“The Anthropocene Cookbook: Eating for Our Survival” is an artistic research project investigating the future cuisine of humanity. To sustain the soon-to-be 9 billion global population we cannot count on Mother Earth’s resources anymore. The project investigates the most innovative … Continued
Rucka Artist Residency is happy to announce an open call for residencies in Winter/ Spring 2018. Rucka Artist Residency programme is open to arts professionals from a wide range of disciplines, including but not limited to film, photography, multimedia, … Continued
We are looking forward to welcome in Rucka recipients of sholarship of Nordic-Baltic Mobility programme – Ulvi Haagensen (Estonia/Australia), Zane Cerpina (Latvia/Norway) and Stahl Stenslie (Norway), Anna Sörenson(Sweden) and Daniel Rydh (Sweden), Valentyn Odnoviun (Lithuania/Ukraine) and recipients of scholarship … Continued
On Sunday night, 21st of November, a fire broke up at Rucka Artist Residency. Thanks God, here were no people at the building at that moment and we managed to save all the professional video, photo and editing equipment. Today … Continued
In October we had our first guest in Rucka Artist Residency programme 2016 – 2017. We welcomed a photographer Valentyn Odnoviun from Lithuania, one of the recipient of the scholarship of Nordic-Baltic Mobility programme. Valentyn Odnoviun about residency: “During the first month … Continued
We are proud to announce the recipients of scholarships for the Rucka Artist Residency programme for 2016 – 2017. There was remarkable interest in the residency programme and the residency centre received more than 250 proposals from all over the … Continued
Young photographer Toms Harjo photo exhibition “Hidden Guards” created during Rucka Artist Residency “Small strategies” program is exhibited in the windows of Riga Street in Cesis. It consists of anonymous portraits of people who are working behind the scenes of our lives.
The final seminars of the training programme Theatre Expanded for young performing arts managers will take place in Rucka Artists Residency centre in Cēsis from August 23 till 27 led by invited international curators. On August 23 and 24 the … Continued
The aim of residency programme is to bring together artists from different spheres (film and photography, multimedia, dance, theatre, writing, design etc.) to create artworks that address important social and environmental issues.
On June 11 – 16 at Rucka Artist Residency, Cēsis, the third Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art Summer School “Error?!” will take place. Artists, art critics, curators, theoreticians of art and other fields as well culture project managers are invited … Continued
“carry on” is the latest work by Heine Avdal and Yukiko Shinozaki. It is an intriguing performance-installation that each time is presented in a very different way depending on the place, be it the contemporary arts museum in Leuven or … Continued
One day in middle of September Rucka was filled with tastes, flavours, nature and great people presenting ideas, explorations and news on healthy and nature friendly food. Discussions on Taste of Nature. It was pleasure to host them.
On August 28 foundation Elm Media and Bergen International Film Festival invites to Life in Motion project closing event 14:00- 14.30. Latvians’ life in Norway: Anete Vanaga, Mg. University of Latvia 14.30- 14.50 Norwegian life in Latvia: Hanna Skartveit, PhD, University of … Continued
During the last week of August summer school for cinematography students from the Latvian Academy of Culture took place at Rucka. This creative event was led by experienced professional scriptwriter Vladimir Gromov (Poland) and lecturers from department of audiovisual arts from … Continued
The third Baltic Summer School of Anthropology will be taking place in Rucka on 20-23 August. This event has caused a major international resonance, with more than 200 people interested anthropology submitting applications for participation in this event. This … Continued
Riga Technical University International Summer School is back in Cēsis and we are glad to host again young architects, urbanists and designers. The summer school is an annual hands–on course that aims to make participants aware of the opportunities and … Continued
In the second half of July we hosted Riga Stradins University Summer School for Cultural Journalists. Fife days young professionals in lectures, workshops an individual projects were looking for answers. What are challenges of cultural journalism when facing global issues? … Continued
The Second LCCA Summer School This Is Tomorrow! will start tomorrow with the panel discussion This Is Tomorrow! For six days, young and emerging artists, art critics, curators and cultural project managers from the Baltic States will have the opportunity to … Continued
Starting from tomorrow Isabelle Fremeaux and John Jordan from Labofii (www.labofii.net) will run a four-day workshop on Art, Activism and Climate Change. We are looking forward to some crazy thoughts and ideas to shake up the peaceful life of Cēsis!
Today we got the good news that our application for developing and running an analogue photography workshop in autumn 2015 has been approved and we received partial funding from Vidzeme Regional Programme of the State Culture Capital Foundation. We plan … Continued