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Contemporary Textile Art Exhibit “BLACK LIGHT”
“BLACK LIGHT“ is a contemporary art exhibition which has been presented in various European cities already for several years.EXHIBITION HISTORYIn summer of 2005 a group of Lithuanian textile artists (Laima Oržekauskienė, Inga Likšaitė, Almyra Bartkevičiūtė - Weigel, Jolanta Šmidtienė) were invited to take part in the international exhibition “Advertising Art in the Black Light” in Berlin. There the artists works from various countries were exhibited in the underground station. The Lithuanian presentation stood out not only for their technical variety,… Find out more »
Collective art exhibition from Kaunas International TEXTILE 07 Biennial
Nov 30th, 2007: The Art Biennial, Textile 07 opened in the city of Kaunas, in Lithuania. The 6th International Biennial, Textile 07, exhibited last in Kaunas after a 3 month run. This year the Biennial encompassed different cultural, social and artistic themes with a vast amount of exciting and creative impulses.Since 1997, the International Textile Exhibition takes place every two years in Kaunas city and is organized by two enthusiastic women; Vita Geluniene and Virginija Vitkiene. Themes, operation guidelines and… Find out more »
The Exhibit by Seven American Lithuanian Fiber Artists “DISTANT / CLOSE LAND”
Participating Artists:Regina Palaityte – BensonAda SutkuvieneMagdalena Birute StankunieneLiucija J. Kryzeviciene – HutcheonDonna Rhae Prusaite – MarderIna NenortieneZita SodeikieneIn order to overcome the difficulty of establishing oneself as an artist in the USA after World War II, it was important for artists to form groups and organizations.The Lithuanian American Women's Artists Association was one of those organizations in Chicago. The Association was very active in presenting shows, publishing catalogues and assisting fellow artists. The Lithuanian American Women's Artists Association is still… Find out more »
The Exhibit „PHOTO GRAPHIC“ by Nele Zirnite-Zukauskaite (Riga) and Jonas Kuprys (Chicago)
Photography by Jonas Kuprys from the cycle „Lithuanians in America“ and graphic artworks by Nele Zirnite-Zukauskaite from her exhibit „Valley of love“. NELE ZIRNITE-ZUKAUSKAITE“VALLEY OF LOVE“The space reminding of a valley is the ideal place for the works. Love for me is the creation giving the opportunity to love in the universal time. It raises the soul above the earthly things, helps to control feelings, gives the opportunity to distance oneself from the everyday uproar, passing passions and wishes.A strong… Find out more »
“A Gift to the Homeland“ by Janina Monkute-Marks in Druskininkai
The textile collection under the title “A Gift to the Homeland“ by Janina Monkute-Marks was exhibited at V. K. Jonynas Gallery in Druskininkai which is the branch of M. K. Ciurlionis National Art Museum. Find out more »
The Exhibit QUOTATIONS IN TEXTILE: “Frolic of an Angel” & “Shibori – Transformations”
This exhibition introduced the personal dimensional embroidery exhibition "Frolic of an Angel" of Jolanta Šmidtienė, and the exposition „Shibori – Transformations“ of a well-known originator of the shibori technology in Lithuania Jūratė Petruškevičienė. The works of Jūratė Petruškevičienė, as well as young artists and the students of textile using the shibori technology were seen.SHIBORI is the technology of Japanese origin. For hundreds of years this technology has been used in various places of the world; however, the greatest part of… Find out more »
“VITRUM BALTICUM IV. NEW AND YOUNG” International Art Glass Exhibition
An international glass art exhibition VITRUM BALTICUM has been launched in the year 2000 and is being arranged for the fourth time. A part of this exhibition is taken to Kedainiai from Kaunas, where the rest of the exhibition works will be exposed in Kaunas Ceramics museum till 2009 January.VITRUM BALTICUM intension is to review the creative work of lithuanian glass artists in a wider geographical context. For deeper analysis of art phenomena, a comparative aspect is always convenient, therefore… Find out more »