Ars Ignota Foundation is a young organization established in 2024. Its main goal is to promote art that remains outside the mainstream – undiscovered, forgotten, or overlooked in the canon of art and music history.
The Foundation operates in the Republic of Poland, focusing primarily on music, but also on other areas of culture and artistic education.
The Foundation’s activities include the popularization of early music that has never been performed before and the restoration of forgotten works of art. An important part of its mission is also to support young, talented artists who have not yet had the opportunity to present their work to a wider audience.
The Foundation also aims to activate communities on the margins of cultural life, promote new art, develop cultural education, and protect and enrich European artistic heritage. It organizes artistic and publishing events, supports syncretic initiatives combining various fields of art and science, and strives to raise social awareness of forgotten artistic works.
Through its activities, the Ars Ignota Foundation strives not only to rediscover art, but also to inspire its creative development and expand the boundaries of cultural memory.
The Founder – Fabian Dydaś, Krakow-based musicologist and cultural events manager. He organised events such as the festival “N0V@. Youth contemporary art overview” (Andrychów, 2024 r.), bringing together young artists from various fields of art (event included painting exhibitions, discussion clubs, jazz and rock concerts).
In 2025 he coordinated the work of Volunteers during 34th Jewish Culture Festival in Krakow.
In 2024 and 2025 he was the Office Manager for 36th and 37th Krakow International Festival of Composers organised by The Krakow Branch of the Polish Composers’ Union.
He collaborated with institutions such as: PWM, InCanto Foundation, Foundation for Capella Cracoviensis and Chronić Dobro Foundation at the Benedictine Abbey in Tyniec, in the field of cultural event organisation and substantive assistance in artistic projects.
During university he was the head of Musicology Students Scientific Circle at Jagiellonian University (2021-2023). He also was a member of the competition committee of the Scientific Circles Council at the Jagiellonian University.