• Education
• Professional membership
• Awards, grants, scholarships
• Collections / Work in collection of
• Solo exhibitions
• Selected group exhibitions
• Selected juried art fairs and craft shows, festivals
• Symposiums, plenairs, seminars
• Lectures, presentations, creative workshops

Baltos Kandys is an artistic group comprised of six textile artists (Austė Jurgelionytė-Varnė, Karolina Kunčinaitė, Miglė Lebednykaitė, Laura Pavilonytė-Ežerskienė, Rasa Leonavičiūtė, Julija Vosyliūtė) who have been working together since 1998. The group participates and is actively involved in organization of various exhibitions, symposiums, and educational initiatives. Baltos Kandys are helping to create the image of the innovative and interdisciplinary Lithuanian textile scene for worldwide audience.

EDUCATION

From 1995 to 2001/2002 – members of the group “Baltos Kandys” studied at Vilnius Academy of Arts, Department of Textile. Holders of the Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree (1999) and Master of Arts (MA) degree (2001/2002).

Laura Pavilonytė-Ežerskienė: from 2007 to 2009 – postgraduate research at Vilnius Academy of Arts. In 2009 gained Art Licentiate Diploma.

Austė Jurgelionytė-Varnė: from 2009 to 2012 – postgraduate research at Vilnius Academy of Arts. In 2012 gained Art Licentiate Diploma.

Miglė Lebednykaitė: from 2008 to 2012 – PhD studies at Vilnius Academy of Arts. In 2013 defended PhD dissertation „Festive Aprons in the Lithuanian Culture. 19th Century–Early 20th Century“. Holder of the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree (2013) – Humanities, Art Criticism (03 H), Art History (H 310).

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

Lithuanian Artists’ Association since 2002.

Association LATGA since 2003.

AWARDS / GRANTS / SCHOLARSHIPS

2010 The artist group “Baltos Kandys” (“White Moths”) is awarded with the 3rd Prize and Public Prize for the art project “The Feast” at the 4th Riga Interational Textile and Fibre Art Triennial “Global Intrigue II”: Tradition & Innovation, Arsenāls Exhibition Hall of the Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia. [Kristine SCHERER – Representative of the International Jury, Riga, July 9, 2010; Riga, September 5, 2010].

2009 Baltos Kandys: Catalogue, Vilnius: Baltos Kandys (Riga: Citrons), 2008. Award for the second best catalogue design in the competition organized by Munken, 2009, Riga, Latvia.

2006 In the competition “LT Identity”, organized by the Institute of Lithuania the group “Baltos Kandys” was nominated in the category “Innovation”. The patron of the competition was the President of the Republic of Lithuania Valdas Adamkus, Vilnius, Lithuania.

2005 Years debut award for the best young artist group debut in the professional field, the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania.

2003 Individual state scholarship for creators of art and culture, the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania.

2002 Individual state scholarship for creators of art and culture, the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania.

2002 1st award for the art installation “Paradoxal Things” in the Mykolas Valančius Street. Festival “Kaunas City Days’ 2002”, “Alley of Art and Muses”, Kaunas, Lithuania.

COLLECTIONS / WORKS IN COLLECTION OF

Rovinj Heritage Museum (Zavičajni muzej grada Rovinja), Croatia. Modern art collection. A detail of the art project “The Feast“ (2006): 12 objects of different sizes in a glass vase. Inv. Nr. 1841G2.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2015 Art Project “To the Forest..” („Miškan..“) [with Kaspars Lielgalvis from Latvia]. Art Project “Mandala”, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania, Vilnius

2015 Exhibition “Felted Pictures”, Alanta Manor House Museum-Gallery, Naujasodis, Alanta, Molėtai Region, Lithuania (14 11 2014–31 01 2015)

2013 Art Project “The Feast” („Šventė“): Pop Up Show “Soft Art Delikatessen”, Showraum Trofejas, Berlin, Germany

2012 Art Project “Mandala. Temple of Flowers” („Mandala. Gėlių šventykla“) [with Kristina Luna Dolinina and Marija Vojevudzkaja], Old Royal Palace (Hanuman Dhoka), Kathmandu, Nepal

2012 Art Project “Mandala. Temple of Flowers” („Mandala. Gėlių šventykla“) [with Kristina Luna Dolinina and Marija Vojevudzkaja], the 6th Delhi International Arts Festival, Delhi; Rabindranath Tagore Center-Gallery, Kolkata (Calcutta), India

2011 Art Project “Mandala” („Mandala“), The Academy of Arts & Design, Visual Art Center, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China (17 09 2011–27 09 2011)

2010 Art Project “The Feast” („Šventė“), AMU Gallery, Tokyo (02 11 2010–08 11 2010); Higashikagura Memorial Hall Library, Hokkaido, Japan (11 11 2010–30 11 2010)

2010 Art Project “Свято” („Šventė“). Група «Балтос Кандіс», Арт-центр, Я Галерея, Kiev, Ukraine (16 02 2010–01 03 2010)

2010 Art Project “To the Forest..” („Miškan..“) [with Kaspars Lielgalvis from Latvia], Pamenkalnio Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania

2009 Exhibition “Winter 2008–2009”, Alanta Manor House Museum-Gallery, Naujasodis, Alanta, Molėtai Region, Lithuania (17 12 2008 –14 02 2009)

2008 Exhibition of the group “Baltos Kandys”: “Mandala” („Mandala“), “The Feast” („Šventė“), “To the Forest..” („Miškan..“) [with Kaspars Lielgalvis from Latvia] at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Rosario (Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Rosario – MACRO), Argentina, Latin America (14 08 2008–21 09 2008)

2008 Exhibition of the group “Baltos Kandys”: “Mandala” („Mandala“), “The Feast” („Šventė“) at the Buenos Aires Museum Center (Centro de los Museos de Buenos Aires), Argentina, Latin America (18 07 2008–04 08 2008)

2008 The 10th Anniversary of the group “Baltos Kandys”, Panevėžys Civic Art Gallery, Lithuania (28 05 2008–15 06 2008)

2007 Art Project “Vindingrijk Vilt” (“Fertile Felt”), Museum Smallingerland Drachten, Holland

2006 Art Project “The Feast” („Šventė“), St. Thomas Gallery of the Rovinj Heritage Museum, Croatia

2006 Art Project “Mandala” („Mandala“), exhibition “Moths in the Museum?..”, Mouzon Felt Museum, France

2006 Exhibition “Tour of Felt”, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania, Vilnius, Lithuania

2005 Exhibition “Tour of Felt. Utena”, Art House of Utena, Lithuania

2003 Exhibition “Felt Songs”, Gallery “Juodkrantė”, Juodkrantė, Kuršių Nerija National Park (Curonian Spit), Lithuania

2005 Exhibition “Tour of Felt. Klaipeda”, Art House of Klaipeda, Lithuania

2005 Exhibition “Wool Route”, Gallery “Vartai”, Vilnius, Lithuania

2005 Exhibition “Le Regard de la prairie” („Pieva žiūri“), “Le Pont Neuf” Gallery, Paris, France

2003 Exhibition “Veltė” at the “Mizgiris Artists house”, Pamario str. 20a, Nida, Lithuania [2-week programme on working with amber and felt]

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2016 Art Project “The Whirlabout” („Suktinis“), 15th International Triennial of Tapestry, Central Museum of Textiles in Łódź, Poland

2015 Art Project “Sheep Droppings of Wool” („Spiros“). An exhibition of contemporary Baltic artists and designers “Baltic Lincs”, Farmleigh Gallery, Dublin, Ireland

2015 Art Project “The Feast” („Šventė“), exhibition “Absolute Textile: From the Sources Into the 21st Century”, Museum of Applied Arts (Arsenalo g. 3A), Vilnius, Lithuania (18 12 2014–31 05 2015)

2014 Exhibition of the International Symposium “Felt 2014” („Veltinis 2014“), Panevėžys Civic Art Gallery, Lithuania

2014 Exhibition of the International Symposium “Felt 2014” („Veltinis 2014“), Vilnius Art Academy Textile Gallery-Studio “ARTIFEX”, Vilnius, Lithuania

2014 Exhibition of the International Symposium “Felt 2014”, Panemune Castle, Pilies Village, Jurbarkas Region, Lithuania (29 08 2014–30 09 2014)

2014 Exhibition “Professional Applied Art Collection”, Palanga Art Gallery “Ramybė”, Palanga, Lithuania (17 05 2014–31 10 2014)

2014 Art Project “Felted Gardens” („Velti sodai“), co-authors: Eglė Ganda Bogdanienė, members of “Baltos Kandys” Group: Miglė Lebednykaitė, Laura Pavilonytė, 9th International Fiber Biennial, Snyderman Works Gallery, Philadelphia, USA (07 03 2014–26 04 2014)

2013 Art Project “Felted Gardens” („Velti sodai“), co-authors: Eglė Ganda Bogdanienė, members of “Baltos Kandys” Group: Miglė Lebednykaitė, Laura Pavilonytė. Exhibition “LTextile: Contemporary Textiles from Lithuania”, The Ciurlionis Gallery (Lithuanian Youth Center), Chicago, USA

2013 Art Project “Felted Gardens” („Velti sodai“), co-authors: Eglė Ganda Bogdanienė, members of “Baltos Kandys” Group: Miglė Lebednykaitė, Laura Pavilonytė. Exhibition “LTextile: Contemporary Textiles from Lithuania”, The Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, USA

2013 Art Project “The Feast” („Šventė“), exhibition „Viskas teisingai: 220“, Vilnius Art Academy exposition hall “Titanikas”, Vilnius, Lithuania (15 11 2013–05 12 2013)

2011 Exhibition „Su šventinėmis rogėmis iš kiemo į kiemą“, Alytus Regional Museum, Alytus, Lithuania (22 11 2011–15 01 2012)

2011 Art Project “Silk Road”, 2011 NOTCH Art Festival, Beijing Design Week: Open Studio Camp, workshop “Feedback”, Beijing, China

2010 Exhibition “Creative Felt” („Meninis veltinys“), Vilnius Art Academy exposition hall “Titanikas”, Vilnius, Lithuania (09 09 2010–09 10 2010)

2010 Art Project “The Feast” („Šventė“), exhibition at the 4th Riga International Textile and Fibre Art Triennial “Global Intrigue II”: Tradition & Innovation, Arsenāls Exhibition Hall of the Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia.

2010 Exhibition of the International Symposium “Felt 2010” („Veltinis 2010“), Vilnius Art Academy Textile Gallery-Studio “ARTIFEX”, Vilnius, Lithuania

2010 Exhibition of the International Symposium “Felt 2010” („Veltinis 2010“), Alanta Manor House Museum-Gallery, Naujasodis, Alanta, Molėtai Region, Lithuania

2009 Exhibition “Forms of Narrative”, Birnam Art & Conference Centre, Perthshire, Scotland (03 10 2009–30 102009)

2009 Art Project “The Feast” („Šventė“), exhibition at the Kaunas Biennial “TEXTILE 09”, Gallery “Meno Parkas”, Kaunas, Lithuania

2009 Art Project “To the Forest..” („Miškan..“), exhibition at the 2nd Quadriennale of Lithuanian Contemporary Art, Lithuanian Exhibition and Congress Centre LITEXPO, Vilnius, Lithuania

2008 Exhibition at the Jurgis Baltrušaitis house, Moskow, Russia (13 12 2008–30 012009)

2008 Exhibition of the International Visual Art Symposium “Changing Felt 2007”, „Mazajā New York. Mazaja Rīgā“, former factory VEF 7, Ūnijas str. 4 [VEF 7. korpusā, Ūnijas ielā 4], Riga, Latvia

2008 Exhibition „Aitu vilnas spiriņas“, Art Days 2008, „Tirgus māksla. Mākslas tirgus“, Riga, Latvia

2008 Jewelry and art accessories exhibition “Art-To-Wear”, Contemporary Art Gallery “Something Unexpected”, Nyack, New York, USA

2007 Exhibition of the International Symposium “Felt 2006” („Veltinis 2006“), Molėtai Area Museum, Molėtai, Lithuania (11 03 2007–18 04 2007)

2007 Art Project “Sheep Droppings of Wool” („Spiros“), exhibition at the 3rd European Textile and Fibre Art Triennial “Global Intrigue I”: Tradition & Innovation, exhibition at the Arsenāls Exhibition Hall of the Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia

2007 Exhibition “Lithuanian Textile 2006”, Culture Center by Lithuanian Embassy in Warsaw, Poland

2006 Art Project “Mandala” („Mandala“), The Cultural Summer of Saint Tropez: exhibition “ART’FAB: l’Art la Femme l’Europe”, Salle Jean Despas, France

2006 Ramunė Strazdaitė & Baltos Kandys. Annual fashion festival “Fashion Infection” („Mados infekcija“). Collection “Skrido oro lėktuvėlis”, Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius, Lithuania

2006 Exhibition of the International Symposium “Felt 2006” („Veltinis 2006“), Anykščiai Chapel Gallery, Anykščiai; Panevėžys Civic Art Gallery, Panevėžys; Gallery “Akademija”, Vilnius; Janina Monkutė-Marks Museum-Gallery, Kėdainiai, Lithuania

2005 Ramunė Strazdaitė & Baltos Kandys. Annual fashion festival “Fashion Infection” („Mados infekcija“). Collection “Jei ne grybai ir ne uogos”, Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius, Lithuania

2005 Exhibition “Att Varai I Centrum”, Krapperups Kounsthall, Hogan, Sweden

2005 Art Project “Sheep Droppings of Wool” („Spiros“), the 1st Lithuanian Contemporary Art Quadriennale,Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius, Lithuania

2004 Exhibition “Bocca della Verità” (The Mouth of Truth), Art Building in the Bodenburg Castle Garden, Bodenburg, Germany. Curator: Hans-Werner Kalkmann

2004 Exhibition “Day of Welcome”, Kilkenny, Ireland

2004 Exhibition of the Textile Art Biennial “Near Is My Shirt but Nearer Is My Skin” („Savi marškiniai arčiau kūno“), Janina Monkute-Marks Museum-Gallery, Kėdainiai, Lithuania

2004 Textile Art Biennial “Near Is My Shirt but Nearer Is My Skin” („Savi marškiniai arčiau kūno“), Gallery “Arka”, Vilnius, Lithuania

2003 Exhibition “We are here”, Gallery “Maironio 3”, Vilnius, Lithuania

2003 International exhibition “Soft Lawn. Autumn’s Harvest”, is occasional for the 5th jubilee of the group “Baltos Kandys”, Gallery “Intro”, Vilnius, Lithuania

2003 Exhibition „Vyrai apie meilę ir „Baltos kandys“, Gallery „Meno Niša“, Vilnius, Lithuania

2003 Art Project “Mandala”, Right and Wrong Sides: 4th International Textile Art Exhibition, Mykolas Žilinskas Art Gallery, Kaunas, Lietuva

2003 Art Project “Mandala”, exhibition “Grosse Kunstausstellung Düsseldorf NRW“, Museum Kunstpalast (Ehrenhof 4), Düsseldorf, Germany. Curator: Heinz-Hermann Jurczek

2003 Exhibition of the International Symposium “Felt 2002” („Veltinis 2002“), Gallery “Meno Parkas”, Kaunas, Lithuania

2002 Exhibition of the Applied Art 2002, Gallery “Arka”, Vilnius, Lithuania

2002 Exhibition of the International Symposium “Felt 2002” („Veltinis 2002“), Panevėžys Civic Art Gallery, Lithuania

2002 Exhibition of the International Symposium “Felt 2002” („Veltinis 2002“), Gallery “Arka”, Vilnius, Lithuania

2002 Exhibition of the International Symposium “Felt 2002” („Veltinis 2002“), Gallery “Akademija”, Lithuania

2002 Contemporary textile exhibition “The Objects Which Could be Touched”, Janina Monkute-Marks Museum-Gallery, Kėdainiai, Lithuania

2002 Takako Saito's (Japan) Installation „You+Me Shop“ (The kiosk was created together with Lithuanian artists), Kaunas Picture Gallery, Kaunas, Lithuania

2001 Exhibition of the group “Baltos kandys” and Panevėžys' textile artists, Panevėžys Civic Art Gallery, Panevėžys, Lithuania (December, 2001–12 01 2002)

2001 Art Project “Hide” („Skūra“), exhibition “New Old Town Clothes” („Nauji senamiesčio rūbai“) organised by the Textile Artists' Guild, Kaunas, Lithuania

2001 Art Project “Hide” („Skūra“), Students Art Days, Vilnius Academy of Arts, Vilnius, Lithuania

2000 Exhibition “Naphtaline Love” (together with Eglė Ganda Bogdanienė), Gallery “Meno Parkas”, Kaunas, Lithuania

1999 Exhibition “Selfportraits” (together with Eglė Ganda Bogdanienė), International Textile Days “Line”, Gallery “Meno Parkas”, Kaunas, Lithuania

1999 Exhibition “Six Moths+Firetree” (together with Eglė Ganda Bogdanienė), Panevėžys Civic Art Gallery, Panevėžys, Lithuania

1998 Exhibition of the International Symposium “Felt '98” („Veltinis '98“), Gallery “Meno Parkas”, Kaunas, Lithuania

1998 Exhibition of the International Symposium “Felt '98” („Veltinis '98“), Panevėžys Civic Art Gallery, Panevėžys, Lithuania

1998 Exhibition of the International Symposium “Felt '98” („Veltinis '98“), Gallery “Akademija”, Vilnius, Lithuania

1997 Group exhibition of works by textile students of the Vilnius Art Academy, Panevėžys Civic Art Gallery, Panevėžys, Lithuania

SELECTED JURIED ART FAIRES AND CRAFT SHOWS, FESTIVALS

2015 Art Project “The Whirlabout” („Suktinis“), International Art Fair ARTVILNIUS '15, Lithuanian Exhibition and Congress Centre LITEXPO, Vilnius, Lithuania, June 25–28.

2013 The 37th Annual Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show [The 37th Annual Show has selected Lithuania to be the featured country in its Guest Artists Program], Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, U. S. A., November 7–10.

2012 Operae Independant Design Festival, Torino, Italy, November 9–11.

2011 Contemporary Applied Art Exhibition-Fair “Art House” („Menas namams“), Gallery “Domus”, Vilnius, Lietuva, April 15–16.

2009 Art Project “The Feast” („Šventė“), the 1st International Art Fair ARTVILNIUS'09, Lithuanian Exhibition and Congress Centre LITEXPO, Vilnius, Lithuania, July 8–12.

2009 Festival “Woolfest”, Mitchell’s Lakeland Livestock Centre, Cockermouth, Cumbria, U. K., June 26–28.

2003 The 6th Moskow International Art Salon “CHA-2003. NEW GENERATION”, Central Artists’ House [Московский международный художественный салон «ЦДХ-2003. Новое поколение» в Ценральном Доме художника], Moskow, Russia.

2003 Exhibition Day, “Gedimino Prospektas – Capital’s Art Gallery”, Capital Days 2003, Gedimino prospektas, Vilnius, Lithuania, August 17.

SYMPOSIUMS / PLENAIRS / SEMINARS

2014 International Symposium “Felt 2014” („Veltinis 2014“), Seleziečių Monastery, Pilies Village, Jurbarkas Region; Panemune Castle, Pilies Village, Jurbarkas Region, Lithuania

2012 Plenair “Alantos dvaro kolekcijos 1912–2012”, Alanta Manor House Museum-Gallery, Naujasodis, Alanta, Molėtai Region, Lithuania (27 07 2012–30 09 2012)

2010 International Symposium “Felt 2010” („Veltinis 2010“), Alanta Manor House Museum-Gallery, Naujasodis, Alanta, Molėtai Region, Lithuania

2006 International Symposium “Felt 2006” („Veltinis 2006“), Residential and conference centre of Czeslaw Milosz, Šeteniai; Janina Monkutė-Marks Museum-Gallery, Kėdainiai, Lithuania

2003 2-week programme on working with amber and felt at the “Mizgiris Artists house”, Pamario str. 20a, Nida, Lithuania

2002 International Symposium “Felt 2002” („Veltinis 2002“), Vilnius Art Academy, Vilnius, Lithuania

2001 Seminar “Traditional and Modern Scottish Textile and Possibilities of Open Creative Workshop” having taken place in Scotland from September 29 to October 10. Curated by Su Grierson. The “Baltos Kandys” group made presentations of its own art and creation of other Lithuanian textile artists by delivering the reports at the Edinburgh College of Art textile department, Edinburgh and International Feltmakers Association, Glasgow, Scotland

2001 International Plenair “Wefts of National and Personal Originality in Contemporary Industrial Carpet Design”, organized at the factory “Kilimai” in Lentvaris, Lithuania

1998 International Symposium “Felt '98” („Veltinis '98“), factory “Velteksa” (from 2000 – Company “FETRAS”), Anykščiai, Lithuania

LECTURES / PRESENTATIONS / CREATIVE WORKSHOPS

2012 Lecture / Presentation: “Felt in Contemporary Lithuanian Art” / Creative Workshop: “Needle Felt”, Cultural Center Zorba the Budha, Delhi, India. The Lecture / Presentation by Miglė Lebednykaitė / Creative Workshop by Austė Jurgelionytė, Miglė Lebednykaitė, Laura Pavilonytė, Julija Vosyliūtė (04 11 2012)

2011 Lecture / Presentation: “The “White Moths” Group Artistic Activities” / Creative Workshop: “Archaic Felt Technique”, Lithuanian Embassy in Beijing, China. The Lecture / Presentation / Creative Workshop by Austė Jurgelionytė, Miglė Lebednykaitė (26 09 2011)

2011 Lecture / Presentation: “The “White Moths” Group Artistic Activities” / Creative Workshop: “Archaic Felt Technique”, The Academy of Arts & Design, Visual Art Center, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. The Lecture / Presentation / Creative Workshop by Austė Jurgelionytė, Miglė Lebednykaitė (23 09 2011)

2010 Lecture / Presentation / Creative Workshop: “Archaic Felt Technique”, AMU Gallery, Tokyo (November 6); Higashikagura Memorial Hall-Library, Higashikawa City Chamber; „Esta“ Building, Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan (November 11–14). The Lecture / Presentation by Julija Vosyliūtė / Creative Workshop by Miglė Lebednykaitė, Julija Vosyliūtė

2009 Lecture / Presentation: “The “White Moths” Group Artistic Activities” / Creative Workshop: “3D Felting”, Woolfest: The Annual Festival of All Things Wooly and Woolen, Mitchell’s Lakeland Livestock Centre, Cockermouth, Cumbria, England. The Lecture / Presentation / Creative Workshop by Rasa Leonavičiūtė and Julija Vosyliūtė

2009 Lecture / Presentation: “The “White Moths” Group Artistic Activities. Felt Symposiums” / Creative Workshop: “3D Felting: A Sophisticated Relief Effect”, Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir, Turkey. The Lecture / Presentation / Creative Workshop by Laura Pavilonytė

2007 Lecture / Presentation: “The “White Moths” Group Artistic Activities”, Museum Smallingerland Drachten, Holland [In the Frame of the Art Project “Vindingrijk Vilt” (“Fertile Felt”)]. The Lecture / Presentation by Miglė Lebednykaitė

2007 Creative Workshop: “Archaic Felt Technique”, Karmelklooster Drachten, Holland [In the Frame of the Art Project “Vindingrijk Vilt” (“Fertile Felt”)]. The Creative Workshop by Austė Jurgelionytė, Miglė Lebednykaitė, Rasa Leonavičiūtė, Laura Pavilonytė, Julija Vosyliūtė

2006 Creative Workshop [with children] “How Does Felt Arrise?”, Mouzon Felt Museum, Mouzon, France. The Creative Workshop by Austė Jurgelionytė, Miglė Lebednykaitė, Rasa Leonavičiūtė, Julija Vosyliūtė

2004 Lecture / Presentation: “Creative Activities of “Baltos Kandys” Group”. The EU Conference “Artist Vision in 2015”, Vilnius, Lithuania. Participants: Austė Jurgelionytė, Karolina Kunčinaitė, Miglė Lebednykaitė, Rasa Leonavičiūtė, Laura Pavilonytė, Julija Vosyliūtė

2003 Creative Workshop: “About Wool Felt Making”. The Educational Outreach Program “We Are the Artists”, Janina Monkute-Marks Museum-Gallery, Kėdainiai, Lithuania. The Creative Workshop by Karolina Kunčinaitė, Rasa Leonavičiūtė, Laura Pavilonytė

2002 Creative Workshop: “How Does Felt Arise?”. The Educational Outreach Program “I am An Artists”, Janina Monkute-Marks Museum-Gallery, Kėdainiai, Lithuania. The Creative Workshop by Karolina Kunčinaitė, Miglė Lebednykaitė, Rasa Leonavičiūtė, Laura Pavilonytė

2002 Creative Workshop: “How Does Felt Arise?”, The Textile Artists’ Guild, The Annual Days of Kaunas City 2002, Kaunas, Lithuania. The Creative Workshop by Austė Jurgelionytė, Miglė Lebednykaitė, Rasa Leonavičiūtė, Laura Pavilonytė

2001 Lecture / Presentation: “Traditional and Contemporary Textile of Scotland”, Vilnius Academy of Arts, Lithuania. The Lecture / Presentation by Miglė Lebednykaitė

2001 Lecture / Presentation: “Creative Activities of “Baltos Kandys” Group: Organisation of the International Textile Symposium “Felt ΄98” and Exhibitions in Various Cities of Lithuania”, The Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, Scotland, U.K. The Lecture / Presentation by Baltos Kandys Group

2001 Lecture / Presentation: “Discoveries and Promotion of the Felt Techniques”, International Feltmakers Association, Glasgow, Scotland, U.K. The Lecture / Presentation by Baltos Kandys Group