LIAA Internal Mentorship Programme 2026: Open Call for Participants

2026-02-27

This year, we continue the LTMKS internal mentorship programme and invite members of the association to apply. It is an opportunity to strengthen professional practice, refine creative goals, expand networks, and engage in dialogue with experienced practitioners in the field.

How does the programme work?

  • Each mentor will hold 4 sessions of 2–3 hours with 1–2 participants.
  • During the first session, goals, expectations, and a working plan are agreed upon.
  • Participants are encouraged to document the process; independent assignments may be given.
  • Final reflection sessions are planned at the end of the programme.

Mentors

Geistė Marija Kinčinaitytė is an artist and researcher holding a PhD in Film and Screen Studies from the University of Cambridge. Her research encompasses contemporary philosophy, photography, and moving-image installations. Her visual practice is grounded in encounters with unease and with what lies beyond the limits of knowledge — from the Earth’s volcanic depths and melting glaciers to the development of the lunar economy and the valleys of Mars.

Since 2014, her work has been presented in solo and group exhibitions in Lithuania, Germany, the United Kingdom, Norway, Taiwan, South Korea, and China. She is the author of four monographs and co-editor of the photography book O tada viskas (iš)blunka (Six Chairs Books, 2024). Alongside her artistic and project-based work, she serves as a collection curator at the Lithuanian Museum of Photography and teaches in the MA Photography programme at the Vilnius Academy of Arts (Kaunas Faculty) and in the MA Intermedia Art programme at Vytautas Magnus University.

Geistė Marija Kinčinaitytė can support participants in deepening the conceptual and research foundations of their practice, developing photography and moving-image projects, and more clearly articulating their work in relation to philosophical, scientific, or speculative fields.

Vitalija Jasaitė is a curator and producer, co-founder of the art space Editorial (Latako St. 3, Vilnius), and editor of the online magazine on contemporary art in the Baltic states, Echo Gone Wrong. She studied philosophy and social sciences at Šiauliai University and art theory at the Vilnius Academy of Arts. Jasaitė has worked as a producer at the cultural complex SODAS 2123, deputy director at the residency and education centre Rupert, and project manager and director at Vartai Gallery.

For more than 15 years she has been actively engaged in the cultural field, initiating and implementing projects and collaborating with artists, curators, and other cultural practitioners.

Vitalija Jasaitė can help participants refine creative ideas, strategically plan their careers, prepare funding applications, and strengthen project management and presentation skills.

Application deadline: 16 March (end of day)
Selected participants will be announced on 23 March.
Recommended start of the mentorship: 1 April; end: late September.
A joint reflection meeting is planned for October.

Application form: https://forms.gle/5jtEudVngLEvWthbA

For questions, please contact: nariams@letmekoo.lt

Photo credits: Lilian Kroth and Visvaldas Morkevičius.