Auction for the Karmelicka 1 Foundation

Art lovers, but also people of good will who would like to support the Karmelicka 1 Foundation, may be interested in Sunday's event.

Exhibition with auction of paintings Henryk Lasko and workshop participants will take place on Sunday, May 11 at 6 p.m. in the K1 "Stara Furta" Club at the Discalced Carmelite Monastery in Przemyśl. The proceeds from the sale of the paintings will be donated to the foundation's activities. Free admission.

A few words about the author...

Henryk Lasko was born in 1951. He graduated from the Rzeszów University of Technology with specializations in pedagogy and computer science. He is a member of the Association of Polish Painters and Graphic Artists and the international creative group Złota Linia. For over fifty years he has been painting landscapes, still lifes and flowers. He uses watercolour, gouache, acrylic and oil. He draws with a pen and wash. His favourite technique is watercolour. He has participated in over fifty national and international painting plein airs. He has exhibited, among others, in New York (AR 71 Gallery), Łódź, Brekowo, Snin, Rzeszów (BWA and WDK), Krosno, Krasiczyn, Strzyżów, Nowa Dęba, Majdan Królewski, Żary and Przemyśl. He is the winner of several dozen awards and distinctions in the field of painting, especially in watercolour competitions. For his achievements in creative and pedagogical work he was awarded the Silver Cross of Merit and the badge "Meritorious for Polish Culture", the Medal of National Education, the award of the President of the City of Przemyśl and the award of the Curator of Education and Upbringing. He is a laureate of the Creative Scholarship of the President of the City of Przemyśl. His paintings are in the National Museum of the Przemyśl Region, in institutions and in private collections in Poland and abroad.

...and about the Foundation

The "Karmelicka 1" Foundation named after Marcin Krasicki was established at the Discalced Carmelite Monastery in Przemyśl. It consists of socially and religiously engaged lay people and consecrated persons who, under the patronage of Marcin Krasicki (a humanist, patron of the arts, a patriot and a deeply religious man) and Andrzej Brzechwa (the first Polish Discalced Carmelite, preacher, translator, promoter of inner life) in the 400-year-old monastery want to create a space for meeting with God and with other people - a space for work, active listening, prayer, therapy and relaxation for everyone. In promoting a spiritually and socially conscious life, the Foundation team uses the rich Carmelite tradition, contemporary knowledge about man and the Christian pillars of European, Polish and local culture.