Artists across Lithuania are bringing concerts and performances to the courtyards of apartment blocks in different towns. In Kaunas, Lithuania’s second largest city, the team behind Kaunas 2022 – the programme for the European capital of culture in 2022 – have launched a project together with artists at Fluxus Labas. “We have planned effective doses of experience for the residents – professionals of various arts including theatre, dance, contemporary circus…
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Over 100 Lithuanian artists receive state pay to survive quarantine
Tuesday, April 14, 2020Over a hundred artists have received state payouts during the quarantine in Lithuania, the country’s Culture Ministry told BNS on Tuesday. “Forty-seven additional decisions will be made this week, brining the total to 161,” Jana Mikulevič, spokeswoman for the ministry, said. People who have received payouts, amounting to 607 euros before tax, include actors, directors, painters, photographers, dancers, sculptors, and other artists. They will receive the payments, equal to a…