Throughout years Savvaļa was made possible with the help of friends of supporters – Culture Capital Foundation of Latvia, programmes of the VKKF “Latvian historic lands Development Programme” and "Stipend for creative work support", Vidzeme planning Region, Latvijas Mobilais Telefons, Valmiera Municipality Council, Municipality of Smiltene city, cultural organization Ascendum, online magazine Satori.lv, Malduguns, Ķelmēnu maize, Frame Contemporary Finland, Stenders, local neighbours, private donations and many many others.
European Union programme “Creative Europe”
State Culture Capital Foundation (VKKF)
"Support for the creative and culture residencies" programme of the VKKF
Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia
Rural Support Service of the Republic of Latvia
European Regional Development Fund (Interreg)
During its 4th Season SAVVAĻA collaborated with a residency centre Maajaam in Estonia which led to a new long-term collaboration partnering with Wild Bits (EE), cultural organisation Ascendum (LV) and creative agency Kemmler Kemmler (DE) and the project "SPACE: Sustainable Production for Artistic Communities in Europe" was born. It is funded by the European Union program "Creative Europe" and will run for two years starting in 2024 and becoming a part of the programmes of partnering organisations.
The project is co-funded by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia and State Culture Capital Foundation (VKKF).
Project "SPACE: Sustainable Production for Artistic Communities in Europe" is 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.
RuralArtConnect
RuralArtConnect is a program initiated by technological art farm Maajaam and Latvian art space Savvaļa to develop art communities in rural areas through skills development residency camps, interdisciplinary artists and an art network for artists in Southern Estonia and Vidzeme/Kurzeme region in Latvia. Over the course of 2025, in total 4 residency camps and workshops – each with different focus, will take place in both Latvia and Estonia.
Each residency and workshop will take place in two sessions – one of them being a phase for introducing new skills and the second one, implementing new skills. For every theme of the residency, there will be a new open call to find new participants in the region. In addition, one joint event will be organised for all the participants during the year and one joint event after completing the program.
Main organisers
This project is organised by Maajaam (EE) and Savvaļa (LV).
Maajaam is a farm for art and tech located in South of Estonia. Maajaam is situated in an old farmhouse, but is nonetheless operated as a media art experimentation residency. It lies on the frontier of these overlapping normalities, extending an invitation to contemplate, question and explore the aspects of a technological society, its influence on our behaviour, perception and thinking as well as on our surrounding environments.
Open-air art space Savvaļa in North Latvia is a place, an art exhibition in forests and meadows, a music and poetry events in a close-to-nature situations as long as diverse residencies for creatives. It has become a place for merging art, ideas, experiments and friendships.
Estonia-Latvia cross-border regional cooperation
This project is funded by the European Regional Development Fund (Interreg) through the Interreg VI-A Estonia-Latvia Programme 2021-2027 (EST-LAT). The project falls under the priority ‘More cooperating cross-border regions and development of joint services,’ with a specific focus on ‘Building up mutual trust, in particular by encouraging people-to-people actions’.
Project duration: 01.12.2024 - 30.11.2025
Project partners: Maajaam (Wild Bits MTÜ) and Savvaļa (Biedrība “SAVĀ VAĻĀ”).
Project’s aim: The aim of the project is to share knowledge, learn new skills and to extend and strengthen the community and network of artists in Southern Estonia and Vidzeme/Kurzeme region. As a result, professional artists from rural areas have participated in several residency camps/workshops through cross-border cooperation and learned new artistic skills through experienced mentors who are experts in their field in 2 locations at different art spaces in the Est-Lat border region.
Total budget: 84.542,50 €
ERDF contribution: 67.634,00€
Additional co-funder of the project is Estonian Cultural Endowment and State Culture Capital Foundation (VKKF)
