“Silence” — art therapy workshops at MNK Szołayscy

The art therapy workshop will take place after the closure of the National Museum in Krakow. When the last visitors leave the halls, the museum will change its character. A space filled with movement and conversations on a daily basis, will become an intimate place of stopping, mindfulness and meeting with oneself.

With the lights dimmed, the museum halls will turn into a workshop space for development, reflection and creative activity. The inspiration for the work will be works of art, which will become the starting point for a conversation about emotions, relationships, needs and personal experiences. No artistic knowledge or artistic ability is required. The most important thing will be a willingness to be here and now and an openness to your own process.

“Quieter” is a proposal for people who want to slow down for a while, find inner balance and experience the museum in a completely new way. It is a meeting of art, psychology and mindfulness, which allows you to hear what on a daily basis is drowned out by the rush and excess of stimuli.

Sometimes the most important things can only be heard when it gets quieter.

Magdalena Pzajk — combines psychological, pedagogical and therapeutic experience, supporting people in personal development and change processes. She began her career at the Jagiellonian University, where she studied pedagogy and psychology. She then collaborated with the Krakow Centre for Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, and also completed postgraduate art therapy studies at the Eriksonian Institute in Łódź.

She conducted trainings in the field of soft competences, supporting adults in developing communication skills and building satisfying relationships, worked in hospital departments of psychosomatics and psychogeriatrics, and in 2012-2015 she was the coordinator of the department of psychosomatics. Until 2020, she was associated with mental health clinics in Warsaw and Krakow, conducting therapeutic processes and supporting patients in finding their own resources and building mental well-being.

He currently holds the position of Deputy Manager at SOWA Jagiellonian University. He conducts art therapy workshops in the field of prevention of burnout and a group for neuroatypical people, creating a safe space conducive to self-knowledge, development and conscious building of relationships with oneself and the environment. In the art therapy process, the following are important for her: authentic experience, reflection and the ability to express herself through the creative process.

He develops his own brand ArthealthyMind, based on a combination of psychology, art and personal development. She believes that art can be not only a form of expression, but also an effective tool for supporting mental well-being, self-awareness and inner balance.