The Lithuanian Council for Culture announces the results of the funding for literature, music, performing, applied and visual arts for the second funding phase of 2025. Funding has been allocated to 192 projects, and the total amount allocated amounts to more than EUR 2.15 million.
"We can be pleased that the intensity of funding has reached an average of 74 percent in the field of music to almost 90 percent in the field of literature. The aim of the experts and council members is to respond as much as possible to the need for funding of organizations. At this stage, we had a large part of individual projects, for the financing of which the council allocated 100 or almost 100 percent of the requested amount. This is very important in order to implement the projects in full, i.e. as they were planned," said Dr. Kristina Mažeikaitė, Chairperson of the Lithuanian Council for Culture.
Funding intensity means the percentageof funds allocated by the Lithuanian Cultural Council for theimplementation of the project in relation to the amountof funds requested in the project application.
This year, 680 applications were received in the second stage, the need for funding (the amount of requested funds) was – 10.5 million euros. Euro. Approximately every third application has been funded.
The largest number of projects was funded – 56 – in the field of literature, for which almost 340 thousand euros were allocated. Euro. About 540 thousand euros have been allocated for music projects, funding 46 applications. Euro. The list of applications funded in the visual arts includes 37 initiatives (almost 470 thousand euros). Funding of 35 applications for performing arts projects accounted for about 571 thousand euros. and 18 euros in applied arts, about 237 thousand euros have been allocated. Euro.
The greatest need for funding was in the field of music – EUR 2.74 million. and performing arts – EUR 2.72 million. Eur.
Comparing 2022, when the areas were consolidated, and this year, the total number of applications submitted has decreased by about 1.3 times, and the requested amount has decreased by 1.2 times. The largest decrease in the number of submitted applications and requested funding in the field of circus is about 2 times. Only in the field of architecture and design, the need is slightly increased. At the same time, the number of organisations submitting applications in the field of art has decreased by about 40 per cent.
Funded applications according to the place of registration of the institution and the place of implementation of the project
"Naturally, the organizations registered in Vilnius – as many as 234 – submitted the most applications, i.e. 67 percent of the total number of applications. However, this year the organizations registered in Klaipėda stood out for their extremely low turnout. There were only 12 of them who applied, and their applications make up only 2 percent of the total number of applications submitted in the competitions. For comparison, the share of applications submitted by organisations registered in Kaunas is 12 per cent of the total number of applications submitted in competitions in the fields," said Radvilė Maskuliūnaitė, Head of the Monitoring and Analysis Division of the Lithuanian Council for Culture.
Although most of the projects of cultural organisations registered in Vilnius are funded, a wide dissemination of funded creative initiatives is planned throughout Lithuania and abroad. 4 out of 5 funded performing arts projects, 2 out of 3 applied arts projects will be implemented outside Vilnius. In the visual arts, every second funded project will present its results outside Vilnius.
In projects in the field of literature, it is more often indicated that only the Vilnius m. sav is planned as a place of implementation. – 63 per cent of such projects in the field of literature accounted for This is due to the fact that most of the publishing houses are located in the capital. However, the promoters of projects in the field of literature undertake to distribute publications to 66 libraries in the country, so the final result of the funded projects will also reach the regions.
The Lithuanian Council for Culture consists of the chairperson, artist, researcher and doctor of economics Kristina Mažeikaitė, literary scholar dr. Jūratė Čerškutė, cultural manager Julijus Grickevičius, architect Prof. Dr. Tomas Grunskis, pianist and pedagogue Prof. Zbignevas Ibelgauptas, art critic Prof. Dr. Giedrė Jankevičiūtė, theatre critic Prof. Dr. Ramunė Marcinkevičiūtė, historian Assoc. Prof. Dr. Grigorijus Potašenko, dancer and pedagogue Lina Puodžiukaitė-Lanauskienė, historian Prof. Dr. Vasilijus Safronovas, artist and lecturer Arturas Valiauga.