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WHO IS JOLANTA?

Jolanta Šmidtienė is an artist whose name should be linked to several keywords: textile, initiative and positive attitude. Starting with the second keyword, it is necessary to mention the founding of the Textile Artists Guild in 2000 and Jolanta’s activities in this organisation in initiating projects, curating exhibitions, developing international cooperation, organising successive public art interactions in the City of Kaunas, inciting charitable activities and supporting qualified training of textile techniques and art basics. Yet, first of all, Jolanta Šmidtienė is a personality burning with passion for textile, able to inspire many people with interest in this area. She is not bothered by the ‘femininity’ of textile technologies (she mostly uses embroidery and painting on silk). She rather employs the material connotations of textile to create the enchanting magic of silk and yarn. In this artist’s hands textile is a means for meditation, an instrument of community, a possibility of (self) healing, the embodiment of beauty, the resource of aesthetics, a way to cherish tradition, the key to innovation, a practice of individuality and a life style.

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