On July 27 at 12:00
Exhibition of Applied Arts
will be opened in the new hall of the Congress House in
Riga. The exhibition will be open to visitors for a month.
At least 32 studios of applied arts from Riga will take part
in this exhibition. These studios embrace all the branches
of applied arts. Author of the project is a well-known
artist Mārtiņš Heimrāts. Name of the exposition is Riga
- City of Masters. It is a dedication to Riga, which has
always been a city of excellent masters and craftsmen. Still
today, every field of arts has a street named after it in
the Old Town Riga, thereby the exhibition will be displayed
according to the principle of these historical street names.
DZĪNE, the only woodcarving studio in Riga will also
participate in the exhibition, as well as studio of flora
design REZĒDA. There will also be wickerwork and amber
displayed, whereas various needlework will be demonstrated
in a special show. It is planned that visitors of the
exhibition will be able to listen to the sounds of craftsmen
working that will be played in the background of the
exhibition. Objects of the exhibition will not be on sale,
but it will be possible to purchase works of craftsmen
during the events of the Song Festival in Mežaparks and
Skonto stadium.
Ilona Vanadziņa
Publication Dziesmusvētki, # 3, 2001,
page 2.
Translated by Nanete Neimane
