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LATVIAN CONTEMPORARY CERAMICS

Continuing the Latvian contemporary art exhibition cycle started by Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Center in 2014, this year viewers are offered the opportunity to acquaint themselves with Latvian contemporary ceramics. The choice of ceramics as this year’s art medium is, most likely, a natural occurrence – in 2015 the Daugavpils Ceramics association marks its 35th

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Valdis Bušs. What is the Truth?

Through making logical judgments an individual can predict the consequences of one’s own and other people’s actions, building different models of thoughts which depict the real world in the past, present and future. Man always thinks in the language he knows best of all! Is the artist’s language art? What is art?

It seems that the question about what art is has never

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INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM  MARK ROTHKO 2015”

The international symposium “Mark Rothko 2015” is a meeting place for masters of painting in Daugavpils - in the city where Mark Rothko was born. They meet for the eleventh time already to create works of painting to commemorate the master of painting and add to the collection of contemporary painting of Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre.

This year, the closing exhibition of

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June 2 – 182nd Anniversary of the Consecration of the Daugavpils (Dinaburg) Fortress

On the occasion of the 182nd Anniversary of the Consecration of the Daugavpils (Dinaburg, Dwinsk) Fortress, the following events will take place in the Fortress on June 2:

9:00 – Hoisting the historical flag of the Dinaburg Fortress (near the Nicholas Gate)

10:00 – Guided tour around by the rampart of the Daugavpils Fortress (in Latvian, Russian, English). Free of

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Last Folio: A Photographic Journey with Yuri Dojc

A photography installation from Slovakia arrives at the Mark Rothko Art Centre in Daugavpils after a worldwide tour of both sides of the Atlantic to cities such as Cambridge, Brussels, New York, Ottawa, Vienna and Rome.  The exhibition opens on January 17 in Daugavpils.

Dojc, a successful commercial photographer, living in Canada since 1969,

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Autumn school for children “Music and performance”

The society “ERFOLG” organizes together with the German Federal Ministry of the Interior an autumn children school.

In the holidays, children will have the possibility to participate in the diversified program. They will get to know autumn traditions like Thanksgiving and St. Martin and make handicraft workshops which are related to the season. We also plan to visit the

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First Time “Gaudeamus” Student Song and Dance Festival

In short time Daugavpils is to host the 17th Baltic Song and Dance Festival “Gaudeamus”, taking place June 27-29. According to the tradition, the Baltic States host the festival in turns. Latvia has hosted the festival five times already, the host cities being not only Rīga, but also Ogre, Liepāja, and Cēsis. Daugavpils – the biggest city of the Latgale

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‘Baltic Raku’ symposium and exhibition

During traditional Latgalian Potters’ Days (22-27.04.2014.) in the Daugavpils Ceramic Art Centre are planned to build new raku ceramic kiln and to organise ‘Baltic Raku’ symposium (23.-27.04.2014.) supported by the Latvian State Culture Capital  Foundation, Daugavpils Municipality, Daugavpils Clay Art Centre and Daugavpils Regional and Art Museum. We are waiting twelve

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Portuguese open classes

Every Wednesday, at 17 in Erfolg

 

So, what about leaning a new language with a native speaker?

 

 

Society “Erfolg” offers you open Portuguese classes,

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Autumn Children school from ”ERFOLG”

ERFOLG” Society, with the support of the Ministry of the Interior from the Federal Republic of Germany provides you with Autumn Children’s School! 28.10.2013 – 01.11.2013

In the last week of October, takes place „ERFOLG”’s Autumn School, for children between the ages of 7 and 13.

The topic will be

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„EUROVISION – youth performance”

Society „ERFOLG” together with societies Ida-Virumaa noorte sakslaste uhing (Estonia), Stowarzyszenie Młodzieżowych Inicjatyw Twórczych “CREATOR” (Poland) and Youth Access Association (Turkey) with the support of  „Youth in action” programm calls young people to take a participation in youth exchange project „EUROVISION – youth

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Ceramic Art Symposium ‘LANDescape’

Daugavpils Clay Art Centre and Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre invite you to visit the

events of the 1st International Ceramic Art Symposium ‘LANDescape’ which will take place in

Daugavpils, Latvia from 12th till 25th of August, 2013.

The Symposium opening will take place on Monday, August 12th with the exhibition

“LANDescape. FOREWORD”.

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The Baltic Student Song and Dance Festival ''Gaudeamus'' in Daugavpils.

Next year, on June 27 and 29, Daugavpils will host 17th Baltic Students' Song and Dance Festival "Gaudeamus". Such a decision was made by the Ministry of Education and Science in early June after receiving Jelgava’s, Liepaja’s, Rezekne’s and Daugavpils proposal.

On Wednesday, June 24, working group created by the Ministry of Education and Science visited Daugavpils.

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Discover Europe and practice English!

Part 1 - Portugal with Maria Do Carmo Pascoa 6/06/2013

The society “Erfolg” is taking an active part in the Youth in Action Programme of the European Commission, through numerous projects for young people. In May, a new European volunteer from Portugal arrived in the organisation for an 8 month European voluntary service. Programme:

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    Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Center will be open on 4th and 6th of May!

    On 4th of May, the Center will be open from 10:00 till 19:00, on 6th of May from 10:00 till 14:00.

    Café‚ „Arsenal” which is located at the Center premises will start working on 3rd of May and it will be open from 10:00 till 22:00.

    On the first Sunday of each month, there will be lowered prices for Center visitors. Sectors B, C ,D  altogether,

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    Creative workshop of watercolour painting will be held at Mark Rothko Art Centre

    Continuing Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre cycle of creative workshops (openstudio), creative workshop of watercolour painting will be held on April 11 – 13.

    Watercolour painting workshop will be led by watercolour painter Ieva Spalviņa. She graduated Art Academy of Latvia and J. Rozentals Art secondary school. Ieva Spalviņa is a painting and composition teacher at the J.

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    Exhibition of works of Daugavpils regional association of artists ''Without the concept''

    On Wednesday, March 27 at 16.00 opening of an exhibition of works ofDaugavpilsregional association of artists "Without the concept" will take place at the Daugavpils Regional and Art Museum. This event also will open “Days of art 2013” inDaugavpils.

    Daugavpilsregional association of artists is professional, creative organization uniting professional artists of 30 different

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    A unique collection of Pēteris’ Martinsons ceramics is donated by the author for exposition in Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre

    A unique collection of ceramics by Pēteris’ Martinsons, one of the greatest contemporary ceramists, has arrived to DMRAC on March 5th. Within a short time we are expecting PeterisMartinsons and his curator ZandaZīvina to start mount the collection in the Expositional Sector. The exposition opening will match the ceremonial opening of the DMRAC on 24th of April.

     “I

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    Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre is organizing the International residencesof art critics

    Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Center is organizing the International residences for art critics in between June 17 – 21, 2013.

    The point of residences is to providethe Art Center’scollection with the scientific research, as well as to promote interest in Daugavpils as a creative space, connected with arts.

    Professional artists and art critics are welcome to apply for

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    You are kindly invited to the weekly conversation clubs at Erfolg!

    You are kindly invited to the weekly conversation clubs at Erfolg! Take this opportunity to practice your foreign languages with our volunteers! We propose 3 different conversation clubs:

          French conversation club on Tuesday from 17:30 to 19:00.

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