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October 23, 2022 marked the end of the XI Kazimierska PLENERIADA OF ARTISTIC UNIVERSITIES in Kazimierz Dolny nad Wisłą, organized by the Warsaw-based "STALOWA Gallery Foundation". It was attended by students and teaching staff from the University of Rzeszow, the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk and UJK in Kielce - a total of 24 people. For 11 days at the House of Creative Work of the Catholic University of Lublin (Dom Pracy Twórczej KUL) at 94 Pulawska Street in Kazimierz Dolny, the students could, under the guidance of their professors and assistants, not only create paintings, but also visit the area, get to know each other well and feast together. A regular feature of the program was the evening seminar part, during which the teaching staff gave presentations and activities for all students and invited guests.

Participants of the 11th Kazimierska PLENERIAD of Artistic Universities in front of the House of Creative Work of the Catholic University of Lublin in Kazimierz Dolny.

Numerous plein-air painting workshops are held throughout Poland. In general, they are intended for artists who have already completed their studies and obtained a relevant university diploma. Plein-air paintings organized by universities are intended for students of a particular art school. In fact, there is no place where students from 3 different universities from all over Poland can meet to get to know each other, exchange experiences and compare their work. The "Kazimierska PLENERIADA OF ART UNIVERSITIES" project is aimed precisely at integrating art communities from different regions of Poland. Staying in the iconic place for painters, which is Kazimierz Dolny on the Vistula River, gives young artists the opportunity to freely realize their artistic ideas under the guidance of "their" professor and with the help of "their" assistant.

Krzysztof Fabijański, President of the STALOWA Art Gallery Foundation

"I used the name PLENERIADA to indicate the duality of my idea: students are at the plein air and paint pictures, but there is an element of rivalry between students from different universities, because at the end of the plein air, during the jury's picture, the winners of the "PLENERIADA" are selected and the results are announced during the vernissage.
During the evening seminar part, professors Urszula Ślusarczyk, Jacek Balicki and Marek Wrzesiński and their assistants Anna Wolska, Piotr Woroniec and Przemysław Garczyński presented their creative path.

Lecture and presentation by Prof. Urszula Ślusarczyk of UJK in Kielce





Lecture and presentation by Prof. Jacek Balicki of UR in Rzeszow



Lecture and presentation by Prof. Marek Wrzesinski of the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk.






Students during the evening part of the seminar in the DPT KUL conference room in Kazimierz Dolny, which was turned into a studio

Tuesday morning was dedicated to a trip to Lublin.





Participants of the XI PLENERIAD in front of the Castle, which houses the National Museum in Lublin




Tour of the Chapel of the Holy Trinity in Lublin




Visiting the temporary exhibition "Magic of Ancient Egypt" at the National Museum in Lublin

Thanks to the kindness of the management of the National Museum, as every year, we visited with a guide the collection of Polish painting including works of artists creating from the 17th century to modern times and the exhibition of the "Castle" group, and then with another guide we saw the Chapel of the Holy Trinity, as well as the temporary exhibition "Magic of Ancient Egypt". Many thanks to the ladies
During our walk through the Old Town and Krakowskie Przedmieście, we visited the "White" gallery. The invaluable Anna Nawrot not only guided us through the exhibition of paintings by Piotr Jozefowicz, but also gave us extremely valuable information about the origins of the gallery and how it has operated for 37 years!!! The participants were also gifted with publications of the "White" Gallery. At the Center for the Meeting of Cultures, Prof. Mariusz Drzewinski showed us around, among other things, the exhibition prepared by the Institute of Fine Arts as part of the 50th anniversary celebrations of art faculties at Maria Curie Sklodowska University in Lublin. This is the most complete display to date of the creative achievements of the artists who make up the Institute's scientific and didactic staff.





Ms. Anna Nawrot - Director of the WHITE Gallery gives a tour of the exhibition of Prof. Piotr Jozefowicz from Gdansk.




The work of Prof. Mariusz Drzewinski at an exhibition at the CSK in Lublin on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of art faculties at Maria Curie Sklodowska University in Lublin.

One of the evenings was devoted to a video presentation of the "Biennale in Venice" extremely interestingly conducted by Dr. Dorota Seweryn-Puchalska from the Nadwislańskie Museum, and on another evening the President of the STALOWA Gallery Foundation talked about the idea of PLENERIADs, showed slides from the ten previous editions of this event and also from other educational activities of the Foundation, including the STALOWA ACADEMY OF ART.





Dr. Dorota Seweryn-Puchalska during the presentation of "Biennale in Venice"

The opening of the post-open-air exhibition took place for the first time in the exhibition rooms of the Natural History Branch of the Nadwislańskie Museum at 54 Pulawska Street in Kazimierz Dolny, which were newly opened after several years of renovation, and attracted a large crowd of art lovers. Among the many notables present were: Ms. Izabela Andryszczyk - Director of the Nadwislańskie Museum, professors of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, Faculty of Arts of the Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin, well-known artists associated with Kazimierz, President of the Society of Friends of Kazimierz Dolny and Chairman of the Board of the STALOWA Gallery Foundation, Mr. Janusz Stolarczyk.





The vernissage in the temporary exhibition room of the Natural History Branch of the Nadwislańskie Museum.
From left standing: Ms. Dorota Seweryn-Puchalska, Izabela Andryszczyk and Joanna Szkuat, and Mr. Janusz Stolarczyk and Mr. Krzysztof Fabijański

The jury, composed of PLENERIAD participants and invited guests, awarded individual prizes and honorable mentions in a secret ballot, while the sum of points earned by students determined the order of places in the university classification. Although the official result itself is not important, what really matters is taking part in the plein air, emotions were high.





First place went to Ms. Aleksandra Noga from the University of Rzeszow




Second place was awarded to Mr. Wojciech Reszka from the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk.

The winner was decided by the votes of all participants, the organizer and guests invited to the jury. Professors, the Organizer, the Main Sponsor and the Special Guest each have 10 points to award, assistants and invited guests each have 6 points, and each student has 2 points. The winner received a cash prize of PLN 700, while the second and third places are rewarded with prizes of PLN 500 and PLN 300, respectively. The Rzeszow University, whose students won a total of the highest number of points, has the right of priority to come to the next open-air and choose the other 2 universities that will participate in the XII "PLENERIADZ" scheduled for October 12 -22, 2023.





Third place ex aequo went to Ms. Aneta Mierzwa from the University of Rzeszow




Third place ex aequo went to Mr. Patryk Brzezicki from the University of Rzeszow

The jury also awarded 4 honorable mentions and they were given to:

Klaudia Durał from UR in Rzeszów,
Michał Jamioł from UJK in Kielce,
Natalia Guz from UR in Rzeszów,
Kinga Mielcarz from UJK in Kielce

The university competition was won by students from the University of Rzeszow, scoring a total of 120 points, ahead of UJK in Kielce -58 points and ASP in Gdansk - 47 points.





Participants of the vernissage in the Temporary Exhibition Hall of the Natural History Branch of the Vistula River Museum in Kazimierz Dolny




PLENERIADA took place thanks to significant financial assistance from the main sponsor, the Warsaw-based company Dom Development S.A., and the sponsor of the year, DANKA Polska sp. z o.o. We are extremely grateful, especially since the Foundation received funding from these sponsors for another year in a row!!!

The participants of the 10th PLENERIAD were gifted by our reliable sponsors. Mayor of Kazimierz Dolny Artur Pomianowski donated funds for the purchase of sub-images for students. KowalikArt. company - Grzegorz Kowalik gave all participants sub-images and additionally sub-images for the amount of PLN 700 for the person who won the individual classification. Colart company - Jakub Kopek- donated to all participants samples of paints and promarkers "WINSORandNEWTON", "LIQUITEX'', and additionally sets of paints for the winners of PLENERIADY. The sponsor of the PLENERIADA is also and Warsaw's STALOWA Art Gallery. Thank you all very much!!!

Many thanks also to Ms. Izabela Andryszczyk, Director of the Nadwislańskie Museum, for making the temporary exhibition room of the Nature Division available for the opening and the post-enrollment exhibition, which will be available for viewing until the end of 2022!!!

Special thanks are due to Mrs. Dr. Dorothy Seweryn-Puchalska for her commitment, great support and invaluable help in arranging the post-exhibition :)

We would like to thank Ms. Joanna Szkuat, the Manager, and the entire staff of the Nature Branch for their kindness and professional preparation of the exhibition area.

The staff of the DPT KUL, as always, take great care of the participants - nice service, delicious and abundant food and friendly atmosphere allow for a pleasant and stress-free stay of the participants of the XI PLENERIAD in Kazimierz.

Krzysztof Fabijański - President of the Board of Directors of the "STALOWA Gallery Foundation"