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Sverre Fossen: “The state's responsibility for artists should be on a par with its responsibility for education and science”2024-10-25
The state's commitment to funding creators is as important as its responsibility for education or science, says Sverre Fossen, Head of the Art Economy and Innovation Unit at Arts and Culture Norway. In May, Fossen took part in the Lithuanian Council for Cu...
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The Equal Cultural Development forum discusses peer assessment, local artists, and creative synergy 2024-10-10
The Lithuanian Council for Culture extended an invitation to the cultural community for its annual Equal Cultural Development forum. The forum focused on issues concerning regional cultural funding, including Estonian funding policies, grants for local artists...
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Grant applications for Ukrainian artists who have taken refuge in Lithuania open until mid-November2024-08-26
Since April 2022, the Lithuanian Council for Culture has provided over €424,000 in funding, distributing 236 grants to Ukrainian artists who have taken refuge in Lithuania. The Council received a total of 285 applications. The Ministry of Culture intends ...
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Lithuanian Council for Culture visits Norway2024-07-09
A delegation from the Lithuanian Council for Culture paid a return visit to the office of Arts and Culture Norway (ACN) in Trondheim, Norway. The Council is continuing bilateral cooperation in cultural affairs, building on the visit of a Norwegian delegation t...
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The Lithuanian Council for Culture’s Forum discusses the role of artists and the significance of investment2024-07-08
The Lithuanian Council for Culture has invited the cultural community to its annual forum, "The Power of the Creator". The forum examined the situation of creators from various angles, including their daily work experiences and challenges, collaborat...
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See our Report to the Public 20232024-07-08
Lithuanian Council for Culture (LCC) introduces its Report to the Public 2023. The Report provides a comprehensive overview of the year – information on funding and artist grants, the structure and achievements of the Council, and the steady cultural dev...
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Lithuanian Council for Culture attends DESICE project meeting in Thessaloniki2024-06-18
The Director of Administration at the Lithuanian Council for Culture Rūta Stepanovaitė and the Head of the Design Wings project Gabija Vanagė attended the first live-format meeting of the DESICE project in Thessaloniki, Greece. The meeting gathered eight partn...
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Arts and Culture Norway visits the Lithuanian Council for Culture2024-06-10
Last week, a delegation from Arts and Culture Norway, based in Oslo and Trondheim, visited Vilnius. The Lithuanian Council for Culture continues their bilateral cooperation in the cultural sector through the European Economic Area (EEA) Financial Mechanism. Th...
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Asta Pakarklytė attends Arts Councils and Culture Agencies meeting in Tartu 2024-05-07
Chairwoman of the Lithuanian Council for Culture Asta Pakarklytė attended the 23rd International Federation of Arts Councils and Cultural Agencies (IFACCA) Europe Chapter meeting in Tartu. This year, Tartu holds the title of European Capital of Culture, with i...
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Lithuanian Council for Culture becomes DESICE project’s Associate Partner2024-04-15
Following an invitation from the Lithuanian Innovation Centre, the LCC has joined the Interreg Europe programme DESICE. DESICE aims to enhance the execution of regional and local policies related to the circular economy, specifically focusing on bolstering the...
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LCC launches cooperation with Arts and Culture Norway 2024-04-03
The Lithuanian Council for Culture has started a cooperation with Arts and Culture Norway (ACN). The two institutions intend to work on strengthening the status of individual artists and culture in the regions. Last week saw two remote team meetings. During th...
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Grant applications open for Ukrainian artists in Lithuania2024-03-26
The Lithuanian Council for Culture (LCC) is accepting applications from Ukrainian artists who have found refuge in Lithuania for three-month grants (€1,800). Since April 2022, the Lithuanian Council for Culture (LCC) has allocated EUR 378,600 in funding f...
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Pakarklytė and Chackevičiūtė attend the Arts Councils meeting in Glasgow2024-02-02
Chair of the Lithuanian Council for Culture Asta Pakarklytė and Chief of the Division of Culture and the Arts Aleksandra Chackevičiūtė attended the Northern European Arts Councils and Cultural Foundations meeting in Glasgow, Scotland. In addition to Lithuania,...
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Warm wishes!2023-12-22
The team of the Lithuanian Council for Culture would like to thank the cultural community for their ideas and initiatives in creating a year full of fulfilling and artistic experiences together. We also say "thank you" for your engagement and open co...
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Long-standing Director of the Slovak Arts Council J. Kovalčik: “Arts Councils are not just for artists — they are here for the society at large”2023-10-31
October this year, Jozef Kovalčik, Head of the Slovak Arts Council of eight years, took part in the Lithuanian Council for Culture’s first conference People of the Organisation — Experts and Ambassadors. He said that arts councils are about creatin...
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Lithuanian Council for Culture team attends Congress in Helsinki2023-10-25
Director of the Administration Rūta Stepanovaitė alongside Adviser at the Division of Culture and Arts Rita Obukaitė, Head of the Division of Monitoring and Analysis Radvilė Maskuliūnaitė, Adviser Marija Pečiulytė, Senior Analysts Karolis Jonutis and Martynas ...
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What are our hopes for the Lithuanian Council for Culture? 2023-10-23
On 3 October this year, the Lithuanian Council for Culture (LCC) held its first conference People of the Organisation - Experts and Ambassadors? The conference hosted members of the Lithuanian Council for Culture and the Regional Councils for Culture, experts,...
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Maskuliūnaitė and Tininis Present the Sustainable Cultural Development Model in Malta2023-10-16
Head of the Division of Monitoring and Analysis Radvilė Maskuliūnaitė and Senior Analyst Martynas Tininis attended the International Cultural Policy Conference in Valletta, Malta. It was organised by the Compendium of Cultural Policies and Trends and the Arts ...
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Pečiulytė and Jonutis at the Conference in Copenhagen: does the Culture Policy Reflect the Challenges of Today?2023-09-06
Marija Pečiulytė, Advisor at the Division of Monitoring and Analysis, together with Karolis Jonutis, the Senior Analyst at the Lithuanian Council for Culture attended The Nordic Conference on Cultural Policy Research (NCCPR) in Copenhagen, Denmark. The confere...
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See LCC Report to the Public 2022 2023-07-21
Lithuanian Council for Culture (LCC) introduces its 2022 Report to the Public. The Report provides a comprehensive overview of the year — the organisation’s structure and the team’s achievements, investment in cultural and artistic projects, ...
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Lithuanian Council for Culture Forum discusses expert assessment and future visions2023-06-22
Ten years ago, on 31 May, the Lithuanian Council for Culture (LCC) saw the approval of its first term. To celebrate the occasion, the LCC invited the cultural community to attend the new format of the LCC Forum. This year’s theme is Culture is You! The c...
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Asta Pakarklytė and Rūta Stepanovaitė attend Summit on Culture in Stockholm2023-05-17
Chairwoman of the Lithuanian Council for Culture Asta Pakarklytė and Administrative Director Rūta Stepanovaitė attended the 9th World Summit on Arts and Culture in Stockholm. The meeting was organised by the International Federation of Arts Councils and Cultur...
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The Baltic Culture Fund issues grants for 20232023-05-04
From 2022 to 2024, the State Culture Capital Foundation of Latvia administrates the program of the Baltic Culture Fund. It aims to promote cultural cooperation between the Baltic States and to strengthen the international recognition of Estonian, Latvian and L...
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Grant applications being accepted from Ukrainian artists who have found refuge in Lithuania2023-02-24
The deadline for Ukrainian cultural and professional artists to apply for the grant is 28 November 2023 (23:59). The Lithuanian Council for Culture (LCC) is accepting applications from Ukrainian artists who have found refuge in Lithuania for three-month gra...
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EUR 240,000 allocated for the creative activities of Ukrainian artists in Lithuania 2023-01-16
Since April 2022, the Lithuanian Council for Culture (LCC) has allocated nearly EUR 240,000 in funding for 133 Ukrainian artists who have found refuge in Lithuania. The LCC received a total of 168 applications from Ukrainian creative professionals. The purpose...
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Chairwoman attends a meeting of Northern European arts councils in Oslo2022-12-14
Last week in Oslo (Norway), Lithuanian Council for Culture chairwoman Asta Pakarklytė attended a meeting of arts councils and cultural foundations from the Nordic and Baltic countries as well as the United Kingdom. The meeting was organised by Arts Council Nor...
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Grant applications being accepted until 6 December from Ukrainian artists who have found refuge in Lithuania2022-11-25
The Lithuanian Council for Culture (LCC) is accepting applications from Ukrainian artists who have found refuge in Lithuania for three-month grants (€1,800) until 6 December. The LCC has received 146 applications from Ukrainian creative professionals for ...
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Lithuanian Council for Culture enters a decade of activity2022-11-23
Ten years ago, the Lithuanian Council for Culture (LCC) was established by the Government resolution of 21 November, when the Law on the LCC that had been adopted a couple of months earlier came into force. Over the course of the decade, the LCC ensured the de...
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Success stories and challenges presented at the Regional Councils for Culture Forum2022-10-25
The Lithuanian Council for Culture (LCC) invited the cultural community to the first live Regional Councils for Culture (RCC) Forum, which was held on 14 October at the Tesla conference hall of Kauno Dokas. The theme of the Forum “Culture Everywhere. Culture f...
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Lithuanian Council for Culture publishes its Report to the Public 20212022-09-09
In its 2021 report to the public, the Lithuanian Council for Culture presents the directions of funding programmes for culture and art, and the main trends in the funding of the areas. It contains General Data disclosing that in 2021, more than EUR 21 million ...
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Lithuanian Council for Culture attends "International Cultural Policy Conference"2022-07-25
Last month Rūta Stepanovaitė, Director of Administration, and Marija Pečiulytė, Senior Analyst of the Division of Monitoring and Analysis of the Lithuanian Council for Culture have participated in the "International Cultural Policy Conference" in Buc...
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The Lithuanian Culture Forum presents changes and the future outlook2022-05-23
This year, for the first time after a pandemic break, the Lithuanian Council for Culture (LCC) invited to a live LCC Forum. The theme of the traditional annual event, this time held at the Vilnius Airport Conference Centre on 11 May, is “Culture Protects. Cult...
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The Baltic culture fund issues grants for 20222022-05-10
From 2022 to 2024, the State Culture Capital Foundation of Latvia administrates the program of the Baltic Culture Fund. It aims to promote cultural cooperation between the Baltic States and to strengthen the international recognition of Estonian, Latvian and L...
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Members of the Lithuanian Council for Culture: Russian culture cannot be financed in times of war 2022-05-06
The Lithuanian Council for Culture is still receiving requests from cultural organisations to allow Russian creators and performers to be included in funded projects, despite the position of the members of the Lithuanian Council for Culture, expressed on 25 Fe...
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First grants awarded to Ukrainian creators who have taken refuge in Lithuania2022-05-04
The Lithuanian Council for Culture has awarded the first grants to Ukrainian creators who had taken refuge in Lithuania. 9 three-month grants have been awarded to creators in the fields of architecture, libraries, circus, fine art, design, ethnic culture and f...
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Grants for Ukrainian creators who have found refuge in Lithuania2022-04-07
The Lithuanian Council for Culture is accepting applications for three-month (€1,800) grants to Ukrainian artists and cultural creators who have found refuge in Lithuania. The aim of this support for Ukrainian artists who have been affected by the Russ...
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Lithuanian Council for Culture attends IFACCA session on support to Ukraine2022-04-04
An extraordinary session of the International Federation of Arts Councils and Cultural Agencies (IFACCA) was held last Friday in order to discuss support measures for Ukraine. Lithuania was represented by Asta Pakarklytė, the Chairwoman of the Lithuanian Counc...
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Lithuanian Council for Culture: Invitation to submit projects in support of Ukraine2022-03-07
The Lithuanian Council for Culture expresses its support and encouragement to Ukrainian cultural organisations and artists currently fighting for the freedom of their country. In response to the Russian-led war in Ukraine, the Lithuanian Council for Culture ha...
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Joint Statement on Russia’s War Against Ukraine by the Culture Funding Institutions of the Baltics2022-03-03
We, the Cultural Endowment of Estonia, the State Culture Capital Foundation of Latvia and the Lithuanian Council for Culture strongly condemn Russia’s war on the sovereign country and people of Ukraine. This brave country is fighting for all of us today,...
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Latvia to curate the Baltic Culture Fund for the coming three years2021-12-16
The Baltic Culture Fund, established in 2019, provides support for joint cultural projects between Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The fund is managed through the cultural capital funds of the three Baltic States, based on a three-year rotation....
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Applications for cultural and artistic projects are forwarded for expert assessment 2021-12-15
The Lithuanian Council for Culture has completed the administrative check of the applications for cultural and artistic projects for Funding Stage I, 2022. A total of 1939 applications were submitted for competitions to fund 10 fields of art and 25 cultural pr...
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More than 1 600 applications have been submitted for the competition for individual grants2021-10-25
In 2022, the Lithuanian Council for Culture received 1 654 applications by cultural and artistic creators for the competition for individual grants. After the administrative check, 1 649 initiatives of culture and art creators are forwarded for evalu...
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Head of the Administration of the Lithuanian Council for Culture has been appointed2021-08-31
At the end of September, Rūta Stepanovaitė, Cultural Manager, will take up the office of Administrative Director of the Lithuanian Council for Culture. Rūta Stepanovaitė, who graduated from Vilnius Academy of Arts with a degree in Applied Graphics, ha...
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As mutual trust within the cultural community grows, the Lithuanian Council for Culture will make public the experts2021-08-30
Implementing the principle of openness declared from the very establishment of the institution, the Lithuanian Council for Culture will make public, starting next year, not only the database of cultural and artistic experts evaluating applications, b...
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Cultural community’s activity grew during the pandemic period2021-08-27
In 2021, the Lithuanian Council for Culture funded 1 723 projects and 925 grants and distributed more than EUR 21.03 million. This is by EUR 1.65 million more than in the pre-pandemic period. The activity of cultural and arts organ...
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Feedback survey reveals the importance of cooperation2021-07-08
A feedback survey conducted by the Lithuanian Council for Culture showed that the Lithuanian cultural community is active and interested in the activities of and processes taking place in the Lithuanian Council for Culture and is acquainted with the legal acts...
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Newly formed Lithuanian Council for Culture starts its work2021-06-11
The meeting of the members of the new Lithuanian Council for Culture in its new composition starts its activities this week. During the first two meetings, the plan of upcoming activities was approved, agreement on delegating the members of the Lithuanian Coun...
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Approved model for the implementation of sustainable cultural development in regions2018-06-14
The Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania approved the Model for the implementation of sustainable cultural development in regions. The purpose of the model is to enable the regions to decide autonomously regarding the implementation of culture...
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The allocations for culture and art projects this year exceeded EUR 15 million2018-05-31
The Lithuanian Council for Culture completed the allocation for funding for culture and art projects for 2018. This year the funding is allocated to projects in 1,602 different areas and genres that have been launched since the beginning of the year in differe...
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Lithuanian culture abroad2018-05-27
During 2018, the Lithuanian Council for Culture provided funding for 64 promotion projects abroad. The funding projects sufficiently equally reflects the genre diversity of the national professional art: theatre art, music, literature, dancing, photography, et...
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Pavilion of Lithuania at the 16th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia2018-05-25
As part of Freespace, the 16th International Architecture Exhibition of Biennale Architettura 2018, Lithuania presents its first individual pavilion titled The Swamp School, curated by Nomeda and Gediminas Urbonas, commissioned by Pippo Ciorra, presented by th...
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Strategic financing directions in 2019–20212018-05-04
The Lithuanian Council for Culture (LCC) that started its operations last June approved its strategic financing directions for 2019–2021. In view of the overall development of culture in Lithuania and its social climate, also with reference to the findin...
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Grants for individuals2017-09-01
Lithuanian Council for Culture is awarding individual and educational grants to culture and art creators. To be eligible for the grant, candidates have to be adult culture or art creators, whose object of activity is Lithuanian art and culture and their pro...
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The newly elected Lithuanian Council for Culture begins work2017-06-05
In June 2017 the newly elected Board of Lithuanian Council for Culture began its second term. The Lithuanian Council for Culture consists of ten members and the Chair, all elected by the Lithuanian culture community and submitted by the Minister of Culture to ...
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Meeting Point – Vilnius programme announced, with speakers from Poland, Israel and more2016-04-11
April 12th–14th – the last days of Vilnius International Film Festival – will see the seventh film industry conference Meeting Point – Vilnius. This year, the focus will be on cooperation with Poland, special seminars for producers, a f...
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Airtime by Julijonas Urbonas at La Triennale di Milano2016-03-25
The Lithuanian Pavilion will open with an exhibition of selected works by Julijonas Urbonas, introducing to what he calls “gravitational design”. This new approach exploits the means of manipulating bodily perceptions of gravity to create experiences tha...
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The Baltic Pavilion to represent Lithuania at the International Architecture Exhibition at La Biennale di Venezia 20162016-03-25
The Baltic Pavilion will represent Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania at the 15th International Architecture Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia 2016 with a project that won three separate national competitions with the proposal to represent three states in one join...
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