The BWA Contemporary art gallery

Introduction

Publication and updates

Date of website publication: 2010-12-20.
Date of last major update: 2020-10-30.

Compliance status

This website is partially compliant with the Act of 4 April 2019 on digital accessibility of websites and mobile applications of public entities due to the non-compliances listed below:
— most of the embedded multimedia content (photographs and graphics) does not have text descriptions; embedded videos do not have captions,
— links on the page are not underlined,
— the website includes links that open in new tabs without warning.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 2020-12-22.
The statement is based on the findings of our internal evaluation.

Keyboard Shortcuts

On the website you can use standard keyboard shortcuts browser.

Feedback and contact information

If you have any problems accessing our website, please contact Marek Kuś: Email: kus@bwa.katowice.pl. Telephone: +48 32 259 90 40 You can also contact Marek Kuś with requests for non-accessible information and complaints about the failure to ensure accessibility.

Information on the procedure

Everyone has the right to submit a request for digital access to the website, the mobile application or any of their elements. They may also request information to be made available through an alternative means of access, for example, by having a digitally unavailable document read out loud to them or having the content of a film lacking an audio description described to them. The request should contain the following information: contact details of the person making the request, an indication of the website or the mobile application concerned and a specification of the contact method with the person making the request. If the person making the request requires information to be made available via an alternative means of access, they should also specify a convenient manner for providing such information. Public entities should process requests immediately, no later than within seven days of the date the request is submitted. Should it prove impossible to meet such a deadline, they should immediately inform the person making the request when it will be possible to process the request. However, the deadline may not be longer than two months from the day the request is submitted. Should it prove impossible to ensure digital accessibility, public entities may propose an alternative means of accessing the information. If a public entity refuses to comply with the request to ensure access or an alternative means of accessing the information, you may file a complaint about the digital accessibility of the website, the mobile application or an element of the website or the mobile application. Once the above procedure has been exhausted, you may also submit a request to the Polish Commissioner for Human Rights.

The Commissioner’s website is available at https://www.rpo.gov.pl/.

Special needs and access

Whilst the BWA Contemporary Art Gallery does not have a parking facility, visitors with disabilities will find dedicated parking spaces in a paid parking lot located at number 2 Korfantego street.
There are two entrances to the building. One is located at number 6 Korfantego street while the other is through the passageway at number 8 Korfantego street.
The ticket office is situated on a half-floor with only steps. As it is not accessible for visitors with wheelchairs and prams, you can buy your ticket when you go out of the lift.
Our exhibition halls are easily accessible for pram and wheelchair users. There is a lift that takes you up to the first floor where the exhibitions take place. The floor surface is level with adequate space to manoeuvre.
A wheelchair-accessible visitor toilet, including baby-changing facilities, is situated on the ground floor.
Assistance dogs are welcome in all exhibition rooms.