The EEA Grant Financial Mechanism supported project "Culture Barn" No.LT04-3-KM-K-01-049 has started in Kintai and has been carried out since 1st of September this year by "Kintai Arts" together with 7 Lithuanian partners and the Norwegian partner, the company "Biotope". The project presentation event started at the Kintai Multifunctional Centre on 19.11.2021, where a large number of guests and Kintai residents gathered.
The essence of the project, as well as the results of the long journey of organising professional art events in Kintai, was defined by Audra Juodeškienė, the company's manager and founder. Everyone was very interested in the presentation of the guest from Norway, Tormod Amundsen - how art and birdwatching have been combined in a very harsh area, attracting up to 40 000 visitors per year. Marija Marcelionytė-Paliukė, Head of the Department of Graphic Arts at Vilnius Academy of Arts, Jurgita Tamošiūnienė, Deputy Director of Kintai Primary School, H. Jurgita Tamoussovienė, Director of the Šojus Museum Indrė Skablauskaitė, Rita Tarvydienė, Director of the Kintai Vydūnas Culture Centre, Mindaugas Žilinskis, Pastor of the Kintai Evangelical Lutheran Church, Antanas Kližentis, Kintai Elder, Sigita Kasparavičienė, and Sigita Kasparavičienė, Chairwoman of Kintai community. The opening remarks were made by the Vice-Mayor of Šilutė District Municipality Sigitas Šeputis.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUkuttIZAHw
The next day we had excursions along the shores of Kintai and Vente Cape lagoons, got to know the local communities, and visited the workshop of local wood craftsmen Vytautas and Romas Valiukevičius, who are preparing to build a bird sanctuary on the shores of Kintai lagoon in collaboration with architects from Norway.
https://gopro.com/v/gvP21O8Nl4XvL
The weekend was dedicated to getting to know all the partners, understanding the very essence of the project and learning from the experience of the guests from Norway - the first partners' training - "Skūne Entrepreneurship School".
As a result, the most suitable location for the Birds Observatory was decided together with the guests and the representatives of the community, taking into account all the desired aspects and the possible implementation of the nature protection requirements. We parted with a strong desire to meet again soon and to get down to real tasks.
