State of Care — Part I
Early-Autumn Retreat for Educators
Contributors: Anna Owsiany, Aleka Polis, Magdalena Starska, Jaśmina Wójcik
with special guest: Wiktoria Bukowy
Tytułowy dobrostan to coś więcej niż odpoczynek: to poczucie sensu, podmiotowości, możliwość ciągłego uczenia się i wymiany. To zdolność rozpoznawania własnych potrzeb oraz ich komunikowania.
12–16 September 2025
BGSW / Ustka
BGSW / Podgrodzie
Programme Curator: Małgorzata Różańska
Visual Identity: Karolina Pietrzyk & Tobias Wening
In collaboration with: Małgorzata Zelek
Supported by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage through the Culture Promotion Fund.
Do you work with children, young people, or adults? Are you active in education, community-building, culture, therapy, or social work? Do you lead workshops, classes, or group sessions? Or perhaps you feel that your everyday practice rarely offers you time to pause, breathe, and reconnect with yourself?
“State of Care” is a seaside retreat designed for those who support others—those who teach, accompany, mentor, and inspire. BGSW will become a space to slow down, listen inward, and replenish.
“We will reflect on what care truly means—in educational practice, in community engagement, and in daily life. Together we will explore new perspectives and ways of caring—not only for others, but also for ourselves,” says curator and BGSW educator Małgorzata Różańska. The programme brings together workshops, artistic processes, conversations, and facilitated sessions led by artists, educators, mentors, and activists who work with diverse communities and engage deeply with questions of care, relationships, and inclusivity. Contributors include Aleka Polis, Jaśmina Wójcik, Anna Owsiany, Magdalena Starska with special guest Wiktoria Bukowy.
Programme
12 September 2025
BGSW / Ustka
“Toward Practice. More Relations, Less Education”
Followed by a communal dinne and the meeting with the Zachęta – Art of Education team: “We Learn from You.”
13 September 2025
BGSW / Ustka
Anna Owsiany – “Well-Being and (Co-)Facilitating Groups”, Part 1
A hands-on session on designing and navigating group processes, with an emphasis on the facilitator’s own well-being.
Aleka Polis – “Creative Collaboration with People with Intellectual Disabilities”, Part 1
How artists can meaningfully shape the worlds of people with disabilities and those experiencing mental health challenges.
14 September 2025
BGSW / Podgrodzie
Aleka Polis – Creative Collaboration…, Part 2
Jaśmina Wójcik – “Manifestos of Empathic Education”, Part 1
A presentation rooted in long-term work with children, drawing on the artist’s own practice and Janusz Korczak’s methodologies. Collective writing of manifestos for empathic education.
Magdalena Starska – “Care as Relational Art. Art in Care”, Part 1
A workshop informed by teaching experience and the artist’s research into “caring art” and “maintenance art”. Conceived as a working session for a temporary research group.
15 September 2025
BGSW / Ustka
Magdalena Starska – “Care as Relational Art. Art in Care”, Part 2
Anna Owsiany – “Well-Being and (Co-)Facilitating Groups”, Part 2
Jaśmina Wójcik – “Manifestos of Empathic Education”, Part 2
16 September 2025
BGSW / Ustka
Collective session – mind-mapping, reflection, and networking.
Wiktoria Bukowy – “The Body as a Place Where Well-Being Lives”
A gentle closing workshop inviting participants to return to themselves through mindfulness, movement, and quiet. STATE OF CARE is a (non)conference. We remain open to fluctuation, responsiveness, and following what emerges.
Supported by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage through the Culture Promotion Fund.
Patronage & Matronage
Honorary Patronage: Marshal of the Pomeranian Voivodeship Mieczysław Struk
Media Matronage: NN6T
Patronat: NN6T
