VV Education

An important part of the VV Foundation’s activities, with the aim of promoting the formation of an intellectually richer society, is to create a modern and thematically relevant educational programme. The founders of the Foundation believe that with the help of the contemporary education programme it is possible to create relations between the visitor and the artists or industry professionals and to improve the experience of the exhibition visitors by offering both intellectual educational activities and opportunities for practical experience. The founders of the Foundation believe that in Latvia it is necessary to promote the availability and education of contemporary art for all members of the society, therefore such events are organised in every exhibition that is supported or organised by the VV Foundation, and they are available to visitors free of charge.

VV Foundation regularly organises discussions with art professionals, including such that reflect the activities of the PAiR residency.

Education news

Survival Kit Educational Programme

This year’s contemporary art festival Survival Kit 14 will feature two exhibitions – the festival’s central exhibition Long-distance Friendships, curated by Inga Lāce and Alicia Knock, and the final exhibition of the inspiring project The Artist is Present. A parallel educational program will accompany the festival. 12 September: Seniors’ afternoon: “Memory Market” Seniors’ afternoon offers […]

Artist Residency , Education , Exhibitions

Riga Performance Festival Starptelpa

Latvian Performance Art Center and VV Foundation invite you to the international performance art festival “Starptelpa,” which this year will be held from June 13th to June 18th in various locations in Riga. With the support of the VV Foundation, the performances of the emerging artists will be evaluated by an international panel of art experts, […]

Ieva Epnere / Video on PAiR residency work

By cooperating with the school dramatic group and inviting the choreographer Elīna Gediņa, Ieva Epnere has created work depicting five “Laidi Legends” plays. Here is the video on how the work came to life. Video: Toms Šķēle The exhibition is supported by: VKKF and Kurzeme Cultural Programme 2022

Discussion. Art and science

On August 6 at 4 pm, we look forward to welcoming you to the discussion Art and science: a match looking for heaven which will take place at the PAiR residency in Pāvilosta. “Interdisciplinary” has now been a buzzword for long enough in order to evaluate its merits. The intersection and cooperation between art and science has been […]

Voldemārs Johansons / Video on PAiR Residency

The ecosystems of northern Norway, the Faroe Islands and the Svalbard Archipelago are experiencing rapid changes, and even the most conservative forecasts indicate that the North Pole’s ice sheet will melt completely in summers in the foreseeable future. In it, Johansons explores the ways to look at this part of the planet affected by climate […]

Skuja Braden / Video on the work at PAiR gallery

Skuja Braden is an artist duo created in 1999 by Inguna Skuja from Latvia and Melissa D. Braden from California. It is a rather unusual phenomenon for the Latvian art scene, thanks to both direct and critical messages and the baroque intensity, as well as the insatiably bright form of expression. At the Venice Biennale, […]

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