Balvi Municipality in collaboration with Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre encourages artists to apply for participation in the International Painting Plein Air ‘Valdis Bušs 2022’, held within artists in residence programme of Mark Rothko Art Centre. Valdis Bušs 2022 will take place in Viļaka, which is a town in eastern Latvia well-known for its rich history and for Valdis Bušs – the master of Latvian landscape who originally came from the Viļaka.
Objectives of the Plein Air:
- Drawing on awareness of the uniqueness of Valdis Bušs’ artistic heritage to pay attention to Viļaka as the artist’s native town.
- To promote interest in Viļaka as an artistically stimulating town with the prospect of making it a place of residences for plein airs.
- To supplement collection of the future Valdis Bušs Art Center in Viļaka (until foundation of the Centre these works will be stored in Viļaka Museum).
The Plein Air will take place 11-22 July 2022 in Viļaka, Latvia. Six professional artists will be selected to participate.
The organisers cover:
- Travel expenses to Viļaka and back.
- Living costs of artists in Viļaka (meals and a hotel (several people staying in one room, shared bathroom, a bath-house available).
- Work premises (several artists working in one room).
- Materials and tools for work (canvases and paints).
- Publicity (a presentation of creative work, information in mass media, an issue of the Plein Air catalogue).
- Recreation facilities, tours around Viļaka and Balvi and their surroundings, art and culture establishments in Daugavpils – a visit to Mark Rothko Art Centre.
- Final exhibition.
