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In this engaging one-hour online session live from Poland, Aleksandra (Ola) Janus returns to CSP to share exciting developments in the world of contemporary Jewish art. In 2023, the Zapomniane Foundation, the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, and the Jewish arts and activism collective FestivALT launched Kultur-Lige, a network inspired by its early 20th-century predecessor. This initiative fosters connections among Jewish artists in Poland, focusing on revitalizing Polish Jewish culture. Ola delves into the vision behind Kultur-Lige, introduces us to some of the talented artists involved, and provides an exclusive preview of their upcoming first group exhibition, "We Are Here," which she is co-curating this fall. This is an opportunity to explore the vibrant resurgence of Jewish arts in Poland!

Aleksandra (Ola) Janus holds a PhD in Anthropology from the Jagiellonian University in Cracow (Poland). She works at the intersections of academia, art, and activism. She has initiated numerous cultural and artistic projects as well as expert working groups, and authored many academic articles and publications. She is President of the Zapomniane Foundation aimed at locating, marking, and commemorating forgotten burial sites of the Holocaust victims in Poland. She co-founded Engaged Memory Consortium aimed at creating and proposing an innovative approach to remembrance – one that underscores the relevance of remembering for social justice and facing contemporary challenges. She is co-curator of the ‘Exercising modernity’ program aimed at critically rethinking the legacy of modernity in Poland, Germany, and Israel. She co-founded and curated the ‘Museum Lab’ (Laboratorium muzeum) - an educational program in critical museology for Polish heritage professionals. Recently, she also co-founded two initiatives advocating for heritage institutions to take action in the face of the climate crisis: the working group Museums for the Climate and Culture for Climate Collective.