme here — it happens by itself, because we work together at one table.
From the Baltic to the Tatras: Discovering Polish Handicraft
Through the whole year we wander through plastic techniques and through Poland, along the trail of folk crafts — from clay and stamps, through cut paper and embroidery, to painting on glass. We work with hands and very different materials: pinching, embroidering with a needle, dyeing fabric with real plants, sculpting, cutting, gluing and building with paper. Every topic starts with a short story — where that technique comes from and why people started making it that way. Some pieces take two meetings.
The Great Exhibition of Little Masters
The year ends with a real exhibition in the gym hall. We hang and set up the works from the whole year, look at them together, applaud and seek our favourites. Then we invite every child in turn "onto the stage" — with their favourite work. Each receives something only for themselves: a few sentences about what they saw in them through the year. There is applause from the whole hall, flowers and a keepsake at the end of the school year. At the end come refreshments and time to talk. We invite parents, siblings, grandparents. Let everyone who wants to see these works come!
Past Workshops
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Terms & Conditions
Seats are first come, first served; bookings are held until the day before the class.
Pots fired during a class stay with their maker unless they break, in which case the studio keeps the shards for the next show-and-tell. Workshop dates may change if weather or kiln checks force it — the calendar on this page is always the latest word.