Centre
The Centre “Borderland of Arts, Cultures and Nations” in Sejny was established by Franciszek Wasik, voivod of Podlaskie Province, in 1991.
Pursuant to the “Agreement on the Joint Management and Financing of the Activities of the Centre “Borderland of Arts, Cultures and Nations”, signed by the Voivodship Marshal and the Ministry of Culture in 2000, the Centre is financed now jointly by the Podlaskie Voivodship and the Ministry of Culture.
From the day of its foundation, the Centre received support of the local authorities of Sejny, e.g. that provided council flats for the Centre employees and the Centre facilities. At the moment, the facilities include three buildings, i.e.: The Borderland House, the Old Yeshiva and the White Synagogue. The Centre studios operate daily, they include: The Centre for Documentation of Borderland Cultures, the Studio for Regional Education, Sejny Chronicles Studio, Music Studio, New Media Studio, Fine Arts Studio, Exhibition Studio, the Small Museum of Sejny, the “White Synagogue” Gallery, and Sejny Jazz Co-operative.
The artistic work teams working at the Centre include: Sejny Theatre, Klezmer Orchestra of the Sejny Theatre and the editorial team of the Sejny Almanac. Among the cyclical, long-term projects run by the Centre, there are: Glass Bead Game, Borderlander, Borderland House, Borderland School, Gate of the East, Open Central and Eastern European Regions. See also our earlier projects: Memory of Ancient Time, Meeting the Other, Gypsy Art Village, Camera Pro Minoritate.
The team of the Centre “Borderland of Arts, Cultures and Nations”:
Krzysztof Czyżewski - director (kris@pogranicze.sejny.pl)
Wojciech Szroeder - assistant director (teatr@pogranicze.sejny.pl)
Agnieszka Zasowska - head accountant (k.agnieszka@pogranicze.sejny.pl)
Barbara Kruszyłowicz - księgowa (k.barbara@pogranicze.sejny.pl)
Teresa Jarzębowicz - secretariate (sekretariat@pogranicze.sejny.pl)
Bożena Szroeder - head of The Centre For Documentation of Borderland Cultures: (centrum@pogranicze.sejny.pl)
Weronika Czyżewska-Poncyljusz - international projects (weronika@pogranicze.sejny.pl)
The Centre For Documentation of Borderland Cultures:
Agata Szkopińska - manager of the Centre For Documentation of Borderland Cultures: (agata@pogranicze.sejny.pl)
Daria Masłowska (daria@pogranicze.sejny.pl)
Trainers:
Urszula Wasilewska (urszula@pogranicze.sejny.pl)
Michał Moniuszko (michal@pogranicze.sejny.pl)
Mariola Mitros (mariola@pogranicze.sejny.pl)
Wiesław Szumiński (wieslaw@szuminski.net)
Krzysztof Kozłowski (krzysiek@pogranicze.sejny.pl)
