{"id":31191,"date":"2025-03-07T11:00:38","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T09:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/event\/exhibition-of-carvings-by-a-e-kulvietis-the-lithuanian-diaspora-cross-carving-tradition\/"},"modified":"2025-03-07T11:00:38","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T09:00:38","slug":"exhibition-of-carvings-by-a-e-kulvietis-the-lithuanian-diaspora-cross-carving-tradition","status":"publish","type":"mec-events","link":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/en\/event\/exhibition-of-carvings-by-a-e-kulvietis-the-lithuanian-diaspora-cross-carving-tradition\/","title":{"rendered":"Exhibition of carvings by A. E. Kulvietis &#8220;The Lithuanian Diaspora Cross-Carving Tradition&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs\">Klaip\u0117da Ethnocultural Centre &#8211; exhibition of carvings by A. E. Kulvytis &#8220;Lithuanian Diaspora Cross-carving Tradition&#8221;.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s\">About the author:<br class=\"html-br\">Self-taught painter, cross-worker. Third generation Lithuanian, born and raised in Medellin, Colombia. Since 2004 lives in Kretinga. Since 2004 &#8211; has been living in Kretinga since 2007. He teaches Spanish at the same university, at the College of Social Sciences and the Lithuanian Naval College, as well as in private language schools. He researches the legacy of his grandfather E.Ginvill-Kulvitis (1883-1959) and organises exhibitions of his paintings. He has participated in 5 collective exhibitions in Colombia and has held several solo exhibitions there.<br class=\"html-br\">A. E. Kulvietis follows in his grandfather&#8217;s footsteps and is interested in the tradition of cross-carving, and organises cross exhibitions. In 2002, the National M.K. \u010ciurlionis Art Museum and the Lithuanian National UNESCO Commission included A.E. Kulvietis&#8217; exhibitions in the programme of promotion of cross-carving and its symbolism, after UNESCO recognised Lithuanian cross-carving as a masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity.         <\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s\">The exhibition will be open at the Art Courtyard from 6 March to 15 May.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s\">On 12 March, 17:30, there will be a meeting with the exhibitions in the Klaip\u0117da Ethno-cultural Centre. Irena \u0160arkuvien\u0117, the author of the exhibition of drawings &#8220;Old Iron Crosses&#8221;, will introduce the possibilities of the pencil in the tradition of cross-craft. Participants of the meeting with the authors of the exhibitions will have the opportunity to look at and draw the details of the chapel columns created by A. E. Kulv\u012btis.   <\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s\">Exhibition of carvings by A. E. Kulvytis &#8220;The Lithuanian Diaspora Cross-Carving Tradition&#8221; &#8211; dedicated to the M. K. \u010ciurlionis Year.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Klaip\u0117da Ethnocultural Centre &#8211; exhibition of carvings by A. E. Kulvytis &#8220;Lithuanian Diaspora Cross-carving Tradition&#8221;. About the author:Self-taught painter, cross-worker. Third generation Lithuanian, born and raised in Medellin, Colombia. Since 2004 lives in Kretinga. Since 2004 &#8211; has been living in Kretinga since 2007. He teaches Spanish at the same university, at the College of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":31188,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"mec_category":[499],"class_list":["post-31191","mec-events","type-mec-events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","mec_category-exhibition"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec-events\/31191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec-events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mec-events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31191"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31191"},{"taxonomy":"mec_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klaipedatravel.lt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mec_category?post=31191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}