Exhibition on the 80th Anniversary of the Founding of PIASA
R.S.V.P by October 12 via [email protected]
The exhibition will be on view until October 28th, 2022
We invite you on a journey through the history of Poland and Poles in New York, who wanted to create their scientific little homeland here and promote Polish-American friendship and cooperation in the fields of culture, art, and science.
Side events include a lecture: The Women of PIASA by Iwona Flis (University of Gda?sk, Poland), and a film screening: Raw footage of interviews with PIASA Members from the 90s. [Film in Polish and English, no subtitles].
The Institute is devoted to the advancement of knowledge about Poland and polish American contributions to America’s pluralistic society, to assist scholars and artists in their independent scientific, educational, and artistic activities connected with Poland and/or American Polonia.
The Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America (PIASA) was founded by Polish scientists and scholars who came to the United States as immigrants after the outbreak of World War II.
PIASA is a non-profit, 501 © tax exempt, academic, cultural organization founded in 1942 in New York City and is dedicated to the maintenance of a center of learning and culture.
Location: 208 E 30th St
Time: 5:30 — 8:30 PM
Free!
