Artistic program: “Under the common sky” /Affirmation Festival “To Live Stronger...?” 2026

The theme of this year's edition of the Affirmation Festival “To Live Stronger...?” Hate is a ubiquitous phenomenon nowadays that almost everyone has to face in everyday life. It affects children and young people the most, which is why it is so important to provide them with tools so that they can defend themselves against it and deal with its consequences.

In the age of social media, it is very easy to hate, because you do not have to say offensive words to the other person directly in the eye, you can hide behind a phone screen and be seemingly anonymous. The hate that appears on the web can therefore be even more dangerous, it is not always known who is behind it and unflattering content spreads quickly, almost everyone has access to it.

If young people who are victims of hate do not find adequate support, they can resort to alcohol and psychoactive drugs, which become for them a form of escape from reality. Injuries often cannot be forgotten, and their consequences have to be dealt with many times throughout life. Loneliness or reduced self-esteem appear, but often there may be a psychological breakdown or addiction to narcotic drugs.

During this year's edition of the Affirmation Festival “LIVE HARDER...?” we offer an exhibition, workshops, lectures and videos that address the topic of hate. The sessions will be preceded by lectures by specialists who will help to understand the issues presented in the film or animation. All this in order to spread knowledge, educate, help understand this difficult phenomenon and realize that kindness costs nothing, and one negative comment more than once sets off a wave of hate that can have serious consequences.

For 500 years, the same sky has been stretching over the Tarnowskie Mountains...

Generations change. People, their stories and views of the world. One thing remains the same... we all have our place under it.

While we are so different, we all share a need for acceptance, closeness, and being noticed. Words can build, but they can also hurt. Sometimes they leave traces that are not visible at first glance.

As part of the next edition of the Affirmation Festival “LIVE HARDER...?” we invite you to the Tarnogórski Cultural Center for the art therapy exhibition “Under the common sky”. In the year of the jubilee of the 500th anniversary of the Tarnowskie Góry, we want to stop for a moment at what is really important — mutual respect, diversity and attention to others. Because we don't have to be the same to be together.

See you under the common sky!

DESCRIPTION OF THE STUDY:

There are words that settle on us like a warm light. There are also those after which we look for a safe place in ourselves for a long time.

The Etude “Under the Common Sky” is a symbolic story created by the participants of art therapy classes at the adult day ward of the Mental Health Center in Tarnowskie Góra. A story about fragility and courage, the need for acceptance and the power of human kindness. Sometimes it is enough for someone to move a little so that another person can stand next to them. We cordially invite you!

Duration of the exhibition: November 16 — November 22, 2026. Event dedicated to youth and adults. Coordinators: Katarzyna Filak, Aleksandra Jasiurkowska Coordinator of the event at the Mental Health Center in Tarnowskie Góra: art therapist Mirosława Skrabania-Piechot.

Free admission (free admission is required)

Venue: The program will start the opening of the exhibition in the lobby of the Tarnogórski Cultural Center. The Etude will be held in the Chamber Hall of the TCK

Registration for events for schools and kindergartens is valid at 32 285 27 34 w.15 or 515 762,441 (registrations are accepted from 27 October).

Event co-financed by the Tarnowskie Góry Town Hall