A Day of Creative Practice

Where:
ms¹, Gdańska 43, the garden and the education room.

When:
Once a month, on a weekend day, from 12:00 pm to 6:00 pm.

Who is it for?
Creative people and those who would like to try their hand at making art, explore new forms of expression, and discover unexpected combinations.

Admission:
PLN 10

Led by:
Adam Olczak-Lipman - Artist, painter, and graphic designer, Master of Arts, and chairman of the LAAF– Łódź Abstract Art Festival Association. His artistic practice is dominated by abstract forms, in which he combines emotions with the analysis of the artwork’s form.

Please note: all materials needed for the workshop and tea are provided!

15 November 2026 (Sunday), 12:00–6:00 pm

WHEN ANIMATION MEETS OBJECTS

Special guest: Izumi Yoshida

First, we’ll create short animations using our mobile phones. Then, we’ll look for unusual surfaces and objects onto which we can project them. We’ll explore how an object’s shape and texture affect the way we perceive moving images. Finally, we’ll create a collaborative installation combining animation and objects.

• 12:00–1:00 pm – Exhibition tour and introduction to the topic
• 1:00–2:00 pm – Creating animations
• 2:00–2:15 pm – Coffee break
• 2:15–3:15 pm – Continuing the work
• 3:15–4:00 pm – Lunch break
• 4:00–5:45 pm – Creating objects and setting up animation projections
• 5:45–6:00 pm – Presentation and discussion of the works

6 December 2026 (Sunday), 12:00–6:00 pm

WHEN SCENT MEETS SPACE

Special guest: Magda Milewska

A workshop about the scent of the future. What will a world we don’t yet know smell like? Together, we’ll venture beyond the familiar to design the spaces and scents of a future world. Will the future smell of nature, technology, metal, rain, or perhaps something we don’t yet have words for?

We’ll imagine our own visions of the future and translate them into scents. We’ll experiment, compose, and explore how scent can tell a story about the future. You don’t need any knowledge of perfumery or design – just curiosity and an open mind.

Come and design the scent of a world yet to come.

• 12:00–1:00 pm – Exhibition tour and introduction to the topic
• 1:00–1:30 pm – Creating a shared vision of the future
• 1:30–1:45 pm – Coffee break
• 1:45–3:15 pm – Creating original scents of the future
• 3:15–4:00 pm – Lunch break
• 4:00–5:45 pm – Composing spaces that enhance the scents
• 5:45–6:00 pm – Presentation and discussion of the works

24 January 2027 (Sunday), 12:00–6:00 pm

WHEN SCULPTURE MEETS COLLAGE

We’ll begin by selecting an interesting set of photographs from our phones. We’ll consider the emotions they evoke and how these feelings might be translated into sculptural form. Then, using the resulting object, we’ll create a three-dimensional collage.

• 12:00–12:30 pm – Introduction
• 12:30–1:15 pm – Selecting and printing photographs
• 1:15–1:45 pm – Coffee break and discussion of the photographs
• 1:45–3:15 pm – Creating objects
• 3:15–4:00 pm – Lunch break
• 4:00–5:45 pm – Creating a three-dimensional collage on an object
• 5:45–6:00 pm – Presentation and discussion of the works

21 February 2027 (Sunday), 12:00–6:00 pm

WHEN JEWELRY MEETS PRINTMAKING

Special guest: Katarzyna Koła, Communication Department, Muzeum Sztuki w Łodzi

We’ll design and make our own signet rings, experimenting with their shapes and patterns. Then we’ll use them to make prints on paper, exploring how the three-dimensional form of jewelry can be transformed into a graphic image. At the end, each participant will take home a series of prints and a piece of jewellery that doubles as a printing matrix.

• 12:00–1:00 pm – Exhibition tour
• 1:00–2:00 pm – Making jewellery
• 2:00–2:15 pm – Coffee break
• 2:15–3:15 pm – Continuing the work
• 3:15–4:00 pm – Lunch break
• 4:00–5:45 pm – Printmaking
• 5:45–6:00 pm – Presentation and discussion of the works

21 March 2027 (Sunday), 12:00–6:00 pm

WHEN DRAWING MEETS A MACHINE

We’ll begin by exploring the possibilities and limitations of our bodies when drawing. Then we’ll build a machine that helps us go beyond these limitations and make marks we couldn’t produce on our own. Finally, we’ll create a series of drawings highlighting the differences between the actions of the body and the machine.

• 12:00–1:00 pm – Introduction to the topic and presentation
• 1:00–2:00 pm – Drawing experiments
• 2:00–2:15 pm – Coffee break
• 2:15–3:15 pm – Analysing the drawings and designing machines
• 3:15–4:00 pm – Lunch break
• 4:00–5:45 pm – Building drawing machines
• 5:45–6:00 pm – Presentation and discussion of the works

11 April 2027 (Sunday), 12:00–6:00 pm

WHEN A BOOK MEETS MUSIC

Special guest: Malina Midera

This will be a participatory workshop. We’ll begin by creating a collaborative artist’s book made up of abstract forms produced using linocut. The finished book will become our musical score, interpreted by Malina Midera. At the end of the session, you’ll take home your own copy of the book and the experience of making music together.

• 12:00–1:00 pm – Introduction to the topic, exhibition tour and presentation
• 1:00–2:00 pm – Creating printing plates
• 2:00–2:15 pm – Coffee break
• 2:15–3:15 pm – Printing
• 3:15–4:00 pm – Lunch break
• 4:00–5:00 pm – Assembling the books
• 5:00–6:00 pm – Jazz interpretations of the books

30 May 2027 (Sunday), 12:00–6:00 pm

WHEN PAINTING MEETS FILM

We’ll begin with a group walk around the museum, filming whatever catches our attention. Then we’ll return to the studio, where the footage will become the starting point for our paintings. Finally, we’ll combine the paintings and films into a collaborative installation.

• 12:00–1:30 pm – Walking and filming
• 1:30–1:45 pm – Coffee break
• 1:45–3:00 pm – Creating collaborative projections
• 3:00–3:45 pm – Lunch break
• 4:00–5:45 pm – Painting
• 5:45–6:00 pm – Presentation and discussion of the works