Kamariškės manor - the central cultural space of Zarasai region based on history, creation, innovations and cooperation

Project facts

Project promoter:
Public instituition “Inovatorių slėnis""(LT)
Project Number:
LT-CULTURE-0011
Status:
In implementation
Initial project cost:
€797,193
Donor Project Partners:
Norwegian Society of Composers and Lyricists(NO)
Other Project Partners
Dusetos community(LT)
Suviekas village community of Zarasai district(LT)
Zarasai District Municipality Administration(LT)
Zarasai district Samaniai community "Dvargantis"(LT)
Programme:

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Description

The project aims to create the manor as an international space for the creation and cooperation of visual arts and musical artists. Project goal is to empower the historical Kamariškės manor as a central space of cultural life in Zarasai district, by combining different sectors, local and international cultural resources, to create a network of mutual cooperation.

Restored historic manor and developed unique space in the cultural heritage, for partners will create preconditions to develop services that would improve the local cultural, social and public well-being, strengthen the local economy:

- Support networks for local artists to strengthen their entrepreneurial skills and other competencies needed in creative business;

- Strengthening cooperation between local, national and international creators, promoting innovations in creating arts by combining visual arts and music, promote collaboration between creators of different generations;

- Accessibility of higher cultural services to the local community, ensuring openness of the results of exhibitions, music and plein airs of visiting creators in Kamariškės manor, on the other hand, to create opportunities for the community to use the competencies of visiting creators;

- Encouraging local entrepreneurship - not only to shape the cultural business model together with the local community, but also to identify the role of each partner and start building the local services infrastructure that the cultural business model will need to fulfil visitor’s needs, thus strengthening the local economy.

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