Year Founded:
Founded in 1941 as the “Artists Union of LSSR”;
Registered as the society “Artists Union of Latvia” (AUL) in 2005
Aims and Objectives:
- Support, promote and collect information on activities of AUL members;
- Create and maintain a data base of AUL members and their creative biographies;
- Organize annual general and special exhibitions in the different fields of visual art;
- Ensure AUL members receive the most current information concerning professional interests;
- Ensure art works and infrastructure possessed by the AUL is maintained properly and is accessible;
- Defend the rights and professional interests of artists, art critics and scholars.
Contact persons:
Igors Dobičins – President of AUL
Address:
11. novembra krastmala 35, LV-1050, Riga, Latvia
Phone: +371 26628302; + 371 29138952
E-mail: info@lms.lv
Home page: www.lms.lv, www.zvartavaspils.lv
International Memberships:
IAA / AIAP (UNESCO) International Association of Art / Association Internationale des Arts Plastiques
Membership:
840 members.