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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.

Wałęsa Lech	Wiesienger Michael
W Hollen Mark	Wiewiórkowski Kenio
W White Graham	Więcek Artur
Wac Paulina	Więcek Olga
Wachowia Magdalena	Wiget Ueli
Wachowicz Barbara	Wijdan Ali Princess
Wachowicz Ewa	Wikarjak Paulina
Wagendristel Alexander	Wilczyńska Zofia
Waglewski Wojciech	Wildbolz Klaus
Wagner Vanessa	Wildbolz Klaus
Waj Jozef	Wilde Kim
Wajda Andrzej	Wildstein Bronisław
Walczak Agata	Wilhelm Persephone
Walczewski Marek	Wilimowski Ernest
Waldheim Kurt	Wilki
Waldorff Jerzy	Wilkinson Kathleen
Walewska Małgorzata	Wilkołek Waldemar
Walewski Marcin	Wilkomorska Wanda
Walęciuk Agnieszka	Wilkoś Sylwia
Walęciuk Sylwia	Willemsen Roger
Walkes Otto	Williams Robin
Wallach Eli	Willis Bruce
Wallach Elli	Willoch Kare
Walli Ulf	Wilson Robert
Walter Fritz	Wiłkomirski Kazimierz
Walter Mariusz	Winfrey Ophra
Walter Marta	Winiarska Halina
Walter Piotr	Winkler Jenny
Walton William	Winnschenko Igor
Wałczy Agnieszka	Winslet Kate
Wałecka Patrycja	Winter Judy
Wałęsa Danuta	Winukorow Alexander
Wałęsa Jarosław	Wisenthal Shimon
Wałęsa Maria	Wiskirski Makary
Wananeker Zoe	Wissmann Matthias
Wanda Alessia	Wiszniewski Wojciech
Waniek Danuta	Wiśniewsk Kinga
Wankowicz Melchior	Wiśniewska Ewa
Warakomska Dorota	Wiśniewski Andrzej
Warbińska Julia	Wiśniewski Grzegorz
Warchulska Agnieszka	Withrow Benjamin
Warecki Jozef	Wito Amanda
Warta-Śmietana Ewa	Włodarczy Mateusz
Warton William	Włodarska Barbara
Warwick Davis	Włodnicza Iwona
Warzech Julia	Włosi Agnieszka
Warzecha Magdalena	Wnuk-Lipiński Edmund
Warzynia Malgorzata	Wodecki Zbigniew
Warżawa Adam	Wojatorowicz Janusz
Washington Denzel	Wojciechowska Ewelina
Wasielewicz Gwidon	Wojciechowska Ewelina
Wasielewicz Krystyna	Wojciechowska Martyna
Waszkiel Marek	Wojciechowski Jerzy
Waters Roger	Wojciechowski Marcin
Watso Peter	Wojciechowski Tadeusz
Wawrzynia Anna	Wojciecza Ryszard
Wawrzynia Wernika	Wojciul Ryszard
Wątroba Ryszard	Wojewódzki Kuba
Weber Jan	Wojtaszczyk Danuta
Wegenknecht Sahra	Wojtiuk Piotr
Wegner Caroline	Wojtowicz Sławomir
Weigel George	Wojtyszko Maciej
Weigel Theo	Wolf Grzegorz
Weightman David	Wölfer Klaus
Weisgerber Eleonore	Wolick Stefania
Weiss Christina	Woliński Dawid
Weiss Schewach	Wolska Katarzyna
Weiss-Grzesiński Marek	Wołłejko Magdalena
Weizsaecker Marianne	Woo Paik Kun
Weizsaecker Richard	Wood Annie
Weller Nicolay	Wood John
Weltrowski Piotr	Wood Karen
Wencel Ewa	Wood Roland
Wender Wim	Worbes Anne
Wenderlich Jerzy	Woroszylski Wiktor
Wenders Wim	Woschnagg Gregor
Wendt Annemarie	Woszczyńsk Klaudia
Werner Agata	Woyta Izabela
Werner Agata	Woytasik Leoytarek
Werner Pierre	Woytasik Maroussia
Werner Anna	Woytasik Natalia
Werno Tadeusz	Wo¼niak Bogna
Weseman Steffen	Wo¼niakiewicz Jerzy
Wesenauer Peter	Wo¼niakiewicz Jerzy
Wesly Eduard	Wójcicki Jacek
Wesolowski Jacek	Wójcieszy Jolanta
Wesołowska Anna Maria	Wójcik Marcin
Wesołowska Lidia	Wójcik Wojciech
Wesoły Szczepan	Wójtowicz Leszek
Wessels Steffan	Wrabetz Bernhard
West Ellen	Wrabetz Bernhard
West Joel	Wraniztky Franz
West Kim	Wright Richard Wiliam
West Kim	Wrobella Małgorzata
Westermann Marvin	Wroblewski-Ibis Andrzej
Węglowski Jan	Wrona Lidia
Węgorzewska-Whiskerd Alicja	Wrona Marcin
Węgrzyn Małgorzata	Wróbel Katarzyna
Wheeler Joyce	Wróblewsk Patryk
Whitaker John	Wrzochalski Bogdan
White Betty	Wszoła Jacek
Whittle Joanna	Wu Chen-Cheng John
Wicka Emanuela	WU-HAE
Wicker Ulrich	Wuestenberg Dirk
Wickert Ulrich	Wulff Christian
Widomska Monika	Wyatt Regina
Wieckięwicz Robert	Wyborski Paweł
Wieczore Jakub	Wydra Szymon
Wieczore Patrycja	Wydra Vitalij
Wiedner-Zajac Elzbieta	Wyka Kazimierz
Wiernikowska Maria	Wyleżoł Piotr
Wiernikowska Maria	Wypych Renata
Wierusz Joanna	Wyrobek Halina
Wierzbicka Anna	Wysocki Wojciech
Wierzyński Maciej	Wyszkoni Ania
Wierzyński Maciej	Wyszkoni Anna
Wiesel Elie	Wyszyński Stefan