The Council of
Vilnius Municipality accepted the
programme of Fine Arts and
Ethnographical Trades and Fairs
2001. While establishing the
programme it is desired to make good
conditions for the prospering of
ethnographical fairs in the old town
of Vilnius, to re-establish
traditions of crafts and trades
which disappear with time, to
encourage the establishment of
craftsmen workshops, shops,
dynamic museums, ethnographical
pubs in the old town. With this aim
the maximum effectiveness has to be
achieved using the treasure of the
old town, which belongs to the
Municipality.
The program is executioned in two main directions:
1st direction
The rent of
privilege lodgings, which belongs to
the Municipality, for the artists,
craftsmen and the petty businessmen
is supplied. In these lodgings the
training of crafts and trades is
being executed, the demonstrations
of manufacture processes for
visitors, exhibiting of the pieces
of art/craft, exhibitions and sale.
At the moment there are 19
galleries-workshops participating in
the programme, they are:
In the
workshop-galleries a lot of
attention is paid to children and
students while organizing educative
circles. The participants of the
programme actively takes part in
city festivals, fairs and
international events. The
Municipality of the city of Vilnius
donated a subsidy of 3000lt in 2005
for the encouragement of daily
activities for the members of the
programme.
2nd direction
The
reestablishment of a Tymas square,
which was severely destroyed after
the World War II, by establishing
the crafts town here. This
territory, near the Maironis and
Aukstaiciu streets is going to work
as a place of everlasting fairs. The
suburban culture should reflect in
the square - the collision of the
village and the city.
