Mature for art

The “Mature for art” cycle is an offer for those who would like to broaden their knowledge of culture and art. The meeting program includes thematic lectures by an art historian followed by a discussion.

Meetings are held in Polish, in a hybrid form: stationary at the seat of the International Cultural Center and online via the Zoom platform.

Attendance at lectures is free.

In order to receive a link to participate in the online meeting, please send your application to the e-mail address: warsztaty@mck.krakow.pl

We invite you every second Friday of the month at 11 am.

Due to the ongoing renovation of the Ravens House, as part of the FEnIKS program—European Funds for Infrastructure, Climate, and Environment 2021–2027, some of our activities will be temporarily relocated starting in April. During this period, we invite you to join us in exploring the city on walks, as well as to attend meetings at the Jagiellonian University, courtesy of the Jagiellonian University Museum Collegium Maius.

Lecture schedule for 2026:

Meetings at the MCK:

January 16, 11.00 – Cities as spaces where history and modernity coexist. Contemporary art and local heritage

February 20, 11.00 – The Legacy of Everyday Life. Post-war Modernist Architecture in Central Europe

March 13, 11.00 – The Future of Memory. Digital Technologies and the Heritage of Central Europe

Meetings at Collegium Maius:

April 10, 11.00 – From salons to academia. The first women at the Jagiellonian University

May 15, 11.00 – A New View of the World: Printing and Perspective
September 11, 11.00 – Karol Estreicher and the Struggle for Lost Heritage

October 16, 11.00 – The Cosmos Through the Eyes of Artist – from Antiquity to the Present Day

November 6, 11.00 – The Magic of the Collection: Treasures Hidden in Collegium Maius

December 4, 11.00 – Technological breakthrougs and their impact on art

Outdoor events:

June 12, 11.00 – Wesoła – From Hospital to New Cultural District

July 3, 11.00 – Modernism from the Inside: Architectural Details of Kraków’s Townhouses

August 7, 11.00 – A Tour of Hotels in the Old Town

Chairing:

Małgorzata Jędrzejczyk, PhD – art historian, curator. She studied art history at the Jagiellonian University, Universität Wien and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Graduate of the interdisciplinary studies programme Environment-Technologie-Society (Jagiellonian University). Author of scientific articles on art and architecture of the 20th century and publications in exhibition catalogs and magazines. Co-editor of an anthology of texts obraz/ciało and the publication "Composing space. Avant-garde sculptures". Co-author and curator of the artistic and scientific program "Exercising Modernity" (Pilecki-Institut Berlin). As part of her doctoral thesis at the Institute of Art History of the Jagiellonian University she is conducting research on the concept of space in the work of Katarzyna Kobro.

For more details please contact us at: warsztaty@mck.krakow.pl or by calling +48 12 42 42 860.

“Głos senior” provides a media patronage.

Please be advised that during the events photos may be taken for the needs of the International Cultural Center in Krakow (including for documentation and information on the ICC website and on the ICC profiles on Facebook and Instagram. ). If you do not agree to this, please inform us in advance. Photos may contain images of people participating in the events. Failure to provide written or oral information to the ICC worker before the start of an event is tantamount to consent to the use of the above-mentioned photos by the International Cultural Center in Krakow.