Inauguration of the 2019/2020 Academic Year
The Inauguration ceremony will begin in the Auditorium at 37 Raciborska street on Thursday 3 October at 12:00.
Programme:
1. Address of His Magnificence the Rector, Prof. Antoni Cygan
2. Vice-Rector’s report
3. Presentation of diplomas of Doctor of Fine Arts and Doctor Habilitatus of Fine Arts
4. Matriculation of students
5. Opening lecture by Piotr Uszok, former Mayor of Katowice
Accompanying exhibitions
Do widzenia (See you later): a selection of works from the AFA end-of-year exhibition, Buildings R37 and R50, opening at 15:00
Narkoza i euforia (Narcosis and euphoria): paintings by Prof. Ireneusz Walczak, Rondo Sztuki Gallery, opening at 17:00
Przejście (Passage): objects by Paulina Komorowska and prints by Adam Romaniuk, Rondo Sztuki Gallery, opening at 18:00
The Academy has received letters of congratulations marking the beginning of the 2019/2020 academic year from the following people and institutions:
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Culture and National Heritage, prof. dr hab. Piotr Gliński
Rector of the Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław, prof. dr hab. Piotr Kielan
Rector of the Jan Długosz University in Częstochowa, prof. dr hab. Anna Wypych-Gawrońska
Rector of the Katowice School of Economics, dr hab. Krzysztof Szaflarski, prof. GWSH
Rector of the State Higher Vocational School in Racibórz, dr hab. inż Ewa Stachura, prof. nadzw.
Rector of the Wrocław University of Technology, prof. dr hab. inż Cezary Madryas
Senator of the Republic of Poland, dr hab. Andrzej Misiołek
Rector of the Stanislaw Moniuszko Academy of Music in Gdańsk, prof. dr hab. Maciej Sobczak
Rector of the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, dr hab. Andrzej Lesicki, prof. UAM
President of the Regional Chamber of Commerce, Mr Tomasz Zjawiony