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Events: March 2026
Exhibition ‘Zmysł/Onubhob/Senses’
The Faculty of Fine Arts at Nicolaus Copernicus University invites you to the exhibition ‘Zmysł/Onubhob/Senses’ by Satabdi Hati. The opening will take place on 14 January 2026 at 5 p.m. at the Dworzec Zachodni ACKiS Od Nowa Gallery (Gagarina 37a Street in Toruń).
‘Zmysł/Onubhob/Senses’ combines works created as a result of the artist's many years of travelling through different countries, cultures and emotional landscapes. Handmade Nepalese Lokta paper, charcoal, hemp fibre, ink, coffee, dry leaves and tea stains create an organic language of forms, balancing between the real and the imagined. In her latest works, the artist also uses inks prepared by hand from avocado skins, beetroots and oak acorns, deepening her relationship with matter and the natural world.
An important element of the exhibition is language, present in many versions: Bengali, Polish, English, Hindi, Sanskrit and French. It becomes a landscape of transition, in which words such as ‘home,’ ‘unknown’, and ‘life’ form a poetic map of experiences of migration, rootedness and transformation.
This series was strongly influenced by the quiet, grey mornings of the Polish winter, slowing down the creative process and directing it towards intuition. Here, paper becomes a space for reflection, confirming Anne Frank's words that ‘paper has more patience than people’.
The exhibition is part of the artist's doctoral research on the use of natural materials in contemporary art. It is an invitation to pause and reconnect with nature and with the inner, silent landscapes that each of us carries within ourselves.
The exhibition will run until 18 March 2026. The curator of the exhibition is Dr Katarzyna Łyszkowska, professor at the Department of Drawing at Nicolaus Copernicus University.
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University-Community Engagement for Staff: What’s in it for me?
YUFE invites university employees to an hour-long online training session entitled “University-Community Engagement for Staff: What’s in it for me?”, which will take place online on March 6. Registration is required.
“University-Community Engagement for Staff: What’s in it for me?” is an online session for university leaders, academic teachers and administrative staff. The meeting will introduce the idea of university engagement in community life and its role in building valuable relationships between the academic world and society. Whether you're just starting or looking to expand your efforts, this event provides tools and inspiration to help integrate engagement into your everyday academic or professional practice. During the training, participants will learn, among other things:
- the role of universities in solving social problems;
- ways to integrate community engagement with academic and institutional activities;
- methods of inspiring students through real social impact;
- tips on how to lead or support initiatives for a more inclusive and sustainable university.
The training is intended for both those just starting their adventure in community activities and those looking to improve their approach. The meeting will be led by Prof. Bojana Ćulum Ilić, PhD, from the University of Rijeka. After the training, participants will receive a certificate of participation.
The meeting will take place on March 6 from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. (CET). Registration is open until March 4.