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12/02/2009
Artist Evelīna Deičmane will join the community of artists in Art center Totaldobze and will have a studio here, in ex-factory VEF
Evelīna is nominated for Sovereign European Art Prize 2010 and was participant of Venice Biennale 2009
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3-5/02/2010
Art center Spinnerei, located in Leipzig, previously cotton factory is a very inspiring example, how ex-industrial area could be used as an Art center
Kaspars Lielgalvis visited there Leipzig International Art Program where he was kindly informed how this residency works
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31/01/2010
Application for Swiss artists support from Prohelvetia to go to residency in Art center Totaldobze is closed now and we are waiting for results. The same is for Latvian artists who was able to apply for support from prohelvetia to go to one of residencies in Switzerland.
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29/01-2/02/2010
In Budapest Kaspars Lielgalvis made an agreement about artists exchange between Riga and Budapest with Borbala Szalai, representative from Hungarian Young Artists Association for a time period of 3 month during 2011. Details are still in progress
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21-28/01/2010 After Switzerland artists Kaspars Lielgalvis and Katrīna Sauškina visited some Art places in Vienna and thanks to Hans Knoll (Knoll gallerie) met Zimmer Karin (deputy of Visual Arts, Architecture, Design, Fashion, Photography and Media Art departmanet) and Olga Okunev responsible for Artists residencies both from Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture and discussed about a possibility to support Austrian artists stay up to 3 month long in residency in Art Center Totaldobze during time period of 2011-2012. Details are still in progress
In Vienna there was a meeting also with representative from annual Art festival Soho in Ottakring in Vienna
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11-16/01/2010
Artists Kaspars Lielgalvis and Katrīna Sauškina joined international curators group (from Poland, Hungaria, Czech republic, India, Mozambique and South Africa) for Studio visit in Switzerland organized by Pro helvetia. During 4 days there were meetings with representatives from Pro helvetia in Zurich, art centers Rote fabrik in Zurich, Progr in Bern, Forde in Geneva and 23 artists in their studios in Zurich, Bern, Basel and Geneva.
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04/01/2010
Art Center Totaldobze is included in residency list offered to Swiss artists by Pro helvetia for period 2011. Residency is available for the period of time up to 3 month.
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21/12/2009
600 planners for 2010 printed and distributed through several shops in Riga to collect money for upcoming Art Center. For more details click here.
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5/11/2009 19:00 – 00:00
ŪNIJA. Night of Performance arts organized by Union of Latvian Performance Art. Take place in artist studios in Ūnijas street 8/k5.
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1/11/2009
Solvita Krese, director of Latvian Center for Contemporary Art becomes as an adviser for Artists association Totaldobže in shaping process of an upcoming Art Center in ex-factory VEF.
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20/10/2009
Latvian Artists Union, events producers Pareizā Ķīmija and Artists association Totaldobže collaborates for handling together Latvian Art Days 2010. During Art Days will be organized different kind of artistic events throughout Latvia from april to may 2010.
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1/10/2009
Artist Elīna Poikāne and musician/artist/architect Oskars Poikāns has arrived in ex-factory VEF and started to establish their studio here.
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12/09/2009
WONDERFUL TRIP. Opening of exhibition in upcoming Art Center.
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1/09/2009
Artists association non for profit organization Totaldobže which gather VEF and non-VEF rezidential artists and Holding Company VEF and have signed acontract where HC VEF gives one of 5 buildings they own to Totaldobže to organize and to run an Art Center there until at least 2017 for minimum rent.
