At 4 p.m. on Thursday, 7 November, the Rothko Museum will host a public event with Sandrine Thiébaud Mathieu, a French textile artist, who will present her latest project made this autumn during her residency at the museum.
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Since last year, various educational activities have been taking place within the framework of the INTERREG Baltic Sea Region Programme 2021-2027 project "Baltic Approaches to Handling Plastic Pollution under a Circular Economy Context" BALTIPLAST / No.#C021, implemented by Daugavpils City Municipality.
During the period 15-16 of October 2024, Daugavpils City Government and all the project partners, the URBACT Lead Expert and a representative of the URBACT Secretariat visited the Municipality of Dobrich in the frame of the 3rd Core Meeting of Re-Gen. The event started at the premises of the host with official welcoming by the Vice Mayor of Dobrich Municipality and the City Council Member, Head of the Standing Committee on Sport, Education and Youth activities.
Interreg VI-A Latvia–Lithuania Programme 2021–2027 project “Sustainable cross border cooperation for winter tourism development” SnowPower, No. LL-00123, implemented by Daugavpils City Government together with Visaginas Municipality (Lithuania), provides a series of activities to strengthen the capacity of tourism professionals.
In July, the Rothko Museum will host a residency for eight local and international artists
27.06.2024
From 12 to 19 July, the Rothko Museum will receive eight artists from Czechia, Poland, Lithuania and Latvia in a group residency funded by the EU as part of an international project “European Culture: All Different – All Equal”.
From 31st May to 1st June, Daugavpils hosted the second core meeting of the international partners of the URBACT project "Public space regeneration through integrated urban sports hubs for the participation of young citizens" (Re-Gen).
At 5 p.m. on Tuesday, 27 February, the Rothko Museum will host an open philosophical discussion “Breaking down the Walls: Freedom of Expression as a Common Value”, organised by the Riga Stradins University Faculty of Social Sciences and Media Diversity Institute Global.
Since November last year, the European Union INTERREG Baltic Sea Region Programme 2021-2027 project "Baltic Approaches to Handling Plastic Pollution under a Circular Economy Context" BALTIPLAST / #C021 that is being implemented by Daugavpils city municipality has been running various activities in schools in Daugavpils.
On 1 March, the Rothko Museum will open its all-Latvian spring exhibition season featuring four exciting visual projects. The leading contemporary Latvian painter Frančeska Kirke will present her solo show “Bastion”. Romāns Korovins, known for his work in painting and photography, will offer his one-man show “Let’s Die Together”. Six Latvian artists will come together in a joint project “ROTKHO. Made in Latvia”, based on the famous play by the Dailes Theatre. Finally, “When the Cannons Are Silent” will bring together a large and diverse group of artists associated with the Latgale Region into the museum’s annual juried exhibition. The spring exhibition season will be on show through 19 May.
The Verona municipality (Italy) hosted the first face-to-face meeting of the European territorial cooperation program "URBACT IV" project "Public space regeneration through integrated urban sports hubs for the participation of young citizens" (acronym: Re-Gen) partners from Daugavpils (Latvia), Albacete (Spain), Vila du Conde (Portugal), Pula (Croatia), Dobrich (Bulgaria), Milan (Italy) on November 28th – 29th, for the purpose of international exchange of experience to promote sustainable urban development.
Pēc 15. decembra Daugavpilī sāks darboties Komunālās saimniecības pārvaldes organizētie Ziemassvētku eglīšu tirdziņi.
On 24th November this year, municipal employees had the opportunity to participate in a seminar on waste sorting and management in Daugavpils municipality, as well as in the entire Latgale region.
At 4 p.m. on Friday, 8 December, the Rothko Museum will open its Winter Exhibition Season. The opening ceremony will be followed by a public exhibition tour with the featured artists.
On October 5 and 6, H.E. Mr. Tang Songgen, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to the Republic of Latvia, paid an official visit to Daugavpils. During the two-day visit, the delegation met with the management of the Daugavpils City Government and visited several objects which are important in the context of international communication.
From 18th September to 8th October the European Sustainable Development Week 2023 (ESDW) takes place in Latvia and across Europe. During this event Daugavpils Development Department, in cooperation with the Education Department, AADSO Ltd and the Latgale Zoo, organised an event for pupils in grades 6th-7th. Event took place in the premises of Daugavpils Innovation Centre.
Since 8 September 2023, the 7th bastion casemate of the Daugavpils Fortress is officially available in its new function – as an open-storage chamber for contemporary ceramics from the Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre (soon-to-be museum) collection.
European territorial cooperation program "URBACT IV" expert, Raffaella Lioce, from Italy, visited Daugavpils on September 18th-19th to find out more about the Daugavpils urban environment and to get prepared for the project "Public space regeneration through integrated urban sports hubs for the participation of young citizens" (acronym: Re-Gen) next phase
Today, on 15 September, the Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre starts the International Mark Rothko Painting Symposium 2023.
From 18th September to 8th October, the European Sustainable Development Week 2023 (ESDW) will take place in Latvia and across Europe. It aims to promote international knowledge exchange and the sharing of the examples of good practices.
4th Latvia Ceramics Biennale will wow with exciting events in Rīga, Daugavpils and Portugal
11.08.2023
To turn the spotlight on contemporary ceramics in Latvia and internationally, the Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre once again joins forces with the Latvian Centre for Contemporary Ceramics to put together the 4th Latvia Ceramics Biennale with an exciting programme set to take over Rīga, Daugavpils and even Aveiro, Portugal.