Alice Wadowski

Alice T. Wadowski-Bak (August 8, 1935 – June 14, 2008) was a noted Polish-American artist and creator of wycinanki (paper-cutting).

She moved to New York City and worked as a book illustrator and fabric designer.

Bak, a devout Catholic, also created a painting that was presented to Pope John Paul II, and hangs in the Vatican on permanent exhibition.

In 1996 Ms. Bak won the Am-Pol Eagle Citizen of the Year Award for Media.

On June 14, 2008 Alice Wadowski-Bak died and is interred at Holy Trinity Cemetery, Lewiston, NY.