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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.

T.Love	Topor Roland
Taigi Chiari	Toporowski Marek
Tajner Apoloniusz	Torbicka Grażyna
Talbot Terry	Torregrosa Paco
Tatarkiewicz Wladyslaw	Torres Armando
Tatarkiewicz Władysaw	Toto
Tausendschoen Nessi	Towarnicka Elżbieta
Tavani Sofia	Trajanov Boris
Taylor Elisabeth	Transue David
Tazbir Janusz	Travolra John
Tei Sergio	Trawicki Krzysztof
Tei Simone	Traxler Peter
Tekeliev Aleksander	Treder Agata
Tekla Ss.Brigitte Mother	Trempała Janusz
Teleszyński Leszek	Trenka-Dalton Sophie
Telihay Péter	Trenker Luis
Ten-Hui Lee	Tresk Karolina
Tercha Katarzyna	Trevisani Raffaele
Terentiew Nina	Tręda Anna
Terentiew Nina	Trio Motion
Teresa Matka	Trissenar Elisabeth
Terlecki Ryszard	Trojan Ivan
Tersa Jadwiga	Trojanowska Izabela
Teufel Edgar	Trojanowska Izabella
Thaegen Walter	Trojanowska Magdalena
Thai Dang	Trojnar Krzysztof
Thai Dang	Trumph Ivana
The Short Straws	Trybala Marzena
Theodorakis Miki	Trzaska Antoni
Theurer Sonja	Trzaska Mikołaj
Thibaudet Jean-Yves	Trzaskalski Piotr
Thomalla Georg	Trzebiński Robert
Thomas Dieter	Trzeciak Franciszek
Thompson Emma	Trznadel Maciej
Thulin Ingrdi	Trzybulska Barbara
Thun-Hohenstein Christoph	Tsiantos Harris
Tilg Bernhard	Tuende Trojan
Tilg Bernhard	Tunicka Maria
Tiller Nadja	Turnau Grzegorz
Timofeevich Nina	Turner April
Timofte Madalina	Turner Kathlyn
Timothy Christopher	Turner Kerry
Tinn Natalie	Turner Tina
Tiran Itay	Turowicz Jerzy
Tischner Józef	Tusk Donald
Tittel Jan	Tusk Małgorzata
Tittel Joerg	Tuso Amy
Tittel Juergen	Tuso Amy
Tkacz Krystyna	Tuszyńska Jolanta
Tober Michał	Tutu Desmund
Tobor Gabriel	Tutu Pol Desmond
Todorov Lubomir	Tuwim Julian
Todorovich Zoran	Twardowsk Agata
Toeplitz Karol	Twardowsk Anna
Tokarczuk Joanna	Twardowski Jan
Tolley Phillip	Twiggy
Tolstoy Viktoria	Two Unlimited
Tomaszczyk Grzegorz	Tyciński Wojciech
Tomaszewski Bohdan	Tyciński Wojciech
Tomaszewski Henryk	Tygielski Zdzislaw
Tomaszewski Jan	Tym Stanisław
Tomaszewski Paweł	Tymański Tymon
Tomba Alberto	Tyniec Krzysztof
Tomcza Ewelina	Tyrański Jarosław
Toncitch Voya	Tyszkiewicz Beata
Topa Bartlomiej	Tyszkiewicz Ryszard
Topaliński Tomasz	Ty¼nik Andrzej
Topol Chaim	Tzontemoc Pedro
Topoliński Tomasz