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HEROINE FESTIVAL 2025: Celebrating Women Role Models at History Meeting House

Explore diverse perspectives on female influence and societal change through this unique cultural festival program in 2025.

The HEROINE FESTIVAL 2025 at History Meeting House aims to restore women's voices, significance, and visibility through a compelling sociocultural project. Its 2025 edition, 'Women Role Models,' redefines authority by highlighting influential women who bring about change. The festival offers a diverse program including art exhibitions, musical performances, workshops, and panel discussions.

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Exhibition summary

The HEROINE FESTIVAL is a sociocultural project dedicated to restoring women's voices, significance, and visibility. The 2025 edition, themed 'Women Role Models,' aims to redefine authority by highlighting women who exert influence and bring about change, fostering social trust in female perspectives.

Curatorial context

The HEROINE FESTIVAL is a sociocultural initiative committed to amplifying women's voices, recognizing their significance, and ensuring their visibility. In its 2025 iteration, the festival adopts the motto 'Women Role Models,' seeking to redefine the concepts of authority and influence in contemporary society. It highlights figures who, while not always in titular positions, possess significant influence and impact the world around them. The festival aims to build social trust in the female voice and perspective by showcasing these change-makers. The 2025 program includes a variety of events designed to explore this theme. Visitors can anticipate a concert by jazz singer Urszula Dudziak, an open photo shoot with Lidia Popiel, and journaling workshops led by writer Karolina Sulej. The festival will also feature an exhibition by Maryna Tomaszewska and Joanna Warsza, alongside panel discussions, performative readings, book premieres, and film screenings. The festival's full program is available on festiwalbohaterek.pl and dsh.waw.pl.

Admission and ticket notes

Visitor information regarding tickets and admission is not explicitly detailed on this page, but the full program and further details are available on the festival's official website and the History Meeting House website.

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Venue
History Meeting House
Current status
Completed
Exhibition schedule
Oct 16, 2025 – Oct 26, 2025
Artist line / attribution
The festival features contributions from Polish jazz singer Urszula Dudziak, photographer Lidia Popiel, writer Karolina Sulej, artist Maryna Tomaszewska, artist Joanna Warsza, and director Katarzyna Puchalska.
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