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MISSION The Global Society for Latvian Art is a United States 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization incorporated in 2004. Its mission is: to promote, preserve, and exhibit works of art created by artists who were exiled from Latvia as a result of the Second World War as well as other artists of Latvian descent; to promote and encourage global communication among persons interested in Latvian art and culture; to establish and operate a center for Latvian diaspora art dedicated to collecting, studying, exhibiting and preserving such art; and to work with all existing Latvian-American organizations and other organizations in trust and harmony and to develop close ties between Latvian-Americans and others whose goals are to support and promote Latvian art and other Latvian cultural art forms.
The Global Society is working toward establishing a Center for Latvian Diaspora Art in Latvia. Click here for detailed description of the Global Society’s plans for a Center for Latvian Diaspora Art (English and Latvian) The Artist in Exile: Latvian Refugee Art 1944-1950 - Opens July 24, 2010
The Artist in Exile is the second traveling exhibition organized by the Global Society, and is presented in collaboration with the Klinklāva Gallery at the Latvian Center Garezers in Three Rivers, Michigan. The exhibit features work by 24 artists created when these artists were living as displaced persons during the years 1944-1950. After the opening reception on July 24, the exhibit will travel to centers of Latvian diaspora culture throughout the United States, beginning in Cleveland during November 2010. Organizations interested in hosting the exhibit should contact the Global Society (lkalmite@latvianart.org) for additional information. A full-color 60-page exhibition catalogue that includes reproductions of all exhibited work, essay by Klinklava Gallery Director Līga Ejupe, artists’ memoirs, and historic photos, is available for purchase online.
Artists whose work is pictured at top of page from left to right: Ilga Reke Andersons, Gerda Roze, Visvaldis Reinholds
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