{"id":24289,"date":"2025-09-26T10:55:53","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T07:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lndm.devmerit.com\/laikrodziu-muziejus\/renginiai\/the-thrill-of-the-edufest-is-over-but-the-lnma-sends-you-a-message-you-can-learn-through-art-year-round\/"},"modified":"2025-09-26T10:55:53","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T07:55:53","slug":"the-thrill-of-the-edufest-is-over-but-the-lnma-sends-you-a-message-you-can-learn-through-art-year-round","status":"publish","type":"renginys","link":"https:\/\/lndm.devmerit.com\/en\/events\/the-thrill-of-the-edufest-is-over-but-the-lnma-sends-you-a-message-you-can-learn-through-art-year-round\/","title":{"rendered":"The thrill of the EDUFEST is over, but the LNMA sends you a message: you can learn through art year round\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Lithuanian National Museum of Art (LNMA) invites – yearly – to hundreds of education activities designed for both, children and adults to learn through art and creation. The debut festival of art and education EDUFEST held on 19-20 September presented these opportunities more profoundly and in more detail. A festivity of two days cast museums as sources of light inviting to explore, discover and get inspired.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Photo by Gintar\u0117 Grig\u0117nait\u0117 \/ LNMA<\/p><\/div>\n

A team of education professionals has been assembled for the festival from the nine of the LNMA\u2019s departments in four towns, joined also by the invited artists and experts of the field. Together, they have established a vibrant creative space where education specialists presented the character of their daily activities, while the visitors have the power of learning through art learned first-hand.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Photo by Gintar\u0117 Grig\u0117nait\u0117 \/ LNMA<\/p><\/div>\n

EDUFEST celebrates community and learning\u00a0\u00a0<\/h6>\n

The visitors, who came to ascertain that museum is truly not a boring place of frozen exhibits, but a stage of plenty inclusive and art-opening activities, were welcomed by Dr Ar\u016bnas Gel\u016bnas, director general of the LNMA. He was joined in his greeting words by Matas Drukteinis, adviser to the prime minister on culture and UNESCO. Mr. Drukteinis spoke of the LNMA as an open museum, constantly learning and inviting to learn, witnessing memory as living organism. \u201cThe creation and care of history is a never-ending affair,\u201d he said, expressing also his joy that the education festival has become a natural part of \u010ciurlionis\u2019s jubilee events celebrating his 150th anniversary. His idea was picked up by the director general of the LNMA, who noted that \u201c\u010ciurlionis, like all great artists, composers and painters, had his teachers. Therefore, today we celebrate education.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The head of the festival team, Jolanta Marci\u0161auskyt\u0117-Jura\u0161ien\u0117, deputy director for exhibitions and education of the LNMA, welcomed the community of the museum and all the guests.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis festival is a great occasion to get together and socialize, to celebrate our profession, and the happiness of working for the museum, to also share the ideas of creativity and the experiences of our work with the public, families, friends, and everyone around us,\u201d she said. She also thanked the festival\u2019s partners: \u010ciurlioniui 150, information partners LRT and JCDecaux, Vilnius City Public Health Bureau <\/span>Vilnius sveikiau<\/span><\/i> (their representative set up the festival with morning exercises) and EDU Vilnius with their platform <\/span>Vilnius yra mokykla<\/span><\/i> that provided for booking different backstage museum activities.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Photo by Gintar\u0117 Grig\u0117nait\u0117 \/ LNMA<\/p><\/div>\n

Augustina Ivanauskait\u0117, senior educator of the Vilnius Picture Gallery of the LNMA team, and tour guide Akvil\u0117 Murauskait\u0117 noted the importance of the EDUFEST to the community of educators as an opportunity to share experience, raise questions of their profession and talk of what inspires to specialize, as there are no formal programmes for education specialists in Lithuania. This calling usually happens without prior contemplation, most things are learned from the audience, through intuition.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The first day of the event invited families, pupils and teachers could step into everyday activities of the museum and learn how exhibitions come to life and what stories unfold backstage, the place that normally do not receive attention from the visitors. When the gaiety off-stage tour subsided, a discussion of surprises behind discoveries and acquisitions of new art pieces, hosted by the National Gallery of Art the LNMA, started the discussion series of the event.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Photo by Gintar\u0117 Grig\u0117nait\u0117 \/ LNMA<\/p><\/div>\n

Creative environment enhanced discourse on themes of relevance to contemporary-museum\u00a0\u00a0<\/h6>\n

On the second day of the event, a \u201ctown\u201d of museum education was set up in the courtyard of the Chodkevi\u010diai Palace. The LNMA\u2019s educators invited the visitors to try out creative assignments, discover the diversity of museums and to experience the thrill of learning through art. The creative setting was conducive for a more profound reflection as well, in a form of discussions on different roles of a museum and people who create it in the broader process of education.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Photo by Gintar\u0117 Grig\u0117nait\u0117 \/ LNMA<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cThe topics for the EDUFEST deliberations, art therapy and education, the boundaries of the educator\u2019s profession were prompted by the museum\u2019s daily practice. These were the questions of consequence of the educators, generated by observing recent shifts in society. They reflect the evolution of museums and the powers of cultural education and inspire to keep changing in the future,\u201d <\/span>Marci\u0161auskyt\u0117-Jura\u0161ien\u0117<\/span> said<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Photo by Gintar\u0117 Grig\u0117nait\u0117 \/ LNMA<\/p><\/div>\n

The discussions series opened with an encounter of different generations tackling the problem of <\/span>Digital generation and museums: how to find a common language?<\/span><\/i> The discourse featured Dr <\/span>Ar\u016bnas Gel\u016bnas<\/span>, director general of the LNMA, Dr Kristupas Sabolius, Prof. of Philosophy Institute of VU and founder of <\/span>Creativity School<\/span><\/i> (K\u016brybingumo mokykla), Justas Tertelis, theatre creative and educator, programme curator of the association <\/span>Creative Links<\/span><\/i> (K\u016brybin\u0117s jungtys), Un\u0117 Kaunait\u0117, writer, education expert, head of <\/span>Edu Vilnius<\/span><\/i>, and Saul\u0117 Gudavi\u010di\u016bt\u0117, representing school pupils. The meeting was moderated by Ignas Krupavi\u010dius, event and TV programme host.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Photo by Gintar\u0117 Grig\u0117nait\u0117 \/ LNMA<\/p><\/div>\n

What exactly educators do in museums? This question was tackled by the discussion <\/span>Between one\u2019s instinct and the institution: What is an educator?<\/span><\/i> Egle Nedzinskait\u0117, curator of educational programmes at the National Gallery of Art of the LNMA, pointed out that an educator of a contemporary museum of art needs to wear many hats \u2013 from an authority or a trainer, to knowledge mediator and facilitator. According to her, the educators have a very important task to achieve over a short time span of an event \u2013 they stand in the shoes of a mediator between the artwork t and the viewer, and instead of \u201cconveying dry knowledge, help them cast away their stereotypes of museums being boring\u201d.\u00a0 Iveta Kem\u0117\u0161yt\u0117, VU coordinator for museum educational activities, and street artist Pijus \u010ceikauskas, known as Pigeon, also shared their insights. The discussion was moderated by Goda Aksamitauskait\u0117, event curator at the National Gallery of Art of the LNMA.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Photo by Gintar\u0117 Grig\u0117nait\u0117 \/ LNMA<\/p><\/div>\n

During the discussion <\/span>Art therapy and education. What ingredients do we want to mix? <\/span><\/i>Daiva Banikonien\u0117, educational programmes curator at the Radvila Palace Museum of Art of the LNMA, noted that every talk about education brings to the fore the word \u201crelationship\u201d. She also introduced the project <\/span>My Own Museum<\/span><\/i>, run by the LNMA for several years already. It includes all departments of the LNMA in an outreach mission for diverse audiences of the museum, especially for the vulnerable groups. \u201cSometimes it only takes to find a way, which even with few resources, can make the museum more accessible, transforming just a visit into a joyful experience of positive emotions. These moments when people take their time, and when leaving feel like coming back, are also moments of true reward to the educators,\u201d Banikonien\u0117 said.\u00a0 Textile artist and art therapist Mantas Televi\u010dius and education specialist, developer of intersectoral art projects, Ieva Petkut\u0117 also shared their experience. The discussion was moderated by <\/span>Marci\u0161auskyt\u0117-Jura\u0161ien\u0117<\/span>.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Photo by Gintar\u0117 Grig\u0117nait\u0117 \/ LNMA<\/p><\/div>\n

The discussion part was again followed by education workshops which transformed the courtyard of the Chodkevi\u010diai Palace into a buzzing place of happy activities. The evolutions of workshops led by the LNMA\u2019s educators were joined by invited artists.\u00a0 Mantas Televi\u010dius invited to experiential art therapy workshop <\/span>Human, <\/span><\/i>composer and performer Laura Ke\u0161yt\u0117-Mexeny led a musical workshop, while the artist Greta Alice Liekyt\u0117, together with the educators of the Radvila Palace Museum of Art created a travelling comics strip, while the artist Pijus \u010ceikauskas – Pigeon invited young audience to join a street workshop. The cheerful event was consummated by musical performances by Mexeny and group <\/span>Dargana.\u00a0<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The journey of learning through art to continue year round\u00a0\u00a0<\/h6>\n
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Photo by Gintar\u0117 Grig\u0117nait\u0117 \/ LNMA<\/p><\/div>\n

Cultural education is one of the most important directions pursued by the LNMA. The museum aspires to make art easier accessible to a diversity of social groups, from children and young adults, to families, adults and visitors with special needs.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Photo by Gintar\u0117 Grig\u0117nait\u0117 \/ LNMA<\/p><\/div>\n

The education at the museum is not exhausted by classes or tours. Creative evolutions-workshops, integrated lessons, experiential activities addressing different types of needs and experience of potential audience are also offered. This field is increasingly interdisciplinary, it includes elements of physical and emotional wellness, based on scientific evidence that art improves the feeling of wellbeing and strengthens social ties. This EDUFEST brought all these strands together, inviting to revisit the value of cultural education and the new future opportunities it is capable to offer. The participants in the festive event could experience only a part of this broad spectrum of educational activities, because they are spread at the LNMA over the course of entire year.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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