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President
Irena Zarębski
02 6295 3405
irka.ara@gmail.com  

Secretary
Wanda Horky
02 625 5099
wwhorky@gmail.com

Inception date
1993

Polish Arts & Crafts Society, Canberra

Key Objectives

• Promoting Polish culture, crafts & heritage to Polish and Australian audiences;
• Promoting the activities of artists and crafts persons of Polish descent;
• Assisting young emerging talent of Polish-Australian descent in discovering their Polish roots;
• Promoting the activities of Polish artists/crafts persons visiting Australia;
• Giving emerging artists/crafts persons of Polish descent an opportunity to perform/exhibit through liaison with the Canberra School of Music, the Canberra School of Art, the University of Canberra, the Australian National University and other cultural institutions in the ACT;
• Providing a platform for Polish artists/crafts persons (both professional and amateurs) to meet and discuss Polish culture, crafts and heritage;
• Advising and assisting artistic groups and other Polish-Australian and Polish organisations to put on concerts/exhibitions, which promote and explore themes, genres and styles in Polish  literature, music, theatre, film, dance, photography, crafts;
• Providing unusual forms of Polish theatre, recitals, exhibitions, crafts through experimentation.

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