Art in Zapyškis

A workshop on sustainability and ecology: participants visit the ship, make an upcycled object and take a trip on the Nemunas on the boat “Z…

Participants tie traditional dolls from fabric scraps and hear how and why they were once made. Lasts one hour, up to 20 participants.

Participants hear about shingle roofs and paint on aspen shingles that become small pictures.

At a ceramics studio in the Zapyškis forest, children and adults coil, throw a cup on the wheel and glaze a piece; the work is fired. Booked…

An activity for families, classes or birthdays by the Nemunas: each participant decorates a kite, hears about Zapyškis and flies the kite. L…

Participants learn about braiding and patterning sashes, make a bracelet and try weaving on a hand loom. Lasts 1.5 hours, up to 20 participa…

A seasonal activity: a composition of fresh plants is hammered onto a linen bag that participants take home. Lasts 1.5 hours, up to 20 parti…

Participants learn how felting works, which wool suits mittens and how to measure it, then make a pair of mittens. Lasts 3 hours, up to 10 p…

The session starts with gathering plants, fungi or lichens and preparing the yarn, then the dye is boiled and the yarn soaked. Lasts 3 hours…

Four lessons of 1.5–2 hours on traditional Lithuanian straw himmeli: their origins and symbolism, preparing materials, threading a multi-tie…

Five sessions of 2–3 hours in which participants learn to weave patterned sashes, from drawing the pattern to finishing. For ages 12 and up;…

At this community sustainability workshop participants make Christmas angels from fabric scraps, to decorate a tree or gifts. Free of charge…