About the Event:

„Which Way to Nature? Returning to the Thickets and Shrubs” is an event organized as part of the New European Bauhaus Festival. It has a participatory character and explores topics of reconnecting with nature and rebuilding a sense of belonging.

Date: 12-13 June 2026
Place: Campus of the 600th Anniversary of the JU Revival, Gronostajowa 3, 30-387 Cracow, Poland

Registration form: „Which Way to Nature? Returning to the Thickets and Shrubs” (rejestracja)

Programme:

12 June 2026

• 5:00 PM – Exhibition opening: „Return to the Gallery in the Thickets and Shrubs” (Art Space at the Faculty of Management and Social Communication, 1st floor, Jagiellonian University, prof. St. Łojasiewicza 4, 30-348 Cracow, Poland)
• 6:30 PM – Nature walk (University Campus)

Led by: dr Stanisław Bury and dr Bartłomiej Zając (Faculty of Biology, Jagiellonian University)

13 June 2026

• 10:00 AM – Nature walk (University Campus)

 Led by: dr Joanna Kajzer-Bonk and mgr Bartosz Halik (Faculty of Biology, Jagiellonian University)

• 10:00 AM – Art workshop for beginners: charcoal drawing (University Campus)

Led by: Monika Polczyńska (Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice)

Monika Polczyńska is a design student at the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice. Her passion lies in craftsmanship and natural materials, with a particular interest in ceramics and basketry. Freehand drawing is her favourite creative escape from working with tangible forms. During the workshop, she will be delighted to show participants how to capture thickets and shrubs on paper using charcoal.

• 12:30 PM – Expert panel discussion: „Between control and coexistence: practising urban nature” (University Campus, Gronostajowa 3, 30-387 Cracow, Poland)

Panelists:

• Prof. dr hab. Joanna Zalewska-Gałosz – biologist, botanist, professor at the Jagiellonian University and Vice-Rector for human resources and finance
• Ewelina Nowak – President of the Art-React Foundation, involved in exhibitions and projects presenting contemporary art in Cracow
• Dr Joanna Tusznio – environmental sociologist and assistant professor at the Institute of Environmental Sciences, Jagiellonian University; her research focuses on relationships between environmental protection and local communities
• Dr Magdalena Zych – anthropologist, museologist, curator and museum professional affiliated with the Jagiellonian University and formerly with the Ethnographic Museum in Kraków for many years
• Wojciech Januszczyk – landscape architect, researcher at the Institute of Landscape Architecture at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin and the University of the Arts Poznan; founder of the Krajobrazy Foundation and creator of the „Gallery in the Thickets and Shrubs” concept

Event regulations: „Which Way to Nature? Returning to the Thickets and Shrubs” (regulamin)