Side Program

The side program is available to all FolCon participants free of charge, or for a recommended material contribution (for art workshops where you can take something home).

All activities in the side program have their designated time slot in the schedule. Art workshops are open most of the day — you can drop in whenever it suits you, spend some time creating, or just sit down with a snack or tea.

For lectures and discussions, it’s best to attend from start to finish.

Art Workshops

Tablet Weaving Workshop

Eva Kamenná, Thursday 10–14

karetky

Leather Workshop

Michaela Ryšavá, Friday 10–14

Paint Your Own FolCon Bag

We’ve got turquoise canvas bags and textile paints! Come create your own FolCon bag.
Recommended material contribution: 100 CZK

Michaela Ryšavá, Saturday (most of the day)

Danish Christmas Hearts Workshop

Zuzana Halamíčková, Sunday 10–12

danska papirova srdce

Lectures & Discussions

From Solo Ireland to Brittany: “Ted Talk”

Anna Látalová, Friday 10–12

Anna mezi menhiry

Photo Journey through Iceland

Come and enjoy the beauty of the island’s nature at a photographic travel talk about a trip to the south of Iceland with our photographer Eva Seanínel Kolomazníková. For those of you who have already been to Iceland, this can be a relaxing reminiscence. But for those who would like to see Iceland, this talk can find tips for your trip.

Eva Kolomazníková, Friday 14:30–16:30

Why We Don’t Understand Scots

This lecture is not about how to learn to speak Scots. This lecture is about finding out what Scots actually is. If you are interested in Scottish Gaelic, perhaps you might be wondering where Scots appears from and what the difference is between Scots speaking English and Scots and wondering how to understand them — you have come to the right place. Eva Seanínel Kolomazníková„ a translator of theater plays„ dramaturgist, playwright and photographer, will talk to you about Scots.

Eva Kolomazníková, Saturday 14:30–16:30

I Teach, I Learn

Discussion

Bětka Volčíková, Saturday 16:30–18:30

Bětka

Contemporary Irish Literature

Irish culture is not just music and dance, but also words. What comes to mind when you think of Irish literature? Oscar Wilde, Samuel Beckett or James Joyce? But these authors are long dead, so what book should we pick up if we want to see which words Irish authors speaks today? And what significance does contemporary Irish literature and theatre have for us here and now in the Czech Republic? Do we have the opportunity to encounter it here at all? These are all questions that we will discuss in a lecture on contemporary Irish literature with Eva Seanínel Kolomazníková, a translator of theater plays, dramaturgist, playwright and our photographer.

Eva Kolomazníková, Sunday 14:30–16:30