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KRAKOW NATIVITY SCENE 2025 COMPETITION – RESULTS
RESULTS OF THE KRAKOW NATIVITY SCENE 2025 COMPETITION
2025 JURY Janusz Skowron, Zosia Żeleska-Bobrowski, Janusz Obst, Kinga Leśniak
CURATOR OF THE EXHIBITION Jerzy Leśniak
DRAWING, PAINTING, COLLAGE
Children’s independent artworks up to 10 years old
1 place – Dominik Plokarz 6 yr
2 place – Elisa Miros 10 yr
3 place ex aequo – Olivia Bigos 9 yr
3 place ex aequo – Milena Wójcik 5 yr
Children’s independent artworks 10-18 years old
1 place – Emilia Cywińska 12 yr
2 place – Matylda Hurst 15 yr
3 place ex aequo – Isabella Kloczkowski 14 yr
3 place ex aequo – Sara Golabek 16 yr
Children’s group artworks up to 10 years old
1 place – Tymon Bielizna 5 yr with father
2 place – Klara Łagodzic 10 with Agata Filipek
3 place ex aequo – Lena Nagolski 7 yr & Kamila Galecki 7 yr
3 place ex aequo – Grupa Przedszkolna “Pszczółki” 6 yr
Adult’s independent artworks
1 place – Katarzyna Chmura-Tęcza
2 place – Joanna Hajnas
POP-UP
1 place ex aequo – Kacper Chlebda 11 yr
1 place ex aequo – David Górnicki 11 yr
3-D MODELS
Individual children below 10 years old
1 place – Robert Praczuk 9 yr
2 place – Elan L. Fong 5 yr
3 place – Kayla Barbarski 9 yr
Individual artwork 10–18 years old
1 place – Nikola Dudek 12 yr
2 place – Amelia Góra 11 yr
3 place – Cynthia Sadowski 14 yr
Individual artwork adults
1 place – Jolanta Kret
2 place – Małgorzata Czajkowski
Family, group artworks up to 10 years old
1 place – Maxymilian Maciaszek 9 yr, with Mary C. Bielski, Grupa Zuchowa Słoneczniki
2 place – Tymoteusz Maciaszek 9 yr
3 place – PSD im. Henryka Sienkiewicza 5 yr
Family, group artwork 10-18 years old
1 place – Szkoła Języka Polskiego im. Św. Jana Pawła II
2 place – Colby Doong 16 yrs old with Agnieszka Doong, mother
3 place – Benjamin Cornejo 11 yr with mother
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Metacene Unleashed • This Sunday, June 15th @ 3:00 PM
Reviving Nature’s Harmony • Outdoor Art Opening & Concert
Join representatives of the Nowodworski Foundation for this special opening of an outdoor art installation at Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site. “Reviving Nature’s Harmony” examines the legacy of human transformation of the earth in the Anthropocene.
Combining invasive bamboo and Indigenous Munsee wampum bean plants, this outdoor art project invites visitors to ponder the impacts of invasive species, the power of native plants, and what role humans play in rebuilding our society’s choices in a way that benefits and supports biodiversity and healthy ecosystems.
“Reviving Nature’s Harmony” will remain up for the rest of 2025. The art installation will grow and change over the course of the summer and fall seasons.
Sculpture by
Kathy Creutzberg
Natalia Lesniak and
Mirabai Kwan Yin
Music by
Jake Elkin
Poem by
Nicole Celeste Anderson
Nowodworski Foundation is proud to be a grantee of ArtsWestchester with funding made possible by Westchester County government and with the support of Westchester County Government, and Philipse Manor Hall Historic Site in Yonkers.
The results of the Krakow Nativity Scene Competition 2023
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Photos/videos coming soon.
Style 3D Models
Category 1: Individual children below 10 years old
1 place – Amelia Góra 9 yr
2 place – Jakub Przybylski 9 yr
3 place – Ex aequo – Oonma Kreitler 4 yr
3 place – Ex aequo – Elan Lesniak-Fong 3 yr
4 place – Skrzaty-Gromadka Krasnoludki 5-6 yr
Category 2: Individual children 10–18 years old
1 place – Cynita Sadowski 11 yr
2 place –Natalia Sokołowski 7 yr (w/parent)
3 place – Ex aequo – Sara Grygiel 15 yr
3 place – Ex aequo – Lończak 15 yr
4 place – Denis Vintonyak 10 yr
Category 3: Individual adults
1 place – Ex aequo – Małgorzata Czajkowski
1 place – Ex aequo – Jolanta Kret
Category 4: Family, group up to 10 years old
1 place – Zuchy-gromada Polskie Rydze i rodzice 7-11yr
2 place – Alek Orlicki-So, Klara Orlicki-So, Jeremy Orlicki-So 8,10,13
3 place – Ex aequo – David Górnicki, Ewelina Górnicki 9 yr
3 place – Ex aequo – Nikola Stelmach 10yr
Category 5: Family, group 10-18 years old
1 place – Amelia Korovae, Sara Korovae, Jackob Regent, Liliana Suś, Julia Korovae, Sophie Suś 8-14
2 place – Harcerki-Drużyna Górski Las 11-14yr
Style 2D: Drawing, painting, collage
Category 1: Children’s independent works up to 10 years old
1 place – Adam Kalinowski 8yr
2 place – Dominika Cieśluk 7yr
3 place – Adel Helena Pajda 8yr
Honorable mention – Grace Leverich 4yr
Honorable mention – Clara Leverich 6yr
Category 2: Children’s independent works up to 10-18 years old
1 place Ex aequo – Amelia Ginter 11
1 place Ex aequo – Yendrek Mądry 15
2 place – Gabriela Szacka 12
3 place Ex aequo – Adam Prusaczyk 10
3 place Ex aequo – Maja Kłosowiak 10
Category 3: Individual adults
Honorable mention – Anita Maksimiuk
Szopka Krakowska • Nativity Scene Exhibit • Saturday, January 13, 2024 at 2 PM • Consulate General of Poland
THE 2021 KRAKOW’S CRIB CONTEST
THE KRAKOW’S CRIB CONTEST
Through the Lens of Zosia Żeleska-Bobrowski
Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in New York
January 25, 2022
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The Kraków’s Crib Contest
KONKURS SZOPEK KRAKOWSKICH
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WOOD SCULPTURE – Free Art workshop for children, Saturday, April 6th
Day: Saturday, April 6, 2019
Time: 12:20-1:30 pm
Location: Philipse Manor Hall, 29 Warburton Ave, Yonkers, NY 10701
In conjunction with the multimedia art on view, artists Kathy Creutzburg, Natalia Lesniak, and Mirabai Kwan Yin will host a free art workshop suitable for children ages 6-12 and their caretakers.
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This project is made possible with funds from the Decentralization Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature and administered by ArtsWestchester.
Fiscal sponsor: Nowodworski Foundation.
Whispers in the Grove: Art Installation and Art workshop
Come check out the interactive, immersive new art installation at Philipse Manor Hall in Yonkers, “Whispers in the Grove”.
Opening as part of Yonkers Gallery Hop on Thursday, April 4 (5:30-7:30pm) and on view until Friday, April 27th.
In conjunction with the multimedia art on view, artists Kathy Creutzburg, Natalia Lesniak, and Mirabai Kwan Yin will host a free art workshop suitable for children ages 6-12 and their caretakers.
Workshop details:
Day: Saturday, April 6, 2019
Time: 12:20-1:30 pm
Location: Philipse Manor Hall, 29 Warburton Ave, Yonkers, NY 10701
About the art:
Did you know trees communicate through underground networks of roots and fungus? Visit this woman-made forest of interconnected, neuron-like, steel forms that rise to support bulbs, the leaf canopy. Each bulb is enveloped in found materials and illuminated, like fireflies who express through their flicker. Hear “Whispers in the Grove”.
Inspired by mycorrhiza, trees’ communication and symbiosis through an underground network of roots and mycelium, the artists built steel trees topped by cell-like bulbs made of upcycled material from different cities around the USA. The forest-like structure invites people to wander around or sit beneath it, voice tubes invite people to whisper to each other from different parts of the sculpture, and internal lights react to the approach of the viewer. Our budding understanding of the mycorrhiza phenomenon makes humans and plants seem more similar. This network is reminiscent of human neurons, the internet, even our network of roads connecting cities. We all live in symbiosis. Through “Whispers in the Grove” artists Natalia, Kathy and Mirabai seek to peak the public’s interest in science and nature, as well as fostering a sense of interconnectedness of humans and plants, leading to responsible conservation efforts and sustainable practices.
This project is made possible with funds from the Decentralization Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature and administered by ArtsWestchester.
Fiscal sponsor: the Nowodworski Foundation