J.Laivys sculpture was traveling in Sierre
- Published on Sunday, 21 April 2013 10:59
The residency of Juozas Laivys, from March till April 2013 at Villa Ruffieux, Fondation Château Mercier, is part of a longterm exchange program on hosting and displacing between Ecole Cantonale d'Art du Valais and Vilnius Academy of the Arts. The program includes different formats such as artist residencies, workshops, exhibitions and a symposium which is taking place in May 2013 at Nida Art Colony, a new subdivision of the Vilnius Academy of the Arts. The transdisciplinary project aims to bring into question correspondences between artistic practices and critical tourism.
New Colony Residents in April 2013
- Published on Monday, 08 April 2013 21:35
In April 5 new residents arrived in the Colony. Two of them ( Gilles Furtwängler (CH) and Adrien Siberchicot (FR) are starting thematic residency On Critical Tourism which will end up with Inter-format Symposium in the end of May. All the residents will stay 2 months.

Lithuanian artist Juozas Laivys is artist-in-residency in Sierre (Switzerland) in the project “On Hosting and Displacing”
- Published on Monday, 01 April 2013 07:00
For the months March and April Lithuanian artist is living and creating work in the residency programme „On Hosting and Displacing“ organised by Ecole Cantonale d’Art du Valais (ECAV) and Château Mercier in a partnership with Nida Art Colony of Vilnius Academy.
A talk in Berlin On Hosting and Displacing in Nida Art Colony (LT): Residency as an Agent of (Critical) Tourism for Curators and Artists
- Published on Saturday, 23 March 2013 12:40
In Berlin a projectspace uqbar is organizing in cooperation with LoBe projectspace a talk and screening "On Hosting and Displacing in Nida Art Colony (LT): Residency as an Agent of (Critical) Tourism for Curators and Artists" by Vytautas Michelkevičius (including screening).
Selected artists for Critical Tourism and Techno-ecologies residencies in 2013
- Published on Tuesday, 19 March 2013 12:43
We are happy to announce our selection results of our Thematic residencies on Critical Tourism and Techno-ecologiesresidencies. Unfortunately, Individual residencies are still being reviewed and the final decision will be announced no later than March 25th. The selected artists are going to be contacted individually.The artists in the waiting list are going to be invited only if somebody from selected artists are going to cancel their residency.
Nida Art Colony celebrates the second anniversary in Vilnius with Franziska Nast (DE) exhibition and Neringa FM party in CAC Cafe
- Published on Saturday, 16 March 2013 19:20
Opening of former resident Franziska Nast (DE) exhibition
Where : Canteen of Vilnius Academy of Arts, Maironio st. 6, Vilnius, Lithuania
When: 2013 m. March 19th 17.00
After: from 20.00 Neringa FM party in CAC Cafe (Vokiečių st. 2, Vilnius)
Photo album from the opening.

German cinema days in the colony March 16-17th
- Published on Monday, 11 March 2013 10:47
Welcome to free German film screenings in Nida Art Colony! Next weekend we are hosting a German film days program, organized by Goethe Institute Vilnius.
March 16th (Saturday) at 16.00: comedy "Oh Boy" by Jan Ole Gerster (85 min.)
March 16th at 18.00: best Austrian short films (80 min.)
March 17th at 16.00: "Der Verdingbub" ("The Foster Boy") by Markus Imboden (103 min.)
Films will be screened at Taikos g. 43, Nida. All films will be in original language, subtitled in Lithuanian.
New Residents for March 2013
- Published on Sunday, 10 March 2013 10:53

Nida Art Colony is pleased to welcome two new residents, Nestori Syrjälä (FIN) and Franziska Reinbothe (DE).

