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

About this project

<p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">The project&nbsp;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.</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">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: </span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">- S</span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">upport networks for local artists to strengthen their entrepreneurial skills and other competencies needed in creative business;</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">- 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;</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">- 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;</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">- 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.</span></span></p>

Bilateral cooperation results

Donor project partner Norwegian Society of Composers and Lyricists (NOPA NO) organized the participation of Norwegian artists in plein airs, cultural events and activities.

Project partners

• Norwegian Society of Composers and Lyricists Donor project partner· Norway
• Zarasai District Municipality Administration Project partner· Lithuania
• Zarasai district Samaniai community "Dvargantis" Project partner· Lithuania
• Suviekas village community of Zarasai district Project partner· Lithuania
• Dusetos community Project partner· Lithuania