The Wilson Shaft Gallery is a project founded in 1998 when the former mining ruins of various shafts, baths and pithead buildings were renovated at huge expense and effort and passed on to the local community for new and changed purposes. This unique building, designed by the Zillmann brothers, is young again thanks to the centre’s gallery, museum and theatrical performances. All the artistic events held here are, in a way, a continuation of the remarkably strong tradition of the Grupa Janowska which was created here and painted in the Wieczorek mine. The gallery’s exhibition rooms are also used for the organization of various exhibition events, entertainments, concerts and conferences.
The project’s founders’ main goal is to promote young, brave painters, graphic artists, photographers and performers. Avant-garde and unconventional art finds shelter here, with the centre’s focus on acquainting the local community with the brave, involved and socially pacifistic, which is supposed to oppose everything that takes freedom away from man. From its very foundation, the project wished for art to leave exclusive salons and galleries and stay true to reality.
Access by bus: 12 from the railway station; 76 from "Delikatesy" bus stop at Al. Korfantego; 30 from "Delikatesy" bus stop at Al. Korfantego. By car: 1 From 79 road Katowice-Mysłowice turn right past the SELGROS advertisement, taking the direction of Nikiszowiec, after 400m turn right again towards Nikiszowiec, drive for 500m and you are there. From Warsaw: drive past IKEA, take the exit road to Bielsko, and then to Mysłowice, then follow the directions specified in section 1 above. From Bielsko: turn right exit to Mysłowice from the Bielsko-Warsaw road then follow the directions specified in section 1 above. From Krakow: from A4 take the exit road to Łódź, then right to Mysłowice, then follow the directions specified in section 1 above. From Wrocław: drive towards Warsaw then turn to Mysłowice, then follow the directions specified in section 1 above. The Wilson Shaft Gallery is also situated a short distance from the Katowice-Szopienice railway station, where local city buses can be taken. Distance from the airport: approximately: approximately 30km.
