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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.

C Booth Roy	Cieśla Ryszard
Caballe Montserat	Cieślak Bronisław
Cage Nicolas	Cieślak Izabela
Caicedo Patricia	Ciezielska Danuta
Calarco Jose	Ciolek Erazm
Calleja Joseph	Ciosle Anna
Caloiarunu Isabela	Cipolla Daniela
Całbecki Piotr	Cissoko Ba
Campbell Colin	Ciucan Andrea
Canaday Donald	Ciucan Anghel
Candrowski K	Ciucan Laura
Capdevila Manuel	Ciupk Dorota
Capron Naomi	Ciurlanis Maria
Carbunaru Alexandru	Claire Marie
Card.Williams Thomas	Clark Petula
Carliske John	Clarke Arthur
Carlone Giuseppe	Classic
Carlsson Ingvar	Claus Andy
Caro Anthony	Clavier Christian
Carpenter John	Clayderman Richard
Carra Raffaela	Clinton Bill
Carra Raffaella	Clinton Hillary
Carradine David	Clooney George
Carradine David	Coch Renate
Carrera Barbara	Cocker Joe
Carreras Jose	Coelho Antonio
Carrey Jim	Coelho Antonio
Carrington Jesmond	Coen Leoard
Carrozzo Stefano	Coffin Peter
Carstens Veronica	Coigny Christian
Cartland Barbara	Colby Garry
Cartland Dame Barbara	Cole Natalie
Cash John	Collelti Donatella
Cash Johny	Collin Joan
Castagna Miriam	Collini Maurizzio
Cat-Mackiewicz Stanisław	Collins Anne
Cater Wayne	Collins Carson
Catterfeld Yvonne	Collins Jackie
Cavaliere Filippo	Collins Joan
Cavaliere Vinzenzi	Collins Karl
Caviezel Jim	Collins Phil
Cebulj Mitja	Colson Greg
Cegielski Max	con der Leinen Ursula
Cegielski Max	Concinni Affabre
Celewicz Radoslaw	Condemi Eleonora
Celewicz Radosław	Coonan Daniel
Celewicz Radosław	Coperfield David
Celiński Andrzej	Coppola Francis Ford
Cembrzyńska Iga	Coppola Sofia
Cepar Drago	Corddingly Beth
Cerf Vin	Corlone Beatrice
Cerna Olga	Corlone Giuseppe
Ceska Christophe	Cornejo Ignacio
Ceska Christophe	Corneli Lilya
Chacińska Aleksandra	Cortez Kirlianit
Chacon Marcon	Cosa Anton
Chan Jackie	Cosby Ben
Chan Jackie	Costa Giulia
Channon Mark	Costner Kevin
Chapko Asea	Costonza Maestra
Chapko Izabela	Cousteau Jacques
Charewicz Leon	Crawford Cindy
Charles Ray	Creighton Jim
Chatchaturian Aram	Crescenzi Andrea
Chay Som	Cretien Jean
Chemnitz Thomas	Crockett Alvin
Chęciński Sylwester	Cromwell James
Chinalski Amdrzej	Crow Russel
Chinalski Andrzej	Crow Russell
Chirac Jacque	Cruz Alba
Chisa Claudia	Cruz Penelope
Chisa Claudia	Cucnik Primoz
Chlebowski Zbigniew	Cucnik Primoz
Chmielewski Jarosław	Cugia Christian
Chmielewski, Witold	Cugowski Krzysztof
Chmielewski Bogdan	Cukrowska Kinga
Chmura Jacek	Cukrowski Błażej
Chmurzyński Wojciech	Cummiseky Roger
Chmurzyński Lech	Cura Jose
Chodorowska Marta	Curbelo Angel
Chodorowska Oliwia	Curry Davio
Choiński Zbigniew	Cuthbertson William
Chojnacki Roland	Cutri Ane Cameron
Chomicka-Szymaniak. Monika	Cygan Jacek
Chomicka-Szymaniak. Monika	Cynke Katarzyna
Chomitzer Michail	Cyran Krzysztof
Chopko Paweł	Cyrwus Piotr
Chotomska Wanda	Czajkowski Paweł
Christ-Ricken Monika	Czajkowski Renard
Christian Claudia	Czalej Sławomir
Christiani Hans	Czalej Sławomir
Christiansen Sabine	Czapiński Janusz
Christo	Czapiński Janusz
Chruściel Robert	Czarlewski Sławomir
Chrzan Piotr	Czarnogursky Jan
Chrzanowski Wiesław	Czarnota Sambor
Chubb William	Czechowska-Wysoczynska Alicja
Chudik Ladislav	Czeczot
Chudoba Marek	Czempiński Gromosław
Chudziecka Kinga	Czerkawski Mariusz
Chwedczuk Zbigniew	Czernicka Zofia
Chwin Krystyna	Czerniewska Edyta
Chwin Stefan	Czerwińsk Michał
Chyra Andrzej	Czerwińska Zofia
Chyrzyński Marcel	Czesnowska Barbara
Chyżewski Daniel	Częstochowski Ryszard
Cic Emil	Czubaszek Maria
Cicharzewska Monika	Czubiński Jarosław
Ciecierska Magdalena	Czystaw Romuald
Ciesielski Kazimierz