Painted cottage, Zalipie, Poland

Photo by

Felicja Curylowa was a talented ceramics artist who painted her house with the designs that she was famous for. Today, her home in the village of Zalipie is a museum. Local women are also taught her style of painting and about twenty houses, the fire station, church and a faem are similarly decorated. Zalipie is about 40 miles east of Krakow, Poland. June 2011