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Project Smile

Project 'Smile'When, in 1980, I received my first autograph, that of Kalina Jedrusik, I never thought I would have over 1000 of these footprints of human existence – small pieces of art, as I call autographs, because people often draw something near their signature.

Whilst collecting autographs I was also thinking about sharing my joy coming from community and comparing it with the transient keepsake that comes from contact with personalities. The first time I managed to show them was at the Millennial Anniversary of Gdansk, when they were shown at the exhibition entitled “1000 autographs for the Millennial Anniversary”. I observed the people visiting the exhibition and saw their joy and surprise. Generations – grandparents, parents, children and grandchildren all together explaining to each other who was who. Young people did not know older actresses and the older generations had no idea about rock musicians.

After the Gdansk exhibition I began to dream about sharing my passion, about sharing my joy with others. Then I got the idea of collecting autographs joined with the picture of a smile. The first idea was to show "Smile' in children's hospitals, but it soon appeared that smiles drawn by Jordanian Queen, Krzysztof Penderecki or Liza Minelli pleased adults too. What is more important, adding a smile also pleased the people whom I ask to draw them. A smile is possible in any moment, even in the most difficult one. When we look at a child's smile, even if we are in mourning, are ill or in trouble, we smile instinctively.

An autograph itself is calm and quiet like fresh paintings, is “reveals the mortal hand” not only in the poetical dimension but also in the dimension of common, fleeting life. At least it is the visible sign of our having passed by.

Smiles joined with autographs are something to introduce joy into our lives and into hospitals both for children and adults.

When I started collecting smiles I wrote:

A Smile, it is a drop of crystallized Joy
When a child smiles at us we smile, everyone, everywhere!
A child's smile is pure holiness, a gift of life
Not to be sullied by the evil of unhappiness
When giving sick children our warm smiles
We return their own smiles to them
And remind ourselves of the smiles of our own youth!

We received from archdiocese Honiara a smile of archbishop from Solomon islands and his poem:

Smile and the World smiles with you,
Cry and you cry alone.

The exhibition was presented during the Polish Films Festival in Gdynia and in Perpignan, in the Institute of Polish Culture in Budapest and during the Festival of Good Mood in Gdansk. The exhibition was also presented in Chelmno in the Town Hall and smiles were drawn by……
The actress, Ewa Szykulska, drew smiles with children from haematology department of the Medical Academy Hospital in Gdansk and Danuta Stenka drew smiles with children from the Municipal Hospital in Gdynia.

In May the exhibition will be prepared for children on invitation by Polish Embassy in Mexico and in June in the Children's Hospital named after Maria Curie Sklodowska in Romania and in Nowy Tomysl in Poland.

Project Smile aims at encouraging creativity, innovation and adventurous works of art production among the youth. Project Smile is also for any art gallery which offers a platform and window of opportunity to young and upcoming artists to showcase their works - we can work together.

Project Smile will also involve promoting the works of mainly young and upcoming artists. “Smile” is the theme of the project and all works will be designed and crafted cantering around this theme. Smile drawings and impressions could be artistically designed and put on photographs, paper, sportsman’s t-shirts, builders’ tiles, glass, sculpture, plates and clothing.

The main aim of the project is to work for children in hospitals but not only as we all people need an real smile, but also for any art gallery through which young and gifted artists showcase their wealth of talents.

B Kerner Johannes	Bleibtreu Moritz
Bacci Roberto	Bloch Augystyn
Bacewicz Wanda	Blochberger Ludwig
Bachleda-Curuś Alicja	Blomstedt Herbert
Bachmann Maria	Blue Alyce
Bachura Małgorzata	Blue Domino
Bachura, Karol	Blum Andreas
Backens Gabriela	Blum Norbert
Backes Michael	Błac Malwina
Baco Walter	Błaszczy Dominika
Baez Joan	Błaszczy Karolina
Bagatello	Błaszczyk Ewa
Bagiński Tomasz	Błaszczyk Jacek
Bagodzińska Susanna	Błaszczyk Mania
Bahr Egon	Bławut Jacek
Baier Rainer	Błażejczyk Danuta
Baite Daniel	Błażyńska Alicja
Bajon Filip	Błęcka-Kolska Grażyna
Bajor Michał	Błędowski Paweł
Baka Mirosław	Błoch Anna
Bakal Piotr	Bocelli Eddi
Baker Eva	Bocheński Jacek
Baker Eva	Bock Witold
Baker Janet	Bocuse Paul
Baker Kenny	Boczarska Magdalena
Bakuła Hanna	Bodia
Balan Robert	Boehn-Blank Beate
Balaque Carmen	Bogacka Joanna
Balcerek Adam	Bohdanowicz Julian
Balcerowicz Leszek	Bohosiewicz Sonia
Balcerzak Gabriela	Boitano Brian
Baldassarre Charo	Bonaszewski Mariusz
Baldwin Alec	BoneyM
Baldwin Jori	Bonham-Carter Helena
Bale Christian	Boniecki Adam
Balsamo Vincenzo	Boning Wigal
Bałtorczyk Piotr	Boning Wigal
Bana Eric	Bonito Thomas
Banachowsk Martyna	Bonk Grzegorz
Banal Jeatro	Bonnema Albert
Banasik Chrstian	Bono
Banaszak Hanna	Bończyk Olga
Bang-Rasmussen Jens	Booney Barbara
Bannen Ian	Borejsza Jerzy
Bannen Ian	Borg Andy
Bano Carrisi Al	Borg Bjorn
Baranczam Stanisław	Borgeson Tonya
Baranek Paweł	Bork Ida
Baranowski Krzysztof	Bork Miroslaw
Barańska Jadwiga	Borkowski Tomasz
Barański Andrzej	Borman Frank
Barbara Agatha	Born Adolf
Barber Paul	Born Aernschd
Barbieri Fedora	Borner Erik
Barciś Artur	Boroc Kamila
Bardato Giorgia	Borowic Sebastian
Barełkowska Maja	Borowski Marek
Barenboim Daniel	Borsheim Kelly
Barker Alan	Borusewicz Bogdan
Barlow Nate	Borusewicz Jan
Baron Sam	Borys Andżelika
Barroso Jose Manuel	Borys Stan
Barrymore Drew	Borys Damiecka Barbara
Barszczewska Grażyna	Borys-Szopa Bożena
Bart Andrzej	Bosak Krzysztof
Bartholomeus I	Bounmany Sisavath
Bartko Robert	Bourne Owen
Bartkowiak Andrzej	Boyer Chevalier Daniel
Bartkowski Jacek	Bradbur Ray
Bartliński Grzegorz	Bradley Gwendolyn
Bartol Harald	Bralczyk Jerzy
Bartol Harald	Brandt Willi
Bartoszek Wojciech	Brandt Willy
Bartoszek Wojciech	Brandys Marian
Bartoszewicz Justyna	Brauer Timna
Bartoszewicz Justyna	Brauer Tina
Bartoszewski Władysław	Braun Arnulf
Bartoszewski Władysław	Braun Ewa
Bartram Silke	Braun Pinkas
Bartsch Rudolf	Braunek Małgorzata
Barwiński Waldemar	Brdiges Jeff
Barzegar Sina	Breckwolt Karsten
Barzel Rainer	Bregovic Goran
Basarab Mercea	Brehu Thierry
Baselitz Georg	Breie Patryk
Baselitz Georg	Breitner Andreas
Baselitz Georg	Brejchova Jana
Bashir-Dzodtsoeva Agnes	Brenner David
Bashkirova Elena	Brenner David
Bass Eric	Bresan Ute
Bassava Alfonso	Brescia Isabella
Bassey Shirley	Bressi Lada
Batista Sandra	Brevick Daniel
Battaglia. Rick	Brevick David
Battle Jorge	Brewer Januce
Bauer Roth	Brewer Januce
Baum Rosa	Brian Alain
Baumann Manfred	Bridges Beau
Bautista Sandra	Briganti Alejandro
Baxter John	Briney Stan
Bazela Marek	Brink Bernhard
Bąk Katarzyna	Britten Benjamin
Be'Er Rami	Brix Emil
Beaudet Mario	Broderic Mathhew
Beberechi Iulian	Brody Adrien
Beckenbauer Franz	Brody Lane
Becker Boris	Brodzik Joanna
Becker Eva-Maria	Brodzińska Grażyna
Beckham David	Brodzk Ewa
Beckmann Reinhold	Broky Filip
Bednarz Aleksandra	Brombacher Shoshannah
Bedrna Vlastimil	Bromski Jacek
Behr Susanne	Bronikowski Marcin
Bejlina Nina	Brosnan Pierce
Bejnerowic Agnieszka	Brosnan Pierce
Beksiński Zdzislaw	Brown Mack
Belmondo Jean Paul	Brubeck Dave
Belushi James	Bruckheimer Jerry
Bem Ewa	Brudny Stanisław
Benelli Vittorio	Brueggen Frans
Benetton Luciano	Brueggen Frans
Benfatto Elisabetta	Bruhn Christian
Benjamin Sigalit	Brüninghaus Rainer
Benji-Le-Fakir	Brusikiewicz Kazimierz
Bennent David	Bruski Rafał
Bennent Heinz	Bruson Renato
Bennett Robert	Bruton John
Benskin Mesher Sonja	Bruzdowicz Joanna
Benzing Paul	Bryan Ilona
Beres Jerzy	Bryant Michael
Bereska Henryk	Brylski Ryszard
Bere¼nicki Kiejstut	Brzezinska Marta
Bereżnicka-Przyłęcka Maria	Brzeziński Tadeusz
Berg Yossi	Brzeziński Zbigniew
Berganza Teresa	Brzózk Sandra
Berger Senta	Bucan Jan
Bergmeier Rolf	Buchanan Pat
Berisha Sali	Buchheim Lothar-Günther
Bernadotte Sonja	Buchholz Horst
Bernard Jill	Buchmann Christian
Bernath Wayne	Buckley Anne
Berner Regina	Buczek Aleksandra
Bernhard Erika	Buczek Aleksandra
Bernstein Leonard	Buczkowska Mieczysława
Bernstein Stuart	Buczkowski Zbigniew
Berry Jim	Buda Lorenzo
Bertels Lieven	Budka Suflera
Bertolucci Monica	Budny Elżbieta
Bestr Martyna	Budzisz-Krzyżanowska Teresa
Betancort Sandra	Budzy Mikołaj
Beyer-Khoj Mathias	Buhl Ewa
Będzińska Aurelia	Bujak Adam
Biagoli Monica	Bukała Grzegorz
Białkowsk Adrian	Bukhanov Alexander
Białkowska Jolanta	Bukowska Barbara Hesse
Białkowska Jolanta	Bukowski Janusz
Bickers Helen	Buler Jon
Biczewska Zanna	Bully Herbig Michael
Biedenkopf Kurt	Bumbry Grace
Biedrzyńska Adrianna	Bundziewicz Małgorzata
Bielanohaja Tatina	Bunsch Karol
Bielecka Justyna	Burca Cristina
Bielecki Jan Krzysztof	Burch Jeannine
Bielicka Hanka	Burchart Karol
Bieliński Mirosław	Burczyk Stefan
Bielska Iwona	Burdelska Elżbieta
Biermann Rudolf	Burger Klaus
Bikel Theodore	Buric Jasmin
Biliński Jacek	Burke Valerie
Bilski Daniel	Burkhard Gedeon
Bincza Bartek	Burkhardt Udo
Biniez Adrian	Burnett Donald
Biolek Alfred	Burnett Sally-Ann
Biondolino Christina	Burski Ksawery
Biran Iris	Burszta Wojciech
Birbaum Guenter	Burszta Wojciech
Biro Esther	Bus Latalin
Biro Eszter	Buscemi Steve
Biskupski Dariusz	Busch Dirk
Bisset Jacqueline	Buseman Frank
Bisset Jacqueline	Buszkietowicz Teresa
Bisso Maria	Buszman Krzysztof Cezary
Bitau Kamil	Buśko Joanna
Bittner-Krainz Gabriela	Buśko Karolina
Bittova Iva	Buśko Marta
Bjorling Rygert Niklas	Buthulezi Mangosuthu
Bjornstad Ketil	Buzek Agata
Blair Betsy	Buzek Jerzy
Blanik Leszek	Byczewski Iwo
Blechacz Rafał	Bykowska Karolina
Blecharz Wojciech	Byrt Andrzej