In Dzūkija, newcomers who settle in the area are called užeiviai (settlers). Even if you come from a neighboring village, if you’re not a local, you’re considered a settler. I moved to the small village of Žiogeliai, located in the Dzūkija National Park, in 2023. We came from Vilnius, and my husband and I became…
Honeypaw is a duo including Jurgita Zvinklyte and Matti Palonen. Jurgita is a newcomer to Canada, having arrived in 2019. Since that time they have been playing Finno-Baltic neofolk that explores the interconnection of ancient Lithuanian and Finnish Kalevala traditions, and fusing them with modern soundscapes and rhythms. The journal of Musicology has called their…
We invite you to come to Kabeliai on October 27th, 1-5pm to meet this month’s residents. At 2pm we will have lunch prepared together by the residents at Verpėjos kitchen. The meal will be mainly made from local ingredients and we will try kvass made by the artists. After lunch the artists will share their…
Meet the residents of October – Jitka Králová and Kat Wood. Jitka Králová, originally from the Czech Republic, is interested in rural landscape and its transformation over time, as well as in walking, storytelling, and collecting. Her artistic practice encompasses painting, drawing, and ceramics, which she also uses to create site-specific installations and subtle interventions…
On September 28 from 12 – 17 p.m we invite you to the “Verpejos” homestead for lunch followed by presentations by the September residents where Marijonas and Sophie will share their experiences and creations from the past month. The menu for the lunch will be based on collective cooking in the Verpejos kitchen and will…
On August 25, Sunday, at 3 p.m., we invite you to a meeting with Carolin Schelkle and Nazaré Soares, participants of the Verpejos art residency program “Shepherds and Spindles”. Verpėjos art residency is located in a traditional homestead, in the village of Kabeliai, Varėna district. In the months of July and August, two artists invited…
Carolin Schelkle is a Designer and Material Researcher from Lake Constance, Germany, holding a Bachelor of Arts in Product and Communication Design from the Free University of Bolzano, Italy and a Master of Product Design from écal (Ecole cantonale d’art de Lausanne), Switzerland. Her work is led by exploring the life of products and raw…
SAMPYNA / SAMRUNI On August 3, at 2 p.m. exhibition “Sampyna” by artists Austė Jurgelionytė-Varnė, Asta Vilhelmina Guðmundsdóttir and Laura Pavilonytė-Ežerskienė opens in Marcinkonių station gallery. In Lithuanian, the word sampyna refers to a certain tangle of structural elements a junction that reflects the work of three artists – Austė Jurgelionytė-Varnė, Asta Vilhelmina Guðmundsdóttir and…
On July 6, at 2 p.m. Aušra Vaitkūnienė’s exhibition “Song of the Forest” opens in Marcinkonių station gallery. This is a visual story about Dzūkija, about its unique nature. The exhibition presents an installation of paintings and objects, metaphorically conveying not only the beauty of nature, but also the brutal struggle for existence. The works…
June 29, 4 – 8 p.m. we invite you to meet Haha Wang and Merkys Žebrauskas, the art residents of “Verpejos” for the month of June.♣ The “Verpejos” art residency is located in a traditional homestead in the village of Kabeliai in the Varėna district. In June, two artists who were invited by a competition…
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