Wladyslaw Furtak and Marta Garbos
SubjectPortrait of
Wladyslaw Furtak
(Polish)
SubjectPortrait of
Marta Garbos
Date2000
MediumPositive Color Film Slides
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Cultural Heritage Arts Program collections
CopyrightIn Copyright
Object number2015.196.1129.5
DescriptionSlide photograph of Polish wood carver Wladyslaw Furtak at his home in Ansonia, Connecticut with CCHAP intern Marta Garbos.
NotesBiographical Note: Wladyslaw Furtak is a singer, storyteller, and woodcarver from the Gorale region in the Tatra Mountains of Poland who resides in Ansonia, Connecticut. He performed Gorale songs and stories at the opening of the exhibit “Polonia w Connecticut: Polish American Traditional Arts in Connecticut.” He also loaned several pieces carved and inscribed in Gorale style to the exhibit, including a baby’s crib used by his grandchildren; wooden utensils used for making cheese; and a frame with family pictures and the inscription: “Be great with God and people.”Biographical Note: Marta Garbos served as translator and fieldwork assistant for the “Polonia w Connecticut: Polish American Traditional Arts in Connecticut” exhibit. She received a degree in community health at the University of Hartford. A native of Poland, she studied with CCHAP Director Lynne Williamson during spring semester 1999. Marta's skills in community outreach and Polish-English translation contributed a great deal to the exhibit project research.
Additional materials exist in the CCHAP archive for all these artists and their communities.
Cataloging Note: This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services MA-245929-OMS-20.
Status
Not on view
2001 May 7
2000-2001 December-March
2000 November
2000 August
2001 June 23
