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Heartcore: Graphic Novelist Reflects on Art and Healing
On September 11, 2025, at 6 p.m., the Czech graphic novelist Štěpánka Jislová presented her award-winning autobiographical graphic novel Srdcovka (translated into English as Heartcore) at the Embassy of the Czech Republic. Moderated by Cara Gormally, the program offered an intimate look into Jislová’s creative process.
Lenticular Poetry Debuts in Washington
On the evening of September 5, 2025, the American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center opened its doors to celebrate the vernissage of Lenticular Poetry, an exhibition bringing together the works of two Czech photographers—Jan Svoboda and Jaroslav Beneš —in their first major presentation in the United States. The evening began with speeches by American University Museum Director Jack Rasmussen, Deputy Chief of Mission Jan Havránek, curator Pavel Vančát, and photographer Jaroslav Beneš, who briefly introduced the exhibition and his collaboration with the late Svoboda.
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