Missouri State University’s Department of Art and Design will welcome special guests from Poland Oct. 6 to discuss the work of emeritus professor Roman Duszek.

The event will be held at 2 p.m. in Strong Hall 300. It is free and open to the public.

Co-authors Tomasz Bierkowski and Mariusz Wszołek will discuss their book “Visual Thinking,” a bilingual publication honoring Duszek’s teaching and career. Bierkowski and Wszolek are both professors at SWPS University in Wrocław.

Iwona Zalewska-Duszek is an emerita of the art and design department and will attend on Roman’s behalf.

Visit revives long-standing working partnership

The visit builds on years of exchanges between Missouri State and art and design academies in Poland. The department has hosted a number of artists and educators in the past, including Bierkowski, Lesław Tetla, Marta Bożyk and Marcin Bialas.

“For us, the visit to MSU is particularly important. There could be no better place to tell the story of the professor and the book dedicated to him,” Bierkowski said.

In addition, faculty members have led workshops abroad through Erasmus+ partnerships. Students have also participated in this exchange, with work exhibited in Kraków and Katowice.

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