Promoting aesthetic sensibility, environmental mindfulness and transfers between contemporary and vernacular creativity has been a central preoccupation for VV Foundation.

Exhibitions organised and supported by the Foundation feature discussions, workshops and lectures by Latvian and international participants, open to the public free of charge. The Foundation’s Visitor’s Programme is aimed at introducing the leading figures of the global art scene to the contemporary art processes in Latvia, focusing on studio visits and tours of artist-run spaces, galleries and museums.

At the PAiR residency, we put particular stress on highlighting environmental mindfulness inherent in vernacular creative practices like weaving and gardening. The weaving and communal gardening workshops held at the residency foster skill transfer and drive meaningful exchange between ancestral heritage and contemporary insights in an atmosphere of mutual generosity.