Gifts promoting Polish design Delegates arriving at Presidency meetings traditionally receive a small gift... The Polish Presidency promotes Polish young designers, minimalism, traditional materials and a modernism which alludes to tradition and nature.
The winning projects are: • Spinning tops (Monika Wilczyńska) • Document folders (Ania Kuczyńska) • Milk and honey (Beza projekt) • Striped flint cufflinks (Dorota Kempko)
National Cultural Programme Art for Social Change: 1,000 arts projects, 170 partner organisations, 60 recurrent events, 184 cultural days • special projects in: Krasnogruda, Warsaw, Sopot, Białystok, Katowice, Wrocław, Lublin, Cracow, Poznań • European Cultural Congress 8-11 September, Wroclaw • grass-roots cultural initiatives and the Eastern Partnership • debates, workshops, design, music, theatre www.prezydencja.nina.gov.pl www.uwaganakulture.pl
About Polska A modern, original and very useful guide to Poland. This attractive and easy-to-read guide helps foreigners understand Poland and its people and discover many fascinating places recommended by public figures and organisers of cultural activities. Its 208 pages present a consistent, transparent and up-to-date review of the most significant areas in Poland's economic, community and cultural life (8 chapters). It draws attention to places, people and phenomena which emphasise Poland's rich traditions on the one hand and its creativity, modernity and dynamism on the other. The guide is available on the Presidency website
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International cultural programme I, Culture: 400 projects, 10 capital cities, 10 time zones, 100 days • Projects in Brussels, Berlin, Kiev, London, Madrid, Minsk, Moscow, Paris, Beijing, Tokyo. • Mainstays of the programme: Karol Szymanowski, Czeslaw Milosz, Stanislaw Lem, Beats of Freedom, I, Culture Puzzle. Modern crafts workshop and I, Culture Orchestra. • Polish projects developed by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute in cooperation with Polish and international partners will be presented at leading galleries, theatres, clubs and festivals: Bozar, La Monnaie in Brussels, the National Theatre, Whitechapel Gallery and London Jazz Festival in London, Martin Gropius Bau in Berlin, Teatro Real in Madrid. www.culture.pl • Numerous events by 22 Polish Institutes in Europe and the USA as well as hundreds of public and cultural diplomacy projects by over 100 Polish embassies all around the world.
Polish Cuisine The Polish Presidency presents an unparalleled opportunity to promote Polish cuisine. One of the country's leading chefs, Adam Chrząstowski, is overseeing the creation of a select menu of Polish dishes based on ingredients native to the country which will be served at high level meetings in Poland and Brussels. Foreign delegations and journalists visiting Poland during the Presidency will also be presented with a collection of recipes for Polish dishes specially prepared by 16 chefs, including three professionals from outside Poland, who on a daily basis work in some of Poland's leading restaurants. The point of departure for each recipe is an ingredient commonly associated with Polish cuisine (e.g. herring, cucumbers, buckwheat groats, poppy seeds and venison). Each recipe is preceded by a description of the ingredient - including its cultural context, which is aimed at being comprehensible for foreigners unacquainted with Polish cuisine. The publication is enhanced by the addition of modern illustrations. It is available on the Presidency website
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