Saturday, March 15, at At 14.00, the Vidzeme Artists’ Days visual art exhibition “Climate test” will be opened in the Exhibition House of the Cēsi Museum.
In the year when the city of Cēsis implements the cultural capital of Latvia program, the Vidzeme Artists’ Days tradition has returned to Cēsis. Highlighting the need to promote more active involvement of Vidzeme’s artists in cultural, artistic and social events, as well as emphasizing global issues, a visual art competition was announced, which was given the theme “Climate check”. 73 professional artists living and working in the Vidzeme planning region responded to the competition. All submitted works were evaluated by the jury according to the criteria specified in the competition regulations: head of the Rothko Museum Māris Čačka, art scholar and critic Santa Hirša, assistant professor of the Latvian Academy of Arts Raimonds Kalējs, director of the Cēsu Museum Ināra Bula.
At the end of the competition, the visual art exhibition “Climate test” will be opened, where artworks will be exhibited, which reveal the theme of the competition in the most concise, deep and provoking wider discussion.
The exhibition is arranged by scenographer Artūrs Arnis.
The exhibition in the Exhibition House of the Cēsis Museum (Cēsis, Pils laukums 3) will be open from March 15 to May 18. The opening event will take place on March 15 at 14.00
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