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Two porcelain figurines of astronauts at the starry sky

MINIencounters with Art: CONSTELLATION | live workshops

At previous MINIencounters with Art , we talked about what the stars are and what matters most to people living on Earth. Next Sunday we will enter the next level of astronomical knowledge and find out what a constellation is.

Moon and stars on the sky

Return from the stars – Winter Holidays at the ICC

The year 2021 was designated the Year of Stanisław Lem, due to the 100th anniversary of his birth in September. Therefore, during the Holidays at the ICC, together with the participants we reached the stars.

Lecture banner Catch the Distance

Catch the distance: Graphic design. About Krakow pioneers

A meeting related to the exhibition Printmaking as a Pair. Jadwiga Kaim-Otręba and Ryszard Otręba , concern the beginnings of education in the field of graphic design and visual communication at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow.

Star made of colored paper

MINIencounters with Art:STAR | live workshops

Do you like staring at the starry sky? Or maybe you would like to look at the stars while lying in bed in your own room? It's simple! During the first workshop this year, we made an unusual garland that will give each interior a truly cosmic atmosphere.

Mature for Art: Printmaking as a Pair. The Art of Jadwiga and Ryszard Otręba

The first lecture in the new year will be an opportunity to learn about the artistic biography of this iconic pair of Krakow artists. Through art, we will also get closer to their everyday life - the realities of creative work, the artistic milieu they co-created, or ties with the Krakow Academy of Fine Arts.

MINIencounters with Art: WINTER | live workshops

Most children associate winter with great fun - sledding or skiing, snowball fights, making a snowman and building an igloo. During the last workshop this year, we will create wonderful models of the snow-covered landscape, which will bring to mind these joyful moments every day.

Catch the distance: Orient and Krakow

The premiere of the film "Orient and Krakow. Walks around multicultural Krakow ”directed by Tomasz Mielnik. The script was prepared by Adam Balcer in cooperation with Jarosław Kociszewski. The screening was preceded by a conversation between Łukasz Galusk and Adam Balcer, the initiator of the film and its narrator.

MINIencounters with Art: DECORATION | live workshops

MINIencounters with Art are cyclical classes that took place in the historic rooms of the ICC before the pandemic. If you would like to come back to the idea of workshops focusing on one concept related to the world around us, art, architecture and design, we invite you to take part in online meetings.

Farewell, our Great Friend Professor Jerzy Mikułowski-Pomorski

It is with deep sadness and regret that we received the news of the death of Professor Jerzy Mikułowski-Pomorski – a lawyer and sociologist, one of the most outstanding Polish media researchers. Associated with the University of Economics in Kraków, in 1990–1996 he was the university's rector. In 1991, he established the Department of European Studies – the first such unit in Poland.

MINIencounters with Art: CHRISTMAS CARD | live workshops

MINIencounters with Art are cyclical classes that took place in the historic rooms of the ICC before the pandemic. If you would like to come back to the idea of workshops focusing on one concept related to the world around us, art, architecture and design, we invite you to take part in online meetings.

Mature for art: Graphic techniques and their masters

Before the era of photography, graphics was the mass medium, present in various areas of everyday life and reaching many social groups.

Maciej Czerwiński is a laureate of the Felczak and Wereszycki Prize

We are pleased to announce that the book by Maciej Czerwiński, Croatia. History, culture, ideas . published in the ICC Publishing House won the Wacław Felczak and Henryk Wereszycki Prize in 2020.

Catch the distance. Herito. Heritage for the future

The meeting, planned on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the Herito quarterly, concerned its history and issues raised by the magazine. The invited guests - the editors of the quarterly - wondered which elements of the heritage and culture of Central Europe are worth discussing today and considered which ones should be promoted.

Krzysztof Czyżewski with the title of the Ambassador of New Europe

We are pleased to announce that Krzysztof Czyżewski received the award of the Ambassador of New Europe for the book Towards Xenopolis , published by the ICC Publishing House in the series European Core Library.

Santa's week at the ICC

29.11.2020-06.12.2020

December is a magical time when we are united by the anticipation of the upcoming visit of Santa Claus, baking gingerbread together, decorating the Christmas tree and wrapping gifts. As every year, we invited children with their parents and guardians to special Santa Claus educational events. Their program was completely unique because the first time it was entirely online, but we did our best to make you feel the real atmosphere of Christmas.