The "Magic Carpets" Lab series, dedicated to working with communities, will bring together ten performing artists. In three workshops in different regions of Latvia, participants will gain theoretical and practical knowledge from experienced mentors and artists to develop their projects.
Read moreThis year, LJTI will implement the Magic Carpets platform residencies with three artists - Portuguese artist Max Fernandez Oliveira, dramaturge Elza Marta Ruža and theatre director Reinis Boters and two communities: inhabitants of Seda town located in Valmiera county and Ķengarags neighbourhood in Riga.
Read moreThis year NTIL together with its cooperation partners invited director Paula Pļavniece, dramaturge Davis Kaņepe and artist Kiril Ecis to participate in artist residencies abroad.
Read moreFrom 17 July to 21 August, theatre artist Vita Malahova in cooperation with the association "I Want to Help Refugees", artist Eva Veveri and non-formal education trainer and supervisor Lauma Žubule organised various activities and workshops at the multifunctional centre "Mucenieki", asylum seekers' accommodation centre "Mucenieki" and the accommodation centre for detained foreigners "Daugavpils".
Read moreIn the summer of 2023, theatre artist Modesta Jakeliūnaite (Lithuania) and video artist Elīna Matvejeva (Latvia) worked in the neighbourhood of Ķengarags this summer, collaborating with seniors from the day centre "Ķengarags" and young people from the children and youth centre "Daugmale".
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