Events 2022 - Polish Arts Festival

Vocal MasterClass with Warsaw Village Band

2nd September 2022

Tickets / Bilety: Buy now / Kup teraz Tickets: €30 [English] Join us at the workshop where you can experience the traditional Polish tunes and the way they are sung with an award-winning Warsaw Village Band. Warsaw Village Band presents a repertoire consisting of...

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PAF Stories – Opowiadania PAF

Available online from 14.09 on www.polishartsfestival.ie, Spotify, YouTube. [English] Polish Arts Festival is proud to present PAF Audio Stories to young audiences in Limerick and beyond. PAF Stories is a literary project for children, commissioned and produced by the Polish Arts Festival. The selected...

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Łazor + Vaya & Friends (concert)

22nd June 2022

[English] Łazor (Rapodziad) is a Limerick rap artists, author of lyrics, 1/3 of a RAPODZIAD SQUAD and 1/2 of a Duet SHEITAN I ŁAZOR. Last year he released his own EP “Zakrzep” he will present during the concert. He mixed style from hip hop...

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Exhibition “A night full of skies” solo show by Olga Anacka – Wystawa Olgi Anackiej “Noc wypełniona niebami”

Artist statement I have a special shoebox in my studio where I keep small but not always quick works created to relax, unwind, and make notes on concepts when more complex pieces at a time are impossible to finish. This is my pause after...

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Cosmogonic VR Experience

14th June 2022

Tickets: FREE [English] Cosmogonic is the first VR experience inspired by the Polish science-fiction writer Stanisław Lem—known for investigating humanity and social justice through visions of faraway planets and mechanical beings. In Cosmogonic, we travel into the memories of the title character, a once-great...

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Songs About Love – Piosenki o Miłości (film)

Tickets / Bilety: Buy now / Kup teraz Tickets: €8 [English] "Piosenki o miłość" turned out to be the greatest hit of the last festival in Gdynia. Tomasz Habowski's debut is a strong, new voice of Polish cinema. Bittersweet, like the best indie-pop piece...

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The Republic of Children – Republika Dzieci (family film)

13th June 2022

Tickets / Bilety: Buy now / Kup teraz Tickets: €7 [English] The Republic of Children - Republika Dzieci In the winter of 1903 a bunch of figures created by the master painter Jacek Malczewski escape the canvas. Fauns, chimeras, vodniks, undines, and other fantastic...

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Kill It and Leave This Town – Zabij to i wyjedź z tego miasta (film)

Tickets / Bilety: Buy now / Kup teraz Tickets: €8 [English] KILL IT AND LEAVE THIS TOWN, a psychological horror animation, is director Mariusz Wilczynski's debut feature film starring voice cast Krystyna Janda (Elle, Decalogue, A Short Film About Killing), Andrzej Chyra (United States...

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Warsaw Village Band – Kapela ze Wsi Warszawa (concert)

Tickets / Bilety: Buy now / Kup teraz Tickets: €25 [English] Warsaw Village Band present a repertoire consisting of avant-garde interpretations of traditional Polish music, the broadly understood area of Mazovia, the beloved land of Chopin. Despite being faithful to the traditional techniques of...

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CALL OUT! ZAPROSZENIE!

27th May 2022

[English] Join us for the workshop audition for our new project TRADITIONS on Saturday 28th May at1pm - 3pm in Alchemy of Movement (1st Floor, 33 Davis St., Limerick). We are looking for community members that are not afraid to dance, sing and play...

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PAF Stories / Opowiadania PAF

24th March 2022

STORY WRITER CALLOUT / KONKURS OTWARTY DLA PISARZY EXTENDED EXPRESSION OF INTEREST [ENGLISH] Extended deadline for expressions of interest: April 11th, 5pm Workshop for interested writers: April 14th Story proposals submissions deadline: April 22nd Announcement of selected proposals: April 27th Deadline for finished stories:...

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Belonging in Aid of Ukraine

6th March 2022

[English] Celebrate International Women's Day with Belonging Exhibition, talk and concert in aid of Ukraine. Performances by Irish World Academy plus other guests. Place: St. Mary's Cathedral, Limerick Time: 6.30 pm Donations via Irish Red Cross will be collected on the day and online....

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Lem’s Animations for Adults

18th September 2021

"Golem" dir. Patrick Mocue, Tobias Wiesner "Maska" dir. Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay

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Podcasts on Stanisław Lem

2nd September 2021

[English Podcast] Title: Lem’s Universe of hapless space –pilots and fairy-tale robots (in English) Kamil Chechlacz talks to Jack Fennel about Stanisław Lem. To mark the centenary year of Stanisław Lem, this podcast will explore a universe of hapless space-pilots, mad scientists and fairy-tale...

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FE-MA VOICES Presentation of work in progress

30th August 2021

English Presentation of work in progress video project on the theme of Female Autonomy and its various aspects and multitude of voices through the use of paradox thinking methodology. Project is initiated and performed by Justyna Cwojdzinska, devised by Justyna Cwojdzińska and Aleksandra Rosiak,...

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Nocne Malowanie z Adrianą Laube (Polski)

Free / FB LIVE Event Serdecznie zapraszamy na ostatnie festiwalowe wydarzenie LIVE a w nim Nocne Malowanie z Adrianą Laube o temacie "Transformacja – Złota Ścieżka", której wystawę można zobaczyć w The Hunt Museum i Belltable foyer w Limerick od 16 września do 15...

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Warsztaty wokalno – instrumentalne z Przemkiem Łozowskim (Polski)

Tickets €10 Online na Zoom Warsztaty są poświęcone nauce tradycyjnych polskich pieśni i muzyki głównie z regionu lubelskiego. Zapoznamy się pokrótce z ich różnorodnością od pieśni obrzędowych, dziadowskich poprzez religijne jak i melodie taneczne. Warsztaty prowadzone są głównie w języku polskim z uwagi na...

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Celtic & Polish voice fusion with Anna Banko – Szumacher

Tickets €10 Online on Zoom ENGLISH Anna connects the two wonderful worlds of Polish and Irish music in a beautiful way improvising the styles. She wants you to feel the power of music in you, experience the wonderful rhythms, and discover in yourself possibilities...

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“Klapok” in a Bubble – Polish traditional dancing for all the family

ENGLISH Learn how to clap your hands in Polish traditional style. This workshop is designed for all of the family, learning one of the Polish traditional dances known as “Klapok”. The workshop will be demonstrated by the Scanlan’s family - members of Inisowiacy Polish...

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Irish dance session with Daniel Flannagan

Tickets €10 Online on Zoom English Join us for this family session of Irish Dance in a fun way. Learn the history behind this original dance and simply have fun together. Hailing from Shannon, Co. Clare, Daniel Flannagan is a qualified Irish Dancing Teacher...

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Arts & Craft Space & Robots Workshop with Marta Golubowska

Tickets €10 Online on Zoom ENGLISH: Join artist, Marta Golubowska and dive into the fantastic world of outer space, robots, and aliens inspired by stories of wonderful author Stanislaw Lem. Unleash your imagination in creating incredible futuristic characters and worlds using items from your...

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Happy Art Workshop with Lesley Ryan Hurley

Tickets €10 per family The Hunt Museum Gardens ENGLISH This workshop will introduce children to the joy of expressive painting. We will begin with some Dynamic mark-making to get the creative juices flowing. Lesley will demonstrate some of my distinctive painting techniques and encourage...

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I Never Cry / (Polish original: Jak Najdalej Stąd), dir. Piotr Domalewski

Tickets €10 ENGLISH: Ola, a seventeen-year-old from a small city, sets off to Ireland on her own to bring the remains of her father back home. It will turn out to be the trip of her lifetime, a trip into the unknown, on which...

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Family Cinema / Seans Filmowy dla Rodzin

ENGLISH: A Trip to Space and other Fantastical Stories - a selection of short animations based on S. Lem’s stories POLSKI: Wycieczka w Kosmos i inne fantastyczne historie – rodzinny seans filmowy z animacjami na podstawie opowiadań S. Lema Language: Polish (no subtitles) Tickets...

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Love, Nature, Freedom concert of Sandra Maria & Emiji

ENGLISH Sandra Maria & Emiji A concert of original, soothing sounds of pianos, textural ambiences, cinematic drums, and engaging, epic atmospheres of Emiji and enchanting voice of Sandra Maria. Their music meets our deepest roots in a peaceful place where we can dive deep...

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Meeting with Darragh Martin & “Future Popes of Ireland”

Darragh Martin is a novelist and playwright. His first novel for adults, Future Popes of Ireland (Harper Collins: 2018) was short-listed for Novel of the Year at the Irish Book Awards and long-listed for the Desmond Elliott Prize. The Keeper (Little Island: 2013), his...

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Exhibition of Adriana Laube

ENGLISH Title: Transformation - The Golden Path Dates: 16th Sept - 15th October For Adriana transformation is a deep process of consciousness. In April, when in hospital with Covid, she experienced a borderline state between life and death, which allowed to open herself to...

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PAF Kids: ROBOTS, ROBOTS EVERYWHERE!

English: Calling all robot fans and cyber maniacs! This year we are celebrating the life and the works of the renowned Polish science fiction writer and essayist Stanislaw Lem. Lem is the most widely translated and best-known science fiction author writing outside of the...

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PAF Kids – Fantastical Audio Stories for children – audio recordings based on Stanisław Lem’s short stories for children

English "Fantastical Audio Stories for children – audio recordings based on Stanisław Lem’s short stories for children" Listen to these inventive and funny stories by Stanisław Lem, read by Justyna Cwojdzinska and Georgina Miller, directed by Kamila Dydyna. Available on Podbean Spotify, Belltable website,...

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Official Opening of the Festival & Exhibition

Let’s celebrate together after a year of solitude! Join us at the opening of the 14th Polish Arts Festival & Exhibition of Adriana Laube. The Festival will be opened by Mayor of Limerick Daniel Butler and Polish Ambassador to Ireland Anna Sochańska. Enjoy the...

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