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Art in Fashion

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PIASA Latest News about us MEMBERSHIP CONFERENCES AWARDS PUBLICATIONS current events WEBINARS CONTACT Art in Fashion Curated by Marius Bargielski and Brana Dane The Polish Institute of Arts & Sciences in America, Consulate General of Poland in New York and Metropolis Artists Agency request the pleasure of your company during the event: Art in Fashion by Izabela Łapińska, Jeff Kravitz, Brana Dane, Patrik Andersson, Patrycja Plesiak, Zlata von Emme and Macrae Marran. OPENING RECEPTION: September 5th, 2025, 6pm-8pm PIASA Gallery 208 East 30th St. New York, NY 10016 Gallery hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 10am-3pm RSVP: piasany@gmail.com or 212-686-4164 In cooperation with: Izabela Łapińska Polish artist, photographer, and professor at the Lodz Film School, where she holds a PhD in film art with a specialization in photography. Her work has been exhibited internationally and published in leading European magazines such as Objectif, PHOTO, and Camera Obscura. Her photographs are part of private collections worldwide. In addition to her visual practice, she writes critically on photography, film, and advertising, with a focus on the body, eroticism, and exclusion in art. Jeff Kravitz New York–based photographer whose portraits merge fashion with an idealized 1990s aesthetic. Active since 2015, his work captures cinematic moments within a single frame, offering viewers an intimate sense of participation in each scene. Brana Dane Model and visual artist whose work explores the relationship between society, nature, and the power of the female form. She has exhibited widely, including her first solo show in 2018, and in 2022 launched a collaboration with designer Stacy Kessler. She also leads guided art workshops in partnership with Caravan Wellness. Patrik Andersson New York–based photographer whose career spans black-and-white portraits of cultural icons, vibrant fashion editorials, global campaigns, and cinematic storytelling. Driven by a fascination with image-making, spirituality, and beauty, he offers clients not only striking photography but also vision and perspective. His practice extends into design, filmmaking, and creative consultation, shaping the emotional backbone of contemporary visual narrative. Patrycja Plesiak Polish fashion designer celebrated for her innovative and avant-garde collections that merge art, architecture, and technology. A graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź, she has created over 50 original collections in the spirit of sustainable fashion and presented her work at Fashion Weeks in Paris, New York, Milan, and Vancouver. Her designs have earned international recognition, including the Premio Internazionale Grandi Artisti Luigi Centra in Venice, and have been featured in VOGUE, Harper’s Bazaar, and ELLE. Dressing public figures including Miss World, she continues to redefine the boundaries of contemporary fashion. Zlata von Emme Entrepreneur, model, and creative curator whose work bridges fashion, art, and holistic practice. Based in New York, she is the founder of VonEmme Worldwide Fashion, a global brand that merges beauty and design with an emphasis on contemporary style. Active as a visual performer and actor, she has developed immersive projects such as Opium Utopiumand hosted events like Inner Alchemy | Art Therapy, highlighting her commitment to art as both expression and transformation. A proud student at Harvard, she continues to expand her practice across fashion, performance, and wellness. Macrae Marran Florida-based artist whose work merges photography, design, and fine art. With a background in fashion photography, he brings a cinematic sensitivity to light and composition, creating images that feel both timeless and contemporary. His practice invites viewers to reflect on beauty, memory, and transformation through carefully constructed yet emotionally resonant scenes. Other News Dr. Thaddeus Vladimir (Tadeusz) Gromada 1929 – 2025 • August 12, 2025 SPECIAL ISSUE––CZESŁAW MIŁOSZ, OUR CONTEMPORARY • July 15, 2025 Zakładnicy historii. Mniejszość Polska w postradzieckiej Litwie – SPOTKANIE AUTORSKIE • July 15, 2025 The Witching Woods – SHOW • June 24, 2025 1 2 3 … 48 Next » Navigation Home About Us membership conferences Awards Publications Archives Library current events webinars Contact Contact Us 208 East 30th St. New York, NY 10016 +1 (212) 686-4164piasany@gmail.com DONATION Get Connected Facebook-f Instagram Youtube Envelope Co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland

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Newsletter Vol. 4, No. 1 January 2024

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PIASA Latest News about us MEMBERSHIP CONFERENCES AWARDS PUBLICATIONS current events CONTACT Newsletter Vol. 4, No. 1 January 2024 As I write this column, Hanukkah has come and gone, and Christmas will soon be upon us. Ringing out the old year and bringing in the new is for many of us a time of reflection and renewal. As president of PIASA, I take great joy in celebrating the achievements of scholars, artists, scientists and others whose outstanding work falls within our ambit of “Polish Studies,” broadly defined. PIASA award season is upon us, committee recommendations are coming in, and in just a few weeks award recipients will be officially announced. Allow me to take a moment to thank the members of our award committees, many of which include previous recipients, and especially members of the Board of Directors who sit on this year’s committees and often serve as their connecting tissue: Michael Bernhard, Anna Müller, Neal Pease, Nathan Wood, Piotr Wróbel, and Geneviève Zubrzycki. Many of our new award recipients will be honored at our forthcoming 9th World Congress of Polish Studies in Warsaw, hosted by our partnering institution Collegium Civitas in the city’s iconic Palace of Culture and Science from June 6-9. The turn of the year also means that preliminary planning for the Congress will be shifting into higher gear, as panel and paper proposal come in before the February 1 deadline, keynote speakers are lined up, and grant funding to support our meeting is confirmed. We have already announced that Dr. Janusz Onyszkiewicz, Solidarity spokesperson in the 1980s and two-time former Defense Minister, has agreed to serve as the banquet speaker, which is just the start of the exciting news we expect to share with you in the coming months. Organizing such a major conference is a collective effort involving several dedicated individuals whom I also wish to acknowledge: Katarzyna Maniszewska and Agnieszka Mrowińska from Collegium Civitas, and PIASA Board Members Patrice Dabrowski, Bożena Leven, Anna Müller and Neal Pease. The general theme of the 9th Congress is “Poland in the World.” Bringing PIASA to the world and the world to PIASA are those responsible for our media and publications: Mariusz Bargielski, in charge of our email communications from New York; Kathleen Cioffi, editor of PIASA Books; Halina Filipowicz, editor-in-chief of The Polish Review; James Pula, editor of this Newsletter; and Dominic Wolacewlcz, manager of our website. PIASA’s increased visibility resulting from their efforts continues to attract new members: 23 have joined our ranks in 2023, a coincidental but most gratifying number.   In conclusion, as war continues to rage in Ukraine, Gaza, and elsewhere in the world, we bring one last simple, hopeful, and familiar holiday message, that of peace on earth and good will to all.

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June PIASA Conference in Connecticut

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PIASA News & Events about us MEMBERSHIP CONFERENCES AWARDS PUBLICATIONS CONTACT PIASA Conference in Connecticut The Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America (PIASA) is pleased to announce its plenary session and banquet speakers for its conference in New Britain, Connecticut, June 9-11, 2023. Leading off the conference is Professor Keely Stauter-Halsted, who will address its general theme of “Migrations” in the plenary session. Stauter-Halsted is Professor of History and Hejna Family Chair in the History of Poland at the University of Illinois in Chicago, where she co-directs programming in Polish Studies. Her teaching and research examine issues of ethnicity, gender, and class in East Central Europe. Stauter-Halsted has published on topics including peasant nationalism, Polish-Jewish relations, prostitution, human trafficking, and global migration. Her first monograph, The Nation in the Village: The Genesis of Peasant National Identity in Austrian Poland (Cornell University Press, 2001) won the Orbis Prize in Polish history. Her second book, The Devil’s Chain: Prostitution and Social Control in Partitioned Poland (Cornell University Press, 2015) received the American Historical Association Joan Kelly Prize, the PIASA Oskar Halecki Award, and the Association for Women in Slavic History Heldt Prize, among others. Stauter-Halsted’s current project investigates refugees and forced migration in the Polish Second Republic immediately following World War I. She is spending academic year 2022-23 in Warsaw conducting research on a Fulbright fellowship. Keynoting the Saturday evening banquet is Professor M.B.B. Biskupski. Biskupski holds the S. A. Blejwas Endowed Chair in Polish History at Central Connecticut State University, the site of the conference. He is the author of over one-hundred publications and holds many awards and distinctions including the Commander’s Cross of Merit of Poland. He has held fellowships at the Central European University in Budapest and the University of Warsaw. He was elected to London’s Societé polonaise des Sciences et des Lettres à l’etranger. His latest book is Ameryka a Sprawa Polska (Warsaw: Pilecki Institute, 2022). Forthcoming is Tradition and Modernity: The Intellectual Origins of Modern Polish Politics. He has served as President of the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences and the Polish American Historical Association and was a Director of the Pilsudski Institute in New York. He was the Keynote Speaker at, among others, the National Press Club in Washington, the Europe House in the Hague, and the National Film Institute in Warsaw. The conference call for papers may be found here: PIASA CONFERENCES The deadline for proposals is March 1, 2023 Latest News Newsletter Vol. 3, No. 1 January 2023 • December 28, 2022 Loss to PIASA community • December 1, 2022 Invitation to Scholars Social Hour • December 1, 2022 Farewell to Dr. Wieczerzak • November 21, 2022 1 2 3 … 5 Next » Navigation Home About Us membership conferences Awards Publications Archives Library Contact Contact Us 208 East 30th St. New York, NY 10016 +1 (212) 686-4164piasany@gmail.com DONATION Get Connected Facebook-f Instagram Youtube Envelope Co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland Dofinansowano ze środków Ministra Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej

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Our accomplishments – awards

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PIASA News & Events about us MEMBERSHIP CONFERENCES AWARDS PUBLICATIONS CONTACT Our accomplishments – awards During the 4th International Congress of Polish History, that took place at the Jagiellonian University, October 19-21, two awards were given: Richard Butterwick-Pawlikowski, PIASA member, received the Pro Historia PolonorumAward for his book: ‘The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth 1733-1795: Light and Flame’, published by Yale University Press in 2020. The award is given for the best historical book on the history of Poland and Poles published in a foreign language between 2017 and 2021. Patrice Dabrowski received the Pro Historia Polonorum honorable mention award—for the best Polish history book by a non-Polish author published between 2017 and 2021. For her book The Carpathians: Discovering the Highlands of Poland and Ukraine. Latest News Event on the 80th Anniversary of PIASA Founding • October 27, 2022 Lecture by Prof Witold Nazarewicz, PIASA Funk Award recipient • October 25, 2022 Event on the 80th Anniversary of PIASA Founding • October 7, 2022 Newsletter Vol. 2, No. 4 October 2022 • September 27, 2022 1 2 3 … 5 Next » Navigation Home About Us membership conferences Awards Publications Archives Library Contact Contact Us 208 East 30th St.  New York, NY 10016 +1 (212) 686-4164 piasany@gmail.com DONATION Get Connected Facebook-f Instagram Youtube Envelope Co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland Dofinansowano ze środków Ministra Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej

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Lecture by Prof Witold Nazarewicz, PIASA Funk Award recipient

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PIASA News & Events about us MEMBERSHIP CONFERENCES AWARDS PUBLICATIONS CONTACT Lecture by Prof Witold Nazarewicz, PIASA Funk Award recipient Latest News Lecture by Prof Witold Nazarewicz, PIASA Funk Award recipient • October 25, 2022 Event on the 80th Anniversary of PIASA Founding • October 7, 2022 Designer Nuclei: Connecting Femtoworld with the Universe – A lecture by Prof. Witold Nazarewicz • October 6, 2022 PIASA issues a Call for Papers for 2023 Polish Studies conference • September 20, 2022 1 2 3 … 5 Next » Navigation Home About Us membership conferences Awards Publications Archives Library Contact Contact Us 208 East 30th St.  New York, NY 10016 +1 (212) 686-4164 piasany@gmail.com DONATION Get Connected Facebook-f Instagram Youtube Envelope Co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland Dofinansowano ze środków Ministra Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej

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PIASA issues a Call for Papers for 2023 Polish Studies conference

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PIASA News & Events about us MEMBERSHIP CONFERENCES AWARDS PUBLICATIONS CONTACT The Polish Institute of Arts & Sciences of America and Central Connecticut State University PIASA issues a Call for Papers for its annual Polish Studies conference New Britain, Connecticut, June 9-11, 2023 The Polish Institute of Arts & Sciences of America and the Polish Studies Program at Central Connecticut State University are pleased to invite proposals for a joint conference/anniversary celebration to be held at Central Connecticut State University, June 9-11, 2023.   Proposals are solicited for complete sessions or individual papers in any of the disciplines in the liberal arts, sciences, or business/economics. The Polish Studies Program at CCSU celebrates its fiftieth anniversary in 2024; this joint PIASA/CCSU conference comprises the main event of that anniversary celebration. The general theme of the conference is “Migrations,” for which New Britain, Connecticut, a destination of generations of Polish and other immigrants, is a most appropriate setting. It was those Polish immigrants who helped fund an endowed chair in Polish and Polish-American Studies at Central Connecticut State University, whose library also houses the Connecticut Polish American Archive. Therefore, we particularly welcome panel and paper proposals which discuss the determinants, processes, and outcomes of human migration in all of its manifestations and from various disciplinary perspectives, including the migration of ideas and material culture. However, papers do not necessarily have to address the conference theme. Since we value comparative sessions that place the Polish and East Central European experience in context, papers need not focus specifically on Poland or the Polish diaspora but could revolve around a central theme of a panel. Similarly, sessions including presenters from more than one country are encouraged.   Each session is scheduled for 90 minutes to accommodate three papers or about 20 minutes per paper, with suitable time left for discussion. The conference language is English. All conference rooms will be equipped with AV for PowerPoint presentations. Presenters are invited to submit their conference papers to be considered for possible publication in The Polish Review subsequent to the conference.   To submit a paper or complete session, please send the name, e-mail address, institutional affiliation, tentative paper title and brief one-paragraph abstract for each presenter to program chairs Patrice Dabrowski at pmd639@g.harvard.edu and Lynn Lubamersky at lynnlubamersky@gmail.com. The deadline for proposals is March 1, though earlier submissions are welcome since capacity, including the possibility of virtual participation, is limited. All participants are expected to pay the conference registration fee of $80, discounted to $40 for students.   In addition to the conference panels, several additional events are being organized. Our traditional pre-conference tour is scheduled for the afternoon and evening of Thursday, June 8 (3:00-8:00 p.m.). The tour consists of a trip to the New England Air Museum to see the Polish National Home in Hartford. One must pre-register and pay for the tour. There will also be a reception on Friday, June 9, free to all registered participants. The conference banquet will be held on Saturday, June 10, for which participants are again asked to pre-register and pay a separate fee. Latest News Newsletter Vol. 3, No. 1 January 2023 • December 28, 2022 Loss to PIASA community • December 1, 2022 Invitation to Scholars Social Hour • December 1, 2022 Farewell to Dr. Wieczerzak • November 21, 2022 1 2 3 … 5 Next » Navigation Home About Us membership conferences Awards Publications Archives Library Contact Contact Us 208 East 30th St. New York, NY 10016 +1 (212) 686-4164piasany@gmail.com DONATION Get Connected Facebook-f Instagram Youtube Envelope Co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland Dofinansowano ze środków Ministra Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej

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Dialogue Personalism – the way to ethical communication” by Dr. Bartłomiej Sipiński

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PIASA News & Events about us MEMBERSHIP CONFERENCES AWARDS PUBLICATIONS CONTACT The Polish Institute of Arts & Sciences of America and Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in New York kindly invite you to a lecture entitled “Dialogue Personalism – the way to ethical communication” which will be given by Dr. Bartłomiej Sipiński Bartłomiej Sipiński, PhD is a Polish philosopher, whose research focus is the philosophy of dialogue, ecumenism, psychology, and ethics.  He has worked at several academic institutions in Europe and his scholarly works have been published in multiple languages. The lecture will take place at PIASA headquarters at 208 E 30th St. NY, NY 10016 on Thursday, October 6 at 6:00 pm. Following the lecture, we will celebrate our return to the post Covid world with a social hour for all attendees, capped off with a glass of wine. Latest News Designer Nuclei: Connecting Femtoworld with the Universe – A lecture by Prof. Witold Nazarewicz • October 6, 2022 Newsletter Vol. 2, No. 4 October 2022 • September 27, 2022 PIASA issues a Call for Papers for 2023 Polish Studies conference • September 20, 2022 Dialogue Personalism – the way to ethical communication” by Dr. Bartłomiej Sipiński • September 20, 2022 1 2 3 … 5 Next » Navigation Home About Us membership conferences Awards Publications Archives Library Contact Contact Us 208 East 30th St. New York, NY 10016 +1 (212) 686-4164piasany@gmail.com DONATION Get Connected Facebook-f Instagram Youtube Envelope Co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland Dofinansowano ze środków Ministra Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej

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