Patchwork of memories | workshop with Jagoda Valkov | Warstwy
About the event
The workshop with Jagoda Valkov will be an opportunity to reminisce and share stories about our ancestors, as well as to engage in creative family work. Using a variety of artistic techniques, we will create a personal patchwork made, for example, from archival family photographs, scraps of fabric and colorful threads.
We encourage you to bring copies of family photographs that can be used during the workshop. We will provide all other materials needed to make the patchwork.
About the instructor
Jagoda Valkov – studied landscape architecture at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences, and stage and exhibition design at the Academy of Fine Arts. She completed the DOK PRO documentary course at the Wajda School in Łódź and took part in the Sputnik Photos collective’s mentoring program. She is also a graduate of the Academy of Photography in Warsaw. She is the author of the artistic project “Szczęśliwa wina” – a series of personal collages made from archival family photographs combined with contemporary symbolic graphics.
Details
When: October 24, 2026 (Saturday), 11:00-14:00 Where: Workshops of Culture in Lublin, Grodzka 7, workshop room, ground floor For: children aged 6+ accompanied by adult family members or friends Registration: via the online form Admission: free of charge, places are limited and applications are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis
Accessibility
- Polish Sign Language interpretation is available. Interpreter: Jolanta Gromada. Please indicate this need in the form.
- The event takes place in a venue that is not architecturally accessible (raised ground floor with no elevator).
- Check how to get there – watch the video.
- Read the basic information about the accessibility of Workshops of Culture.
- Your individual accessibility needs related to participating in events organized by Workshops of Culture: fill out the form.
The event is part of the “Warstwy – dzieciństwo” project.
About the “Warstwy – dzieciństwo” project
The project explores the childhoods of our ancestors as well as our own, approaching the subject both through the lens of family memory and the memory of local communities, while highlighting the value of building home collections that document the past.
By taking part in the workshops, we will learn ways of searching for information about the lives of previous generations (including in state archives), preserving keepsakes, and collecting stories that we can still access. We will discover how important and fascinating it is to create our own family archives, how creatively the materials we gather can be used, and what values can be discovered by immersing ourselves in folk games or songs. We will also have an opportunity to learn about old photographic techniques and create a commemorative portrait.
Programme
- October 4, 2026 | Object – memory – how to describe keepsakes – a workshop with Aleksandra Karmelita
- October 9, 2026 | Carved wooden sticks – Lubartów pick-up sticks game – a workshop with Staszek and Rafał Sadownik
- October 17, 2026 | Lullabies – a workshop with Agata Harz
- October 24, 2026 | Patchwork of memories – a workshop with Jagoda Valkov
- November 6, 2026 | Carpe diem – a family visit to a photography studio – a workshop with Liudmyla and Roman Krawczenko
- November 7, 2026 | Carpe diem – a family visit to a photography studio – a workshop with Liudmyla and Roman Krawczenko
- November 14, 2026 | Traces of memory – a workshop with Michał Zawada
Co-financed by the Museum of Polish History as part of the Patriotism of Tomorrow programme.