Kintai Arts has been selected by EEA Grants to fund the project „Cultural Barn“. The EEA and Norway Grants are funded by Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. The Grants have two goals – to contribute to a more equal Europe, both socially and economically – and to strengthen the relations between Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, and the 15 Beneficiary States in Europe.
Cultural Barn project was conceived by Kintai Arts and 7 partners. It intends to reconstruct a barn, belonging to the Kintai Evangelical-Lutheran Community and to build a birdwatching structure on the shore of Kintai lagoon. These structures will inhabit various artistic and cultural initiatives. The reconstructed barn will host entrepreneurship trainings, educational programmes for traditional boatbuilding, weathervane and ceramics workshops, cookery courses as well as foster local crafts and art residencies.
The opening conference for “Cultural Barn” project will take place on Friday, the 19th of November at Kintai Multifunctional Center (Kuršių st. 23, Kintai). During the event, the public is invited to join the entrepreneurship trainings in Kintai Arts residency.
Kuršių g. 23, 2021.11.19. 17.00 -21.00, Ist day (Friday)
1.1.3 Opening event and press conference
Programme:
17:00: Introduction by Chairwoman of the Kintai Community Sigita Kasparavičienė
17.10: Welcome Word by Šilutė district vice-mayor Sigitas Šeputis
17.20: Audra Juodeškienė, the leader of the project, presents "Cultural Barn"
17.50 Presenting placemaking strategies by Biotope CEO Tormod Amundsen
6:30 pm. Presentation of the Vilnius Academy of Arts role in the project by Marija Marcelionytė - Paliukė.
18:45 - 19:00 Coffee break.
19:00 H. Sheu Museum director Indrė Skabliauskaitė presenting Food educations that will be hosted by the museum
19.20: Kintai Elementary School's extracurricular activities and Kintai Youth Club and Open Youth Space Activities - Jurgita Tamošiūnienė Kintai Elementary School Director for Education and Kintai Elementary School Students
19:40 Kintai Vydūnas Cultural Center director Rita Tarvydienė presenting educational programme for the project
20.00: Presentation of the Lithuanian Evangelical Lutheran Church Kintai Parish Community by Pastor of Kintai Parish Mindaugas Žilinskis
20.20: Presentation of Kintai community by Kintai Antanas Klizentis
20:40 Questions, discussion
21:00 The End
Participants: partners, community, journalists.
Day II: Presenting the area to the partners 2021.11.20. Kintai (Saturday) 9.00-13.00
9.00: Meeting at the Kintai Art Residency - Short overview of the agenda and the guided tour in the residency building
9.30: Departure to the coast of Kintai Curonian Lagoon, an exploration of the area where it is planned to build the Birds Observatory tower, introducing local craftsmen and carpenters.
11.30: Departure to Ventė Horn, Bird Ringing Station, Bird Migration Museum, Meeting with Ornithologists, Ventė Horn Review
12.30: Return to Kintai; introduction to Kintai and Lutheran -Evangelical communities in the old barn of Kintai town.
13:00 Final discussion about the project in the Kintai Arts residency
Participants: guests from Norway, Kintai town mayor A. Kližentis, ornithologist Boris Belchev, Kintai Arts, craftsmen, local community.
