The creative international summer practices in Nida
Nida Summer workshop, 2014
Creative summer practice for several years was held in conjunction with the Latvian Art Academy (LMA) Graphic Art students. An important task became to search a unifying practice statement, which would bring together a various thoughts and expressions. Topics were diverse: „Generator“, „Arising images“, „Survival“, „Findings through surroundings“.
Nida Summer workshop, 2015
The aim was to go deep into the Curonian Spit landscape features, in the local historical changes, to look for important signs of that area, to reflect the everyday findings. It was also important for the overall creative events to the local circumstances, the use of left materials, the use of everyday imprints, thinking how to adopt in unusual place.
Nida Summer workshop, 2015
It is likely, that these joined activities were useful as a communicative forms. It was acquired different experience. LMA lect. A. Šmite held a graphic workshop "Easy Print", organised lectures for the survival theme, exhibited Latvian students exhibition in Vilnius. Moreover, thanks to the initiative of students, were organized exhibition in galleries, „5 malūnai“, „ROY“ Vilnius.
Nida Summer workshop, 2015
The aim was versatility and creative dialogue.
So during joined students practices it was acqainted with new phenomenons and thoughts. After researching of various places of Curonian Spit were created some interesting works.
Nida Summer workshop, 2014