Tarnów legend has it that to enjoy everlasting happiness in a relationship, one must place their left hand on the head of one of the Mascarons in Love and utter the incantation 'I give you my heart, you give me yours, we two will be together forever'. Of course, you have to come with your sweetheart(s), and the ritual is said to work best around sunset...
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Mascarons in Love
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Anna Śliwińska
Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. I earned my diploma in 1994 from the Faculty of Painting in the studio of Prof. Jerzy Nowosielski and the Artistic Tapestry Studio under Prof. Ryszard Kwiecień and Prof. Lillia Kulka. Annexe in the Book Design and Typography Studio
under Prof. Roman Banaszewski. In 2012, she received her doctorate from the Faculty of Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow.
Academic lecturer (from 2016 to 2020 Tarnów Academy – Faculty of Art, Graphics; from 2020 Silesian Academy in Katowice – Faculty of Architecture, Construction and Applied Arts, Design). From 1994, a teacher at the Visual Arts School in Tarnów. Since 1997, I have been involved in the International Festival's Art of the Book project. Participation in around 100 exhibitions at home and worldwide. More than 40 solo exhibitions. Curator of exhibitions, initiator and animator of artistic educational activities. She has participated in numerous symposia, open-air workshops and study tours.
Scholarship holder of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage for 2000, 2003. The City of Tarnów scholarships for 2015 and 2018. In 2020, the City of Tarnów Award for artistic creation achievements. Winner of awards and prizes.
Areas of activity: painting, drawing, object art and unique textiles, book art (art book, illustration).
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