Liene Ozoliņa: Socially Engaged Art as A Resource for Democracy

Liene Ozoliņa (researcher, associate prof. at Latvian Academy of Culture): Socially Engaged Art as a Resource for Democracy: Sociological Observations with Young Artists in Latvia

February 22, 2025.
International Conference “How Can Your Community Commission Art? Principles of Democracy in Art Funding, Art Commissioning, and Community Engagement” at the Latvian Academy of Culture in Riga, Latvia.

Video: Mārtiņš Kreilis, Lelde Goba

The conference was organised in cooperation with the state research programme “Development of a cohesive and civically active society” project “Vectors of societal cohesion: from cohesion around the nation-state (2012–2018) to a cohesive civic community for the security of the state, society and individuals (2024–2025)” (VPP-KM-SPASA-2023/1-0002), implemented by the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Faculty of Humanities, University of Latvia. The aim of the cooperation is to promote social cohesion by developing approaches to the democratisation of art.

This project was led by partner organizations Bethlen Square Theater – Central European Art Network, Pro Progressione, Art Transparent, and the New Theatre Institute of Latvia. Project “Democratising art commissioning by involving local communities” (DemArt) co-funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.