REMINDER - 2013 International Festival of Raleigh - Call for Volunteers

The International Festival of Raleigh is celebrating its 28th birthday at the Raleigh Convention Center from October 4 through 6. The annual celebration of multiculturalism brings together almost 60 international groups who call the Triangle home, with ethnicities spanning the globe.

The theme for the 2013 festival is Arts, Music, and Crafts from Around the Globe, and 50+ cultures will exhibit their nation's pivotal moments among the offerings of international dance, music, kids activities, shopping and of course, food from around the world.

It has been a tradition for the Polish-American Club (PAC) of the Triangle to participate in the festival; we have participated every year since the first Festival in 1986.  Our involvement includes hosting of a cultural exhibit and a sidewalk café.  The Polish sidewalk café will be offering a variety of popular Polish culinary delicacies during the three-day period.  In order to provide the expected service for all guests of the festival, we need plenty of volunteers to take shifts at our food booth.  No special knowledge or experience is necessary for this rewarding and important task.  We truly hope that you will find a couple of hours in your weekend schedule to help.  It's fun and rewarding.

To volunteer in staffing the Polish sidewalk café, or cultural booth, please contact Jowita Mikołajczyk by e-mail at jowita.mikolajczyk@gmail.com  or by phone, 919-448-5931.  Thank you to all those that already signed up (see current schedules below). We are looking forward to hearing from others soon. 

• Current Sidewalk Cafe Schedule (updated Thursday, PM)
• Current Cultural Booth Schedule

Invitation to Jan Sawka Exhibition - Thursday, September 12th

Reflections on Everyman: The Work of Jan Sawka

September 12 – December 14, 2013

Curated by Evonne M. Davis and Hanna Maria Sawka
Opening Reception September 12, 7-10 PM
New Media Screening October 12, 7 PM
Closing Reception December 14, details TBA

Newark, NJ: Gallery Aferro’s Main Gallery and New Media Room will feature a major retrospective celebrating the life and work of artist, expatriate, activist, architect and impossible-to-classify Jan Sawka (1946-2012). Sawka's body of work includes paintings, book arts, sculptures, engravings, editorial illustrations, architectural installations, monuments, new media and a 10-story stage set designed for the Grateful Dead.  Currently, a memorial exhibition of his work is on view at The National Museum in Krakow, Poland. Born in 1946 in Zabrze, Poland, his childhood (read more)

This exhibition is presented in partnership with the Polish Cultural Institute, and with support from the Polish American Business Club and the Polish and Slavic Federal Credit Union.

Gallery Aferro is a nonprofit artist-originated organization serving a diverse community through the import and export of ideas. The gallery is located at 73 Market St Newark NJ, and is open Thursday-Saturday 12:00-6PM and by appt, free of charge.

                  
Illumination #2, acrylic onmasonite, 68 x 49, 2006

The Fallen, acrylic on loose canvas, 70 x 84, 1990

Please visit http://www.jansawka.com/  for more details about this exhibition