from Museum Slaskie in Katowice, Poland.

see link: https://muzeumslaskie.pl/pl/aktualnosci/webinarium-poswiecone-tematowi-deaf-artu-2-12-2021/?fbclid=IwAR0hJY0oFqdlZGF-kQ6wGXwugBNaRnLRFjKhXZk8eoG66ikImYiQTSqPpgI
On December 2 at 12.00 we invite you to a webinar on the topic of Deaf Art – a lesson in art, which has its roots in the work of Deaf artists in the United States. Deaf art. It is a critical art type, it addresses topics related to biodiversity, audism, discrimination of Deaf and exclusion. Our guest will be Nancy Rourke – a precursor of the culture, one of the most recognizable American artists. Together with the curators of the exhibition “Głusza” (Dagmara Stanosz, Michał Justycki, Agnieszka Kolodziejczak, Michał Burdziński) we will talk about art, identity, communication and culture of the Deaf. The broadcast will be held on Facebook. At 17.00 we invite you to the Silesian Museum for a live meeting with Nancy Rourke. Registration is required. EMAIL TO: stanosz@muzeumslaskie. pl as soon as possible. We give the limit to 100 people. There is a vacancy of 30 people.

November 26, 2021

This is a new blog called nancyrourkeinpoland.wordpress.com that will be a daily journal of my trip going to Poland. I will do my best to write and share pictures each day.

It is a huge honour for me, to visit and stay at the Silesian Museum (Muzeum Slaskie) in Katowice, Poland. As you can see, the images of the colourful background shown above, with the two staff from the Silesian Museum, they are announcing that there will be a webinar that will take place in December 2, 2021, to watch my presentation. To register, send an email to stanosz@muzeumslaskie. pl