Samylai Cultural Center
Lithuania
Name of organisation
Samylai Cultural Center
Country
Lithuania
Organisation website
Contact person
Rimantė Adomaitytė, [email protected], +37065619538
Organisation type
public organization
Scale of the organization
19 employees
PIC number
875100439
Aims and activities of the organisation
Samylai Cultural Center is a multifunctional cultural center that develops various cultural areas and genres. It takes care of the cultural education of local people, promotes amateur art, ensures conditions for creative freedom, provides opportunities for the community to participate in the preservation and creation of cultural values, popularizes old cultural traditions, takes care of the preservation of cultural heritage and promotes professional art.
Implements local and international projects. Actively involved in Kaunas - European Capital of Culture 2022 projects and continues its activities. To this day, continues to organize local identity projects in the Kaunas district:
- Festival “Feet at the bottom of the lagoon” – Atlantis of Lithuania, Ethnic and contemporary interpretations, traditions and songs from the bottom of Kaunas Lagoon,
- “The Clay Path” - Creating a Living Legend
(“Contemporary Neighbourhoods” program)
- “Land Art”
(“Contemporary Neighbourhoods” program)
- Theatrical tour – “Radio Angels”
(“Contemporary Neighbourhoods” program)
The Samylai Cultural Center is operated by amateur art groups with republican categories:
- Theater troupe,
- Women's choir,
- 2 women's ensembles,
- Folklore ensemble,
- Naive art studio,
- Adult folk dance troupe,
- Lithuanian music and song ensemble.
Role of the organisation in the project
Project partner
Previous EU grants received
NA
