The project “How life was at Janachkovi” was prepared based on the illustrations of Vendula Halankova.
The opening of the exhibition was on November 5 at 17:30 at the Museum of Humor and Satire.
The project is implemented by the Czech Cultural Center in Sofia within the framework of the Year of Czech Music program and with the support of the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Sofia, Czechoslovak Club “TG Masaryk” in Bulgaria, the Czech Theater Institute, Sound Czech.
The exhibition presents illustrations to the two books from the legacy of Marie Stejskalova, called Marji, a longtime housekeeper in the family of the composer Leoš Janáček.
Leos Janáček (1854–1928) is the world’s most performed Czech opera composer.
Vendula Halankova (*1981) graduated from the Environmental Studio of the Faculty of Fine Arts in Brno.
Since 2017, he has been a collaborator of the Tourist Information Center BRNO (TIC BRNO) in the field of non-traditional propaganda of the personality of Leoš Janacek, within which a series of paper collages and illustrations of the books “Marji’s Cookbook” and “Marji’s Memoirs” were created.
All projects prepared by the Tourist Information Center BRNO (TIC BRNO) for Leos Janacek can be viewed here: https://www.leosjanacek.eu/en/