RAA is a cultural space that hosts regular theatrical and contemporary performances, exhibitions and workshops. At RAA you don’t have to be loud to be heard. A little herbal shop offers the possibility to take in some Latvian forest in the centre of Riga.

GARAGE 33 GALLERY-SHELTER is an international art space for art from «conflict?», which was founded by MKUV Studio [Maria Kulikovska + Uleg Vinnichenko] and SPP [School of Political Performance]. We try to break down rigid concepts of borders: geographical, national, religious, class, gender, ethical and aesthetical. It is a democratic art space for art, which is pushed aside onto the margins and remained outside the official discourse. We lack the hierarchical symptoms, we talk on an equal level, we present the artworks by different artists – mid-career and well-known as well as emerging or underrated. It is an independent art space which is located in one of the oldest garage cooperatives in Kyiv not far from half-forgotten dendrological park – in the area from «conflict?», which needs of cultural transformation and reorganization. We dictate our own rules just based on our own observations. We ignore censorship and biased understanding of «truthful» art. It is a hybrid art space which was established for touching upon the issues, which are standing out sharply. We ask questions, we hunt for answers, we call for dialogue and discussion. It is an experimental non-binary art space for the freedom of speech of people, who were denied a voice, who lost a voice, those whose voice was taken away. We’re «uncomfortable», we’re different, and we’re other. It is a shelter for the artists Everyone has the opportunity to be honest. Everyone will be able to feel safe. It is a platform for education which creates the right conditions for studying art that helps in understanding and adequate perception of it. It is a place for presentation of a true pure act of art coming from the inside. This act of art can conflict with society or with moral norms whereby lifting much deeper hidden layers and working them out.

Studija is a new art space in Kuldīga city, located in Kaļķu Street quarter. By offering space and time it aims to support creativity, research and education in the field of contemporary art and culture. An essential focus of the new art space is a dialogue between the invited participants, local community and international networks. Studija’s main focus is the Artist in Residency program that aims to host around 20 artists and other creative folks per year. Studija is founded and run by an independent curator, art historian and researcher Maija Rudovska, who has been working in the field of contemporary art for more than 15 years.

https://www.studijaspace.com/about

PART TIME GALLERY is new, non-commercial gallery in Tallinas Street 94, Riga, managed by artists and founders of the association “Neatlaidība” Liene and Oskars Pavlovski. Its title – Part Time – is both a multi-faceted metaphor and a play of words, as well as a direct reference to the economic uncertainty faced by artists of different generations.

It is also an indication of the gallery’s focus – coexistence of visual art, design and architecture in the same space. Liene Pavlovska says that Part Time is conceived both as a space and a meeting place with the viewer, serving as a platform for the practice of art, design and architecture, which is based on practical and theoretical research and which responds perceptibly to the local context – in Riga, Latvia and the wider region of Northern and Eastern Europe.

Yermilov Centre is a centre of contemporary art in Kharkiv, opened in March 2012. Named after the famous Kharkiv artist, the representative of the Ukrainian avant-garde Vasyl Yermilov. The largest exhibition space in Kharkiv “YermilovCentre” represents contemporary Ukrainian art processes. Our priorities are artistic dialogue with the viewer and international cooperation.

Activities of the Yermilov Centre:
– curatorial projects;
– artistic residences;
– lectures and discussions;
– performances;
– seminars;
– cinema, video shows.

https://yermilovcentre.org/

STROBOSKOP is an independent, artist-run space that was established in a garage beneath a PRL-style bloc building in 2016. Our goal is to platform both Polish and international artists who are working in ways that are underrepresented in the local contemporary art scene; to support artists and cultural workers in creating experimental and challenging projects; and to initiate cooperation with other experimental spaces and projects internationally. We support all kinds of artists, from emerging to established, and aim to nurture a community that is inter-generational, inter-cultural, and inter-dependent. Stroboskop is first and foremost concerned with being an opportunity for all individuals with whom we collaborate.

https://stroboskopartspace.com/