Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art
Riga, Latvia
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Founded in 2000, Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art is a non-governmental organisation based in Riga, Latvia working on arts & culture, community development.
The Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art (LCCA) is a non-governmental organisation based in Riga, Latvia, promoting the development of contemporary art in Latvia and abroad since 2000. It organises art events and exhibitions, as well as research, education and publication projects that examine art and society. Its main focus is Latvia, the Baltics, Eastern Europe and the wider post-socialist region, with attention to gender and minorities, individual and cultural memory, and environmental perspectives. Its work includes international exhibitions such as Decolonial Ecologies and The Latvian Collection, produced with partner institutions in Lithuania, Hungary, Poland and Sweden under the Creative Europe-funded project From Complicated Past Towards Shared Futures, as well as art mediation and inclusion programmes for diverse audiences.
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Art mediation programme
Arts & Culture · Latvia
Art mediation programmes for people of different ages, promoting accessibility of cultural activities for people with special needs, and art therapy lessons for young people and seniors.
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National Gallery of Art (Vilnius), OFF-Biennale Budapest, Muzeum Sztuki w Łodzi, Malmö Konstmuseum, Riga Art Space, European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture
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