VILNIUS REGION FOLK ARTISTS \u2013 ART CREATORS COMMUNITY
EVALUATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF RESULTS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n The Vilnius Region Folk Artists-Art Creators and Lithuanian Folk Artists’ Union Vilnius Communities 2026 creative program (hereinafter \u2013 the Program) aims to nurture and promote Lithuanian folk art, create conditions for community members to ensure continuity and dissemination of traditions. Encourage creators’ initiatives and ensure accessibility of cultural heritage to various groups of society. In implementing the program’s objectives, all planned results were achieved, and activities were carried out on time and with quality. The results of the activities have a long-term cultural impact that continues beyond the conclusion of the 2025 activities. In 2025, the Vilnius Region Folk Artists-Art Creators Community consistently pursued the goals and objectives set out in the Program, implementing all planned activities. Organized 3 competitive exhibitions: the 4th competitive exhibition “Traditional Vilnius Region Verba” \u2013 45 participants, the jubilee competitive folk art exhibitions of the Vilnius and Utena regions “Golden Wreath”, with 275 participating artists. During the competitions, evaluation committees were organized, and laureates were selected in accordance with the “Regulations.” Laureate award ceremonies are organized, during which diplomas, monetary prizes, and souvenirs are presented to them. During the event, an artistic program takes place, and greetings and gifts are presented by district municipal administrations, museums, and cultural centers. The national primitive painting exhibition dedicated to the memory of Monika Bi\u010di\u016bnien\u0117 attracted great interest. The exhibition featured 57 painters from various locations in Lithuania. This is a continuing project that encourages self-expression of self-taught painters and new trends. The exhibition was displayed in a special location, in the spaces of the U\u017eutrakis Manor estate palace, where the paintings shone with unique content and the most beautiful colors. Together with project partners \u2013 Trakai Crafts Center and Mol\u0117tai Regional Museum \u2013 we organized two creative camps. It should be noted that both camps were attended by children, youth, and adults. The transmission of embroidery and paper-cutting traditions from the older generation is a success and a hope that folk art will endure. Completed the commissioned research “Lithuanian Market Participants’ Attitudes Toward Folk Art and Products Created from National Heritage.” The quantitative and qualitative research was conducted by Vilnius College. During surveys and group meetings, the attitudes of companies and organizations operating in the market toward folk art and national heritage products were presented and examined. The research insights and issues were presented to the Ethnic Culture Protection Council and the Lithuanian Culture Council. Currently prepared for print and sent to the printer is the book “Monika Bi\u010di\u016bnien\u0117,” newly expanded \u2013 208 pages. publication, for which the best preserved images of the famous primitivist were provided by the National Museum of Lithuania, the Lithuanian Art Museum, and the National Mikalojus Konstantinas \u010ciurlionis Museum. Educational programs for Lithuanians abroad were implemented: in Luxembourg \u2013 at the Lithuanian school “Avilys” \u2013 margu\u010diai, verba; for participants of the Cyprus and Greece Lithuanian gathering \u2013 woven sashes and straw gardens; at the Estonian Lithuanian community gathering \u2013 verba and woven sashes. Together with the Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania in Ukraine, an exhibition of margu\u010diai and verba was organized in Ukraine, in Kolomyia, at the world’s only Easter egg museum; an exhibition of verba and margu\u010diai in Pu\u0144sk, and an exhibition of 4 young folk artists (age \u2013 up to 30 years) “Youth Breakthrough in Folk Art” was held at the Stained Glass Gallery of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania. Community members traditionally (for the 10th time) participated in the Jagiellonian Fair in Lublin, the “Kaziukas Fair in Vilnius,” and the Vilnius city festival “Vilnius Days.” Regional folk art exhibitions were organized in Utena, Visaginas, Mol\u0117tai, \u0160irvintos, Trakai, Elektr\u0117nai, and Ignalina. Members independently organized over 20 individual exhibitions, educational programs, and training sessions. Prepared by Chairperson Ramut\u0117 Kraujalien\u0117<\/p>\n\n The report was approved at the board meeting on January 29, 2026. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" VILNIUS REGION FOLK ARTISTS \u2013 ART CREATORS COMMUNITYLITHUANIAN FOLK ARTISTS’ UNION VILNIUS COMMUNITY2025 CREATIVE ACTIVITY REPORT EVALUATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF RESULTS The Vilnius Region Folk Artists-Art Creators and Lithuanian Folk Artists’ Union Vilnius Communities 2026 creative program (hereinafter \u2013 the Program) aims to nurture and promote Lithuanian folk art, create conditions for community members to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activities"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vilniaustautodaile.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vilniaustautodaile.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vilniaustautodaile.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vilniaustautodaile.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vilniaustautodaile.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1821"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/vilniaustautodaile.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1821\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1822,"href":"https:\/\/vilniaustautodaile.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1821\/revisions\/1822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vilniaustautodaile.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vilniaustautodaile.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vilniaustautodaile.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}