International Photography Symposium NIDA. Meeting Photography
Lectures, artist talks, workshops, exhibitions, projections
September 14–20, 2026
Venues:
Nida Culture and Tourism Information Centre “Agila” (Taikos St. 4)
Vilnius Academy of Arts Nida Art Colony (E. A. Jonušo St. 3)
Curonian Spit History Museum (Pamario St. 53)
Mizgiriai Artist Residency (Pamario St. 20)
Thomas Mann Memorial Museum (Skruzdynės St. 17)
During the international photography symposium NIDA. Meeting Photography, the program will include lectures, art workshops, artist talks, exhibition openings, nighttime projections in public spaces in Nida, and informal gatherings with lecturers and guests. A special Neringa Mayor’s Prize will be awarded to a photographer working on coastal themes.
Monday, September 14. Workshops
Workshops take place 14–16 September
Simon Chang (Taiwan)
Gintautas Trimakas (Lithuania)
Giulina Prucca (Italy/France/Germany)
Tuesday, September 15. Opening
11:00 AM – 5:00 PM Registration (Agila, Taikos St. 4)
5:30 PM Opening of Simon Chang’s exhibition (Thomas Mann Memorial Museum staircase)
6:00 PM Opening of White Trees, an exhibition by Neringa Mayor’s Prize laureate Andrius Repšys (Curonian Spit History Museum)
7:00 PM Opening of the exhibition From the Seminar Archives (Mizgiriai Artist Residency)
8:00 PM Opening of the International Photography Symposium NIDA. Meeting Photography (Agila)
Opening of the photography exhibition at the Agila Gallery
Presentation of the Neringa Mayor’s Prize
Premiere of Lost/Found Worlds, a film about Raimundas Urbonas (dir. A. Lukošiūnienė, 2025)
Wednesday, September 16
Lectures (Agila)
10:00–10:45 AM Florian Ebner (Germany/France)
11:00–11:45 AM Guinevere Ras (Netherlands)
12:00–12:45 PM Stefanie Dietzel (Germany)
Artist Talks (Agila)
5:00–5:45 PM Oleksandr Glyadelov (Ukraine)
5:45–6:15 PM Visvaldas Morkevičius (Lithuania)
6:30–7:00 PM Marge Monko (Estonia)
7:00–7:30 PM Diana Tamane (Latvia)
9:00 PM Projection and Film Night (Agila)
Thursday, September 17
Lectures (Agila)
10:00 AM Monika Krikštopaitytė (Lithuania)
11:00 AM Laima Kreivytė (Lithuania)
1:00 PM Presentation of Workshops (Agila)
5:00 PM Artist Talks (Agila)
Boris Taskov (Bulgaria/Lithuania/Italy)
Lea Hobourdin (France)
Presentation by graduates of the VAA MA Photography Programme:
Andrėja Taranda
Severina Venskutė
Ieva Stankutė
Rytis Šafranauskas
9:00 PM Projection and Film Night (Agila)
Friday, September 18
Lectures (Agila)
10:00 AM Tomas Pabedinskas (Lithuania)
11:00 AM Agnė Narušytė (Lithuania)
12:00 PM Louli Michaelidou (Cyprus)
5:00 PM Artist Talks (Agila)
Mindaugas Kavaliauskas (Lithuania)
Algis Griškevičius (Lithuania)
Libuše Jarcovjáková (Czech Republic)
9:00 PM Film Night (Agila)
I’m Not Everything I Want to Be
Documentary film about Libuše Jarcovjáková
Saturday, September 19
Lectures (Agila)
10:00 AM Taija Jyrkäs (Finland)
11:00 AM Agnė Gintalaitė (Lithuania)
5:00 PM Artist Talks (Agila)
Valentyn Odnoviun (Ukraine)
Paulien Oltheten (Netherlands)
7:00 PM Closing of the Symposium (Agila)
8:00 PM Closing Event and Concert on the Agila Terrace
Programme subject to updates until 1 August.
