DAI Week nr. 3 ~ hosted by NAC, NIDA on the Curonian Spit in Lithuania. January 12 till 20, 2023

tag: Lithuania

Please scroll for day-to-day schedule, address and practical info for NAC (Nida Art Colony).

Framework:

The foundation for DAI's curricular framework in 2022-2023, more specifically this years educational partnerships with: ARCHIVE (Berlin, Dakar, Milan), Bulegoa z/b (Bilbao), Casco Art Instite:Working for the Commons (Utrecht), If I Can't Dance I Don't Want To Be Part Of Your Revolution (Amsterdam), Neringa Forest Architecture (Nida), SAVVY Contemporary (Berlin), has been laid by DAI's artistic director and head of program Gabriëlle Schleijpen; to be activated, animated and expanded by students, crew and faculty. 

Faculty present in Nida: 

We are appreciative of the tutors and guests, who are joining us all the way to the remarkable small strip of land, wedged in between the Baltic Sea and the Curonian Lagoon and all contributing to the defining curriculum components of our program, this DAI Week:                                           

Planetary Campus:

The so-called Kitchen is curated and hosted by Gabriëlle Schleijpen, with Peter Sattler as production leader and as always luminously activated by student presenters. The invited respondents for this first edition of 2023 are Hera Chan and Jasmina Metwaly. Factory 2.0 is curated by Nikos Doulos with the amazing input of our entire student body to a full day of Student Led Activities, all fully part of our accredited curriculum.                                                

COOP Study Groups 2022-2023: 

Akinbode Akinbiyi, Laura Alexander, Andrea di Serego Alighieri, Aiste Ambrazevičiūtė, Marwa ArsaniosYin Aiwen, Claudia Castellucci, Mayra A. Rodríguez Castro, Jurga Daubaraitė, Sagal Farah, Leon Filter, Egija Inzule, Monika Janulevičiūtė, Piret Karro, Yaniya Lee, Snejanka Mihaylova, Rory Pilgrim, Anton Shramkov, Tommi Vasko, Leire Vergara, and Jonas Žukauskas. Remote contributions by Nomeda & Gediminas Urbonas, Caroline Woolard, Klaas Kuitenbrouwer & Ye Xu. COOP's Education Team Leader is Nikos Doulos.

Crew (making it all possible together with the crew of NAC) present in Nida:

*Senior program co-ordinator hospitality & care | emergency response certificate holder: Jacq van der Spek, with regular assistance of Kastė Šeškevičiūtė & local assistance of Matas Bartaška.

*Production leader and senior facilitator work spaces Roaming Academy | technical support: Peter Sattler.

The NAC crew consists of: Egija Inzule, director, Alberta Globienė, administrator, Giedrius Globys, general facilities administration and maintenance, Vasilisa Filatova, administrator, Dalia Jokūbauskaitė & Katerina Vaseko, cleaning staff. 

Chefs:

*Culinary input by Marla Nábožna & Tomek Pawłowski-Jarmołajew and Jonas Palekas & Gabija Balčiūnaitė.

*Back Office (remotely):

Vinita Gatne is our travel coordinator in dialogue with our travel agent Monique Hemmink a.k.a. Hemminkways*Corine van der Wal,  our bookkeeper, while Rik Fernhout tracks all possible formal hurdles on DAI's pathways, in relation to exam-regulations. Last but not least:*Friends & Family (& more): Ricardo Liong-A-Kong

Please consult our Crew-webpage for a more complete overview and the division of tasks.

COVID Protocol ~ updated for Nida

STUDENTS: WHO TO CONTACT; WHEN AND ABOUT WHAT ?

DAI's Code of Conduct: Faculty-Student Contacts 

DAI Week 3 from day to day:

PLEASE RETURN TO THE BULLETIN ON A DAILY BASIS AS THE SCHEDULE MAY BE UPDATED 

Thursday 12

Friday 13

Saturday 14

Sunday 15

Monday 16

Tuesday 17

Wednesday 18

Thursday 19

Friday 20

Saturday 21 

Practical:

NAC (Nida Art Colony)

E. A. Jonušo str. 3

Neringa LT-93127

Lithuania 

How to reach Nida Art Colony

Practical info and some agreements at NAC

Where and what in Nida and Neringa