Kirtimai Culture Center

National Network
Lithuania
Address

Dariaus ir Gireno g. 69
Vilnius
Lithuania

Telephone
+37052306139
Telephone (other)
+37052306139
E-Mail
veikla@kirtimukc.lt
E-Mail (2)
kultura@kirtimukc.lt
E-Mail (3)
etno@kirtimukc.lt
Mobile Phone
+37052306139
Mobile Phone (other)
+37052306139
Organisation Type
Public Institution
Year of Establishment
2002
Fields of Activity
  1. Arts
  2. Democracy and community development
  3. International/Cultural relations
  4. Media
  5. Youth and education
General Information
Kirtimai Culture Centre is a multifunctional culture institution, which is established by Vilnius City Municipality. At the moment around 20 people work in the centre but main staff consists of cultural activity coordinator, cultural project manager, art director and director. Kirtimai Culture Centre has 10 art colectives: 6 youth collectives and 4 senior collectives. Apart from coordination of Kirtimai Culture Center amateur art activities, the centre organizes a lot of concerts and exhebitions, manages local and international projects, celebrates national and other holidays. In 2014 Kirtimai Culture Centre organized over 190 various events – 130 in the center; 60 – all over Lithuania and abroad. Main sponsor - Vilnius City Municipality, which gives annual budget.  Other sponsors - The Ministry of Culture  and Lithuanian Council for Culture. These sponsors help to carry out project activities. 
Mission and Objectives

Kirtimai Culture Centre mission is to enable conditions for art collectives development, to search and adopt new cultural forms, to create and particiapte in variuos cultural activities, to envolve society and community into activieties and to develop free creativity. 
 

Main Projects / Activities

Kirtimai Culture centre organizes a lot of alternative music concerts with local and international music bands. Some of them are held inside, others, such as Musical Picin, outside.
Other activities are projects managing. There are some annual projects, for example Worlds’ Lithuanians Unity Day, which is celebrated  at International Vilnius Airport. Other projects depends on finantional support from  Lithuanian Council for Culture. Mostly projects are connected with variuos forms of art. The main goal usually is to enclude communities or people with fewer opportunities and to share our experience and ideas with them. 

How can you contribute to the Network in your country?

The Centre would be glad to meet other organizations that have same goals and objectives. It would be a very valuable experience to establish contact with partners across the Mediterranean. 

Why do you want to join the ALF Network?

Being a part of ALF Network would be a great opportunity to present our Culture centre and its activities for a wide range of members of the Fund. It would also be a great chance to find reliable partners, with who we could manage some common projects. In addition to this, as a member our organization could participate in competitions and get extra support for projects. It would be also inetresting and useful to participate in the fund or its members trainings , seminars or conferences. 
The Centre aims to increase its capabilities, so becoming a member of the Fund would be an incredible start. 

Contact (1) Full Name
Ina Puzakinaitė
Job Title
Art director
Head of the organisation
Vilma Ramanauskienė